[LargeFormat] WWII signal Corp newsgroups

[Eve Girard]

http://www.peterlanczak.de/simmon_combatcamera.htm
Not one tad bit of dispute re the Omega camera!
The Simmons Combat Camera does have some similarities to the Graphics, but
not many.  It's quite a unique beast in its own right.  It has a round lens
shroud which swing up and over to become part of the "sports" finder.  The
Camera was designated PH501/PF and was set up for 2x3 film packs only.  I've
enclosed the link to Peter's site with the hope that the curious will find
their answers there.
Eve

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eve Girard" <evegir@reachone.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] WWII signal Corp newsgroups
>
>
> >
> > As much as I hate to dispute Mr Knoppow over ANYTHING, I
> do have to lodge a
> > quibble over the Simmons Combat Camera.  Peter Lanczac is
> always on the
> > money with his research!  The Combat camera was a
> focal-plane shuttered
> > beast with no resemblance to the later Omega or Koni Omega
> cameras that
> > followed.   According to Peter, the Combat camera saw
> service in the closing
> > months of WWII.  It seems that this is very much "pre" any
> "Omega"
> > designators.
> > Eve
>    This rings a bit of a bell. I seem to remember another
> camera similar to the Combat Graphic, perhaps buit to meet
> the same spec. As someone else mentioned (I think) the
> Combat Graphic was based on an earlier Graflex product
> called the Ringside Graphic, made for photographing boxing
> matches. It was essentially a bellowsless Speed Graphic.
>    However, the Omega Camera was definitely a mid-1950s
> product. It used 120 roll film and shot 9 pictures per roll
> in what Omega called "Ideal Format" i.e., the same aspect
> ratio as 4x5.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi all
> > > > I have a Koni Omega medium format camera here. I heard
> it
> > > was used and
> > > > actually designed for either WW2 or the Korean war or
> > > both. I found this
> > > > link just now in the search engines.
> > > > http://www.peterlanczak.de/koni_overview.htm
> > > > Bye
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > >   The Omega camera was originally made by Simmon
> Brothers
> > > who make Omega enlargers. They came out in the mid to
> late
> > > 1950's. Possibly early enough to have been used in Korea
> but
> > > not during WW-2. I don't know when the design was
> aquired by
> > > Koni. The camera came out about the time that press
> > > photographers were switching from 4x5 Speed Graphics to
> > > smaller formats but it was never very popular.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Richard Knoppow
> > > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > > dickburk@ix.netcom.com
> > >
> >
>
>
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