[rollei_list] Re: Rolleikin?

  • From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:18:44 -0600

There are 3 wierd screws in the kit...

PJN

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:37:07 -0800 "Richard Knoppow"
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:22 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleikin?
> 
> 
> > Eric,
> >
> > It is ABSOLUTELY necessarily so!  Ya gotta have the 
> > referenced
> > knob in the kit or originally on the camera like the 2.8C. 
> > There is
> > NFW that 35mm film can be used without it!
> >
> > BTW, my cousin Hy designed and marketed a conversion kit 
> > to
> > use Bantam 828 film in the Rollei.  Called it the 
> > Adapto-Back.  Do
> > any of you recall seeing that kit?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
>    Jerry, you missed the point. Some Rollei models came from 
> the factory with the indexing counter knob as standard 
> equipment. The Rolleikin kits for these cameras did not 
> include the counter knob because the cameras did not have to 
> be modified.
>    For models that did not come with the indexing knob you 
> are absolutely right that the Rollikin is useless without 
> it. Kits with the indexing knob are substantially more 
> expensive than those without because they are much rarer. 
> Such a kit should also include the mounting screws because 
> they are longer than the originals.
> 
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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