[rollei_list] Re: T body
- From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:06:29 -0500
I didn't know that. I stand corrected.
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From: "Jerry Friedman" <tinycameraco@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: T body
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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