The Super Sport Dolly camera with Coupled Rangefinder was manufactured by the Certo Camera Werk of Dresden Germany, from approximately 1937 to 1942. Designed to the original Super Sport Dolly camera but with a built-in synchronized rangefinder and built-in exposure meter. The camera was made of metal with black leather covering, a leather bellows and metal fittings were nickel plated. The Super Sport Dolly camera could wither capture sixteen exposures, 1 5/8 x 2 1/4 inch in size or twelve exposures, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches in size on number 120 film. It featured either a delayed action Compur shutter providing speeds up to 1/250 of a second, or a Compur S delayed action shutter providing speeds up to 1/400 of a second. Regualr features included a self erecting front, with front lens focusing up to 5 feet, an optical eye-level view finder, leveling piece, and a hyperfocal distance table etched on the back of the camera. It was available with a Schneider Xenar f2.8 lens, Zeiss Tessar f2.8, or a Meyer Trioplan f2.9 lens. The camera measures 5 3/4 x 3 3/16 x 4 1/2 inches and weighs 24 ounces.

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