[rollei_list] Re: "There is a 220 Rollei T"
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:06:11 -0700
David
Would you believe that I have the mask set for that?
Since it is still Friday, I will sell it for $10.
Jerry
David Seifert wrote:
> Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
> >On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 07:02 PM, David Seifert wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Marc,
> >>
> >>You were only partially in error. The units in question were equipped
> >>with a 24 frame counter. The camera still used 120 film but produced
> >>24 smaller (24x36?) on the film via a masking system. We went through
> >>this last year in more detail than anyone cares to recall.
> >>
> >>Best Regards,
> >>David
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Oh? This is interesting! Are you sure the prints were as small as 24x36
> >mm? Could they have been 30x60 mm?
> >
> >A.
> >
> >
> >
> 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
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