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     Fallisphoto Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto Post Number: 119 Registered: 09-2006 Rating: N/A |
Well, many of the better Weltas used screws instead of rivets, and this is one of them, but they put them in the damnedest places. I figure they must have used some kind of offset screwdrivers to get them in there. Maybe that's my answer. Yes, Welta's budget line of cameras (the Pearle, Garant, and Trio) used rivets, but most of the Weltas were considered very high-end cameras and their construction reflects that. Some other companies used rivets on ALL of their folding cameras, even the most expensive; it was just easier for them. Voigtlander even went a step further -- all their Bessa RF bellows are simply glued to the front of the standard; the rear bellows flap is NOT sandwiched between metal plates, as it is in every other folder I know of. |