[rollei_list] Re: "There is a 220 Rollei T"
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:19:04 -0700
Wow! I learned something. And apparently Jerry has one of these.
On 4/22/05, David Seifert <dseifert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Of course you can! The 24 exposure mask produces 2.4x3.6cm frames on
> 6cm wide film. Unlike the Rolleikin which arranges the 24x36 frame
> vertically this kit produces 24x36 frames horizontally on 120 film.
> Plenty of wasted film, to be sure, but it will fit just fine on a
> standard 120 roll with plenty of space between frames. (12x60 uses
> 720mm film length while 24x24 uses 576mm of film length leaving at least
> 6mm available for interframe space).
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> I would love to know who wanted it and why, you know there is a story the=
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> David
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> Peter K. wrote:
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> >Dude. I do not think you can do 24 exp on a 120 roll unless they are
> >6x3cm format. A real oddity.
> >
> >On 4/22/05, Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 09:34 PM, David Seifert wrote:
> >>=3D20
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> >>>Ardeshir,
> >>>
> >>>Just for you, I look this up again. According to Prochnow in Rollei
> >>>Report 2 page 409 there were 250 units of this type built in June
> >>>1961. He notes that these were "Direktverkauf, nicht gelistet", direct
> >>>sale, no price listed. I interpret that to mean that these were a
> >>>custom order batch. The customer is not mentioned. They used 120 film
> >>>and produced either 12 6x6 images per roll or 24 24x36 images per roll
> >>>using the special mask kit. Thus, they had a 12/24 frame counter.
> >>>
> >>>For the record, the standard model of that run (56,000 units) came
> >>>with a 12/16 frame counter equipped to do 12 or 16 exposures per 120
> >>>roll. The mask kit produced 16 4.5x5 images.
> >>>
> >>>Thus spake Prochnow!
> >>>
> >>>David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>=3D20
> >>Thank you, David. Kind of you. The custom order explains it. I had no
> >>idea that they could do 24 exposures on a 120 roll. The 16-exposure
> >>mask, however, I knew about.
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> >>Thanks again for taking the trouble.
> >>=3D20
> >>Cheers,
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> >>A.
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> >Peter K
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