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Interchangeable lenses

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User:Barrytoogood added this to the article re: interchangeable lenses:

(Wrong - Mamiya lifted the idea from the early 1950s French top-end Rex Reflex, which was a commercial failure, but had a similar detachable lensboard with paired lenses).

--88.109.229.4 04:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flash sync

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Is it worth noting that twin lens cameras didn't need a slow (or any) flash sync speed? It would seem like one of its greatest advantages over older SLRs 66.57.225.77 02:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

most medium format SLRs use leaf shutters too

Weak writing -- but important information

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The Mamiya C series TLRs had interchangeable lenses, allowing focal lengths from 55mm (wide angle) to 250mm (telephoto) to be used. The simple, sturdy construction of many TLRs means many have endured the years well. Many low-end cameras used cheap shutters however, and the slow speeds on these often stick or are inaccurate.

The Mamiya Cs still have interchangeable lenses -- because these cameras endure. The low-end cameras still have cheap shutters, as they have endured was well, though in drawers and closets. The slow speeds on low-end TLRs may be inaccurate, but saying they stick adds ambiguous meaning.

Also there seems to be another TLR with interchangeable lenses. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.158.68 (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interchageables lens on a TLR were introduced on the French Photorex Rex Reflex. As this camera is very rare, most people believe the Mamiya are the only interchangeable lens TLR. Ericd (talk)