[rollei_list] Re: Manual FX?

From Sanders McNew :

Does anyone know offhand whether F+H
will build an FX without the TTL metering
stuff in it?  If asked politely?
 Sanders
In the past at Rollei and Zeiss Ikon, as soon as built-in exposure meters were widespread, the attractiveness of camera models without built-in exposure meter seems to me quite low in comparison. Even the Rolleiflex T could be fitted with a selenium meter. The exception at Rollei 6x6 was the Rolleicord offered as an entry-level (but outstanding quality) camera. But there was (Marc will correct me if I'm wrong) a Contarex special without meter, I do not hink that so many were made, and when the Rollei SL-66 got a built-in meter, the Sl-66 X model without continuous light meter was sold in very small numbers. 
And how many models sold for the Hasselblad 201-F and the Rolleiflex 6001 ?
But I agree that most of the rolleiphile gang including myself would like something like a modern Rolleicord, a modern 2.8 E3 or 3.5 E3 with no built-in meter, to be offered as an entry-level Rollei TLR camera...
Entry-level, but outstanding quality, "stripped-off deluxe features" 100% mechanical cameras seem to have vanished from the surface of the Photographic World ;-) Even the Cosi-gländer series of 35 mm rangefinder cameras, sold for about 600 euros here without lens are not a bargain !
BTW about wishes and rumors ; the rumored price tag for the Fuji-Cosi-Gländer 6x6-6x7 rangefinder Bessa-III is 2400USD / 1800 euros. 
http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=259
After all, taking into account the price of a new 2.8 FX TLR camera, the ratio of prices between a new Fuji-Cosi-Glânder and a true vintage Bessa is close to the ratio between the price of a new 2.8FX and a vintage 3.5F... 

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Emmanuel
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