[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:22:17 -0800
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From: "Jeff Kelley" <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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