[rollei_list] Re: About the 2.8 GX/FX kinship
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:38:58 +0000 (GMT)
According my experience, there are no quality
differences; there are some different materials used
for the F and GX/FX, for example the F internal
baffles against the GX/FX foam used to diminish flare
and a bit more of plastic used for some external GX/FX
parts. BTW there are other differences regarding
models features, i.e. the GX/FX don't allow film
format change, don't have self-timer and there are
some complaints about the way the shutter release
works in the GX/FX due to the plate added to connect
the lightmeter, but the quality manufacture is the
same for both cameras; in the other hand the FX has
the electronic lightmeter and black film rollers for
the film to avoid rollers reflections in the
photographs for extreme light conditions, some old
Rollei TLR users have reported this problem for some
cases where the previous frame light is strong too
much, the roller reflection appears for the next
frame, these are rare cases but they exist, Rollei had
some reason to paint the FX film rollers black.-
All the best
Carlos
--- dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> Following this thread, I wonder is there any
> difference in quality between the cameras?
>
> Doug Nygren
>
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:45:20 +0000 (GMT)
>
> >Marc, if you compare the T with the GX/FX it's
> evident
> >they are very different cameras, the T has plastic
> >bands and levers for EVS, shutter speeds and F
> stops
> >control, the shutter release has a different
> position
> >regarding the F or GX/FX, the shutter is CR 0 for
> the
> >F GX/FX and CR 00 for the T, the focusing mechanism
> >-as you wrote- are different for both cameras
> models
> >too since the T uses a 3.5 lens and the F and GX/FX
> a
> >2.8 lens. It's true that the GX/FX don't have the
> >lower film chamber film sensor but this is an
> >independent mechanism that can be eliminated for
> >economical or technical reasons, however the lower
> >film chamber spring is identical or almost
> identical
> >for the spring used for the last F and for the
> Aurum
> >and Platin. However, more important, the GX/FX
> >maintain the F coupled crossed mechanism for the
> >lightmeter adapted for the electronic lightmeter
> >thanks to electric contacts, the GX/FX heart is a
> 2.8F
> >marc, they have nothing to do with "T".
> >Regarding Prochnow, he has no problem to comment
> >several Rollei errors in his books.-
> >
> >All the best
> >Carlos
> > --- Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> escribió:
> >
> >> At 06:13 PM 6/13/06 +0000, Carlos Manuel Freaza
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Most
> >> >Rollei users, Rollei enthusiasts and Rollei
> >> collectors
> >> >say the 2.8 GX/FX are a modified Rolleiflex T
> >> and/or
> >> >Rolleicord, however the truth is that this TLR
> has
> >> a
> >> >strong kinship with the 2.8F as you can read in
> >> Claus
> >> >Prochnow's Rollei Report IV; for example, in the
> >> first
> >> >2.8GX camera file: " New model, mechanical
> >> structure
> >> >derived from the Rolleiflex 2.8F".
> >>
> >>
> >> Carlos
> >>
> >> Bear in mind that Prochnow was and is a flack for
> >> Rollei, and his words
> >> must sometimes be taken with a VERY large dose of
> >> salt.
> >>
> >> I would suggest that you place a GX next to a T
> and
> >> then talk to repair
> >> folks who have worked on both. There is MUCH
> more
> >> of the T in the GX than
> >> there is of the F. The film transport alone is
> >> straight T. The lens
> >> controls, of course, are derived from the F. (I
> own
> >> both a 12/24 2.8F and
> >> a 2.8GX and have used them extensively. Both are
> >> dreams to use, but there
> >> are more than a few differences between them.
> >>
> >> Marc
> >>
> >> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >>
> >>
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