[rollei_list] Re: T body

Peter,

No, the Ektar Rolleiflex 2A was owned by a friend.  O. Heinemann did the

installation of the lens.

Jerry

"Peter K." wrote:

> Jerry, So you had an oddity. I think you also had a Rollei TLR with a
> Ektar. Neither were factory made. Peter K
>  On 6/15/06, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>      I dinna ken from whence it came, but it looked pristine.  I
>      bought it out of an advert
>      in the local free newspaper, a long way back.  It certainly
>      did not look like a hack
>      job.  At the time, I did not realize that it might be
>      unique.
>
>      Jerry
>
>
>      "Peter K." wrote:
>
>     > Well, the T did not come from from the factory that way,
>     > someone please will correct me here if I am wrong. So I
>     > would assume it was done by a technician thereafter? Peter
>     > K On 6/14/06, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     >
>     >      Peter,
>     >
>     >      As I may have said before, I once had a T that
>     >      had an E side plate so that double
>     >      exposures could be made. (the shutter could be
>     >      recocked)
>     >
>     >      Jerry
>     >
>     >      "Peter K." wrote:Hi Douglas, The T was something
>     >      of a stripped down Rollei F that basically
>     >      targeted the same market as the earlier
>     >      Rolleicord. The T was named for Theodore Uhl, a
>     >      choice of names that allegedly got him fired
>     >      when management at Rollei found out he named the
>     >      camera after himself.I have a Rollei T and it is
>     >      among my favorites. What it lacks is 220
>     >      capability and multiple exposure. But 220 and
>     >      Multi-exposure were more for pros, and this
>     >      camera was designed for the amateur and advanced
>     >      amateur market. The T came with a Zeiss Tessar
>     >      or Schneider Xenar F3.5 taking lens. It was
>     >      lighter that the standard Rollei F and had the
>     >      ability to use a 6 x 4.5cm adapter (an adapter
>     >      the more expensive models could not use). Like
>     >      the F it could use the Rolleikin for 35mm film,
>     >      and had a removable hood, so you could use a
>     >      prism in place of the Waist Level Finder.As
>     >      someone already pointed out, the F TLRs of the
>     >      60s and 70s were different bodies than the T.
>     >      The newer FX and GX bodies are based on the T as
>     >      the tooling for the previous Fs was not
>     >      available. Personally, it is my opinion that
>     >      this was smarter idea since it was less costly
>     >      to use a T chassis. Rest assured someone will
>     >      disagree with me here and tell me I am wrong
>     >      even though I state this is just an opinion.
>     >      ;-) Peter K
>     >      On 6/13/06, Douglas Nygren <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
>     >      wrote:
>     >
>     >           I have a Rollei and have not paid much
>     >           attention to bodies, etc. It
>     >           performs well.
>     >
>     >           What is a T body? An F body? The GX,
>     >           FX are recent vintage cameras,
>     >           right?
>     >
>     >           Doug
>     >
>     >
>     >
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