[rollei_list] Re: Curiosity about a Rolleiwide
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:53:22 -0300
The item 130801310847 in eBay is one of the lasts 404 Rollei-Wide,
also called "Model 2", photographs show the strap hangers without the
half moon and the film advance lever side has the "ear" to install the
220 film kit, it does not have the arrows, S/N is W 2493587 coinciding
with the Report 2 serial numbers for these 404 cameras..
The item 261130573545 is about an earlier Rolleiwide S/N W 2491278,
it has the half moon and it does not have the "ear" for the 220 kit,
the front cover does not have arrows, and then if there are
Rolleiwides with arrows indicating the shutter speeds wheels and the f
stops wheels from factory, they were the earlier ones only, perhaps
those made in 1961.
Carlos
2012/11/19 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> According the Rollei Factory Repair Manual, several brochures and
> Prochnow's Report 2 second and third editions there was no a
> Rolleiwide without serial number, this model was manufactured from
> April 1961 to the end of 1967, 3500 units were made up to the middle
> of 1965 and 404 units were made from the middle of 1965 to the end of
> 1967, these lasts 404 units had 220 film use capability or were
> prepared to receive the special kit (there was also a different kit
> for older TLR models that allowed to use 220 film installing it
> through the strap holder) , they had lightmeter from factory or were
> prepared to receive a lightmeter. The 3500 units serial numbers are
> from W 2490000 up to 2493501 and for the 404 units from W 2493502 to W
> 2493905.
>
> My Rolleiflex 2.8C from 1955 has arrows pointing to where their
> adjustment wheels are, a red arrow for "SEC" and a white arrow for
> "f:", my 1964 3.5F no longer has the arrows and no longer has "SEC",
> it only has "f" and "t". It looks like your Wide could have a front
> cover or part of a front cover adapted from an older no Wide model,
> I'm not sure BTW.
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