[rollei_list] Re: advice for your old boss
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:23:25 -0500
At 03:12 PM 1/29/2007, LEONARD ZOREF wrote:
,
I have a Rolliflex #1112886 with a 3.5 zeiss
tessar. It was not made for US consumption
because all markings are in German (meters,
exposure table, etc) .I have the flash as well
as camera and flash case.Is this an Automat and
does it have any value? I do also have Devin,
Curtis, and National One Shot Color Cameras
(they make a set of three color separation negatives . Len Zoref
Len
It was the GENERAL practice of all German camera
companies at that time to mark cameras for the
world market or for Europe in metric and those
for the US, UK, or British Empire in
Imperial. But this was not a universal practice
due to commercial demands: if there was a sudden
demand for Rolleiflex cameras in the US, and the
only cameras available for shipping were marked
in metric, then the US got a boatload of metric
cameras. The reverse worked as well. In
addition, the PX system stocked either throughout the world.
1112886 was a Rolleiflex 3.5 in the eyes of
Franke & Heidecke and was marketed outside the US
as that or as the Automat II. In the US, it was
sold as a Rolleflex X. It was produced between
OCT 1949 and MAY 1951. Your camera would
probably date from late 1949 or early 1950,
making it of an age with myself! (I was hatched in JAN 1950.)
If you will post the details of the lens and the
full serial number, I might be able to provide more information.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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