[rollei_list] Re: Okay, I think I screwed up

Ah, now I remember the part about the Abstand. I should have printed out
that email and placed it in my Rollei Collector's book. The two Rolleis I
have with no lens caps are:

Rolleiflex T - Ser. No. 2155138 - I assume that all of the Rolleiflex T
models use a Bay I cap.
Rolleiflex 3.5F - Ser. No. 3,5F 2212699 - This one will accept a Bay II cap
on the viewing lens only...the taking lens appears to be too far down to let
the cap fall over it.

The two things that are the biggest pain in the butt for me re: Rolleis are
(1) the lens caps (expensive and hard to find), and (2) the straps
(expensive and hard to find and uncomfortable).

But there are a few things that are a pain in the butt for early Leicas as
well...like the take-up spools and crumbling Vulcanite. :-)

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc James Small
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:42 PM
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Okay, I think I screwed up


At 10:04 PM 8/26/2006, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>It was probably me, ordering the one that doesn't fit. It's hard when 
>the seller just advertises it as Bay II and the reference books just 
>list them as Bay II and Fleenor's site just cites them as Bay II.
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
>http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>


Jeffery

Here it is in a nutshell:

Rolleiflex 2.8A                 Unique Bayonet II
Rolleiflex 3.5C (Europe)/3.5E (US)      Bayonet II with 42mm abstand
3.5E2                                   Bayonet II with 42mm abstand
3.5F                                    Bayonet II with 45mm abstand
3.5E3                                   Bayonet II with 45mm abstand

"Abstand" is the German term for the offset from 
the center of the viewing lens to the center of 
the taking lens.  The greater distance in the 
later cameras is caused by the use of a more 
complicated shutter arrangement in the later 3.5 
cameras to accommodate the integrated light-meter 
and shutter controls, speed and f/stop.

Identification of a specific Rolleiflex model can 
be a bear but if you will send me your body 
serial number, I ought to be able to decipher 
this.  If it is a 3.5F, all but the very first 
carry "3.5F" as the first part of the serial number.

Marc


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