I have a Rolleiwide with a front plate that has no serial number. It has a meter.
But it has a couple odd points.Can you please look at your Rolleiwides and tell me whether your units have the same markings?
1. The shutter and aperture window has arrows pointing to where their adjustment wheels are.
My other Wides don't have this; they don't have the arrows at all.
Is the non-numbered plate a much later production, with the arrows?
2. the aperture doesn't close right down to f22.
When it is closed to the f22 marking, it looks like it is 1/2 to
1/3 of a stop past f/16 only.
After examining the insides, it is as if the slotted hole of the
geared aperture setting wheel is in the wrong place, and should be a few
angular degrees over from where it is.
Would the un-numbered faceplates be made for a different series of
shutter / aperture levers, with a different f22 location than the
numbered faceplates?
3. the un-numbered Wide has "f: sec" engraved, the older Wide has "f t".
Any idea when the engraving changed to "sec"?
4. the un-numbered lens s/n are:
viewing: 3508912
taking: 3506118
numbered wide: W2492068
viewing: 3508506
taking: 3506215 - 97 units later than the un-numbered unit
Thanks all
Vick
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