TLR's with Leaf Shutters

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Would anyone happen to know what TLR's have leaf shutters? The only one I know for certain is the Kalloflex.
 

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Rolleiflex, Rolleicord, Yashicamat, Mamiya C series.
 

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jimjm said:
Pretty much all TLR's have leaf shutters. One exception I know of is the Contaflex from the 1930's which used a focal-plane shutter similar to the Contax rangefinders of the time.
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Thanks for the info Jimjm. Zeiss did made some odd cameras on its time.
 

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xya said:
Yes, nearly all of them have leaf shutters, I have more than 10 different ones. I have several 6x9 rittrecks that have focal plane shutters. Large format TLRs tend to have focal plane shutters...
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Wasnt aware Rittreck made 6x9 tlr.
 

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The harder question is: Would anyone happen to know what TLR's DO NOT have leaf shutters?
 

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xya said:
Yes, nearly all of them have leaf shutters, I have more than 10 different ones. I have several 6x9 rittrecks that have focal plane shutters
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The 6x9 Rittrecks (at least, the ones in your link) are single-lens reflexes, not TLRs:

Musashino Rittreck / Optika IIA

The Musashino Rittreck / Optika IIA. Odd camera extra pages, made by Reinhard Blanck.
www.oddcameras.com
 

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Meyer made a Megoflex which converted a screw thread Leica into a TLR,

The (Londo) Stereoscopic Company introduced their Carlton quarter plate TLR in 1885, just says safety shutter. Their 1898 Improved Twin Lens "Artist" Camera uses a front mounted Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter.

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most all do have a leaf shutter, from my experience; what some may think is a 'focal plane' could be a stereo camera/attachment (they also have what looks like twin barrels in the front)-but they have a Fresnel system of prisms which splits this; what the confusion is about a "safety shutter" is what a hasselblad calls a baffles they block the film area like an slr mirror, but are separate items, to allow a lens or film mag change without letting dust inside an auto darkslide if you will, Mamiya tlr's have this to, the knob on the opposite side of the winding/focus knob.
one other point, tlr has two lenses, so the shutter system would have to be quite small to fit in 1/2 the cameras' height, and bar the Rollie's much of them have interchangeable lenses, Mamiya is the best known for this {C2/C22/C220 &C3/C33/C330}, also a reason may be the optical design, aka the shutter for these is in optimal position behind the lens front, aka flare, etc. esp. with the bellows focussing system that most use, as well as making these early designs more akin to LF cameras, ie that the lens is in a 'board' of sorts, so attachment is easy, with 'off the shelf' shutters, but in the 6x6 size, not 9x12 (4x5") sizes common in the LF cameras.
 
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