[rollei_list] Re: T body

  • From: Jerry Friedman <tinycameraco@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:51:56 -0700 (PDT)

A last bunch of T's were manufactured for the British armed forces with the
Xenar lens. 

Jerry F. 

--- Robert Meier <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I believe the T only came with the Tessar that had been newly redesigned
> specifically for the T.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Peter K. 
>   To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:58 AM
>   Subject: [rollei_list] Re: T body
> 
> 
>   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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