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
>
>
