Jörg Krüger
RINGFOTO rallye 701
My exemplar of the RINGFOTO rallye 701, with some heavy dents. It is a renamed Cosina compact 35E, and like many cameras of its time it features a combination of a rangefinder, a programmed shutter and a flash-matic. The lens is a Cosinon 2.7/38 mm, the shutter is made by Copal. Because of the programmed shutter every f-stop has its dedicated shutter speed and these pairs are shown in the viewfinder, which is a bit unusual. The range is from (1/30-2.7) to (1/650-16).
Ringfoto is a union of camera shops founded in Germany 1965. Meanwhile it's a huge European enterprise, it could take over Photo Porst, a great competitor, and it even is the owner of Voigtländer.
BTW, Porst sold the same camera as Porst 135S, and a cheaper version Porst 135C without rangefinder and selftimer.
This shot was taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1.8/80 at f/1.8 with a 12 mm spacer ring, attached on a camera with APS-C sensor. No sharpening or CA-correction were done.
RINGFOTO rallye 701
My exemplar of the RINGFOTO rallye 701, with some heavy dents. It is a renamed Cosina compact 35E, and like many cameras of its time it features a combination of a rangefinder, a programmed shutter and a flash-matic. The lens is a Cosinon 2.7/38 mm, the shutter is made by Copal. Because of the programmed shutter every f-stop has its dedicated shutter speed and these pairs are shown in the viewfinder, which is a bit unusual. The range is from (1/30-2.7) to (1/650-16).
Ringfoto is a union of camera shops founded in Germany 1965. Meanwhile it's a huge European enterprise, it could take over Photo Porst, a great competitor, and it even is the owner of Voigtländer.
BTW, Porst sold the same camera as Porst 135S, and a cheaper version Porst 135C without rangefinder and selftimer.
This shot was taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1.8/80 at f/1.8 with a 12 mm spacer ring, attached on a camera with APS-C sensor. No sharpening or CA-correction were done.