[rollei_list] Re: The Studio Rollei

122 Roll film was introduced in 1903 and discontinued in 1971. Is there any
substitute these days?


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Jerry Laderberg <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 122 film should have been freely available then - perhaps expensive . Well
> come to think of it, in 1945 war time rationing of such a large size roll
> might have been the norm.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:15 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: The Studio Rollei
>
>
>
>  Marc,
>>
>> Most everything correct, but the school was The Bronx High School of
>> Science. (Of which  Eric Goldstein was  an alumnus).  I came
>> to La Jolla, California to get away from snow and to marry the beautiful
>> and wealthy Dawn Rutherford. (who was instantly disinherited
>> when we married).
>>
>> The Studio Rollei was liberated from F&H by a Canadian soldier who rented
>> a room in my family's apartment in NY.  He offered me a
>> Leica, an Automatic Rolleiflex and the lowest price one which was the 9x9
>> Studio.  It took 122 film which was not readily available in
>> 1945.  I paid him $75 for it.  The other cameras were $300 each!  In 1945
>> dollars.
>>
>> Jerry Lehrer
>>
>>
>> Marc James Small wrote:
>>
>>> Jerry Lehrer and I have been discussing this, by now, for almost two
>>> decades.
>>>
>>> Franke & Heidecke made a couple of "TLR's on Steroids" in the 1930's.
>>> These are acutely rare, to be polite.  Jerry obtained one in the 1940's but
>>> shortly thereafter was chased to the West Coast for reasons which remain
>>> obscure, and which modesty forbids me from mentioning:  perhaps it was
>>> merely filthy lucre or perhaps those rumors that he was to be hauled before
>>> the House Un-American Activities Committee might have some weight behind
>>> them?  <he grins:  my own fight with the Virginia State Bar trumps any of
>>> Jerry's problems in explaining his youthful membership in the Young People's
>>> Socialist League at the Brooklyn High School For Those With Special Needs,
>>> or whatever they are calling it noiw.)
>>>
>>> In any event, Jerry has lost track of his Studio Rollei and I simply have
>>> to remind him on occasion that if he ever recovers it, I want the serial
>>> numbers.  Shucks, Bob Pins has a standing offer of a grand for such a camera
>>> and you can trump that five or ten-fold today.
>>>
>>> Jerry, I appreciate your membership on the List and I hope that you
>>> accept my ribbing you in the spirit in which it is given.  You are our
>>> senior member, I believe, and your contributions are really worthy.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>>>
>>> -
>>>
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