[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kelley" <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]






QUERY:
Please somebody tell me what Rolleiflex looks like an Automat but has a Xenar? The seller thinks it is an Automat. Haven't got serial #s yet. 
Is this a freak?

Peter Nebergall
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I believe every Automat sold was available with your choice of Xenar or Tessar. 

Jeff
The Xenar became available as an alternative to the Tessar on cameras made after WW-2. F&H may have begun using Schneider as a second source because of production problems at the two versions of Zeiss. The Xenar version of the Automat sold for a slightly lower price than the Tessar version. Xenars also became available in the deluxe version of the Rolleicord about this time. Pre-war Rolleicords had Zeiss Triotar lenses, a Triplet rather than a Tessar type. The Xenar is a Tessar type but not a copy of the Zeiss prescription. From many reports its quality is equal to the Tessar. 

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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