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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list