Super Sport Dolly

Super Sport Dolly, 4.5×6cm and 6×6cm, coupled rangefinder,
Schneider Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens, Compur-Rapid shutter.
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The Super Sport Dolly is a self-erecting folding camera for 120 film rolls, made by Certo in the late 1930s. At least some models have a removable lens and shutter unit, exchangeable with a telephoto lens.

Viewfinder model[]

The viewfinder model has a folding optical viewfinder on the side and either front-cell focusing or unit focusing. It can make 6x6cm or, by means of a mask, 4.5×6cm exposures.

Super Sport Dolly, 4.5×6cm and 6×6cm, viewfinder only, front-cell focusing Tessar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens, Compur shutter.
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Certo catalogue, c.1938, showing the viewfinder model. (Image rights)

Model C, for plates and rollfilm[]

The model C can take 4.5×6cm film plates too, via an insert on the back. There is a lever under the lens to adjust the position of the front standard for proper focusing when switching from one medium to the other.




Super Sport Dolly model C, viewfinder only, Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 lens, Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights)

Super Sport Dolly model C outfit, with exposure masks, ground glass viewer and plate holders.
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Lever switching the focusing distance for plates or rollfilm.
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Rangefinder model[]

The rangefinder version has a coupled rangefinder and an extinction meter at the top; it always has unit focusing by a helical placed behind the shutter.