A slight clarification about the Rolleiflex 3,5F first model with tab for
the f stop wheel (made from December 1958 to February 1960): The f stop
wheel has the tab only, the shutter speed wheel does not have it; the f
stop wheel can lock the light value and the shutter speed wheel serves to
adjust the light value at the same time. This system was quickly abandoned
for the second version from February 1960 still made with the Differential
or Planetary shutter.-
Carlos
2017-02-21 20:27 GMT-03:00 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
2017-02-21 16:05 GMT-03:00 Javier Herraiz <javier.herraiz@xxxxxxx>:
*"...After many years as a silent subscriber of Rollei list I dare to
write a post looking for some advice.*
*I’m in the market for a Rolleiflex 2.8F. For financial reasons I’m
looking for a camera with a Xenotar lens, that I assume it can be bought
cheaper than those fitted with Planars. For the same reason I’m also
looking for older versions, dating around 1960-1962...."*
The Rolleiflex 2,8F was regularly manufactured from 1960 up to about
October 1981. It had very minor changes along this period, most of them had
aesthetical nature and the few technical variations were not significant.
In theory, they were provided with Zeiss Planar and Schneider Xenotar
2,8/80 lenses from 1960 to 1973 indistinctly, however facts are that today
you can find the Xenotar version for the earlier 2.8F cameras produced
from 1960 to 1962/63, but most of those units manufactured from about 1963
to 1973 have the Planar 2,8/80 lens. The Xenotar was the only lens ffor the
2,8F from 1973 to 1981, but you could find some 1973 units with the Planar
yet from the factory stock. Rollei reduced the TLR production from the
earlier '70s dramatically.
The price difference between Planar and Xenotar versions does not exist
today, camera and lens condition do the price. Rollei specs and tolerances
for the Planar and the Xemotar were identical, the Xenotar version was
cheaper because Schneider had lower prices than CZ, Zeiss added its name...
*"...But I have read somewhere that very early F models had a special
linkage between the shutter speed wheel and the shutter, something similar,
but not the same that EV number system in Rolleiflex E models. This part
would be complicated, and hence speed wheel hard to operate and prone to
fail. Does anyone know if this is true? If it is, should these cameras be
avoided? When was this feature changed to the regular F version?..."*
The very early F models were not 2,8F, they were two 3,5F versions
manufactured from 1958 to 1960. These cameras had a special Compur shutter
within the 00 size called "the planetary shutter" with big gears to
transmit the shutter speed s and f stops settings to the lightmeter, it
allowed a coupled lightmeter. The very first 3,5F version had tabs in
conjunction with the f stops and shutter speeds wheels that locked the
values (similar to the 2,8C wheels tabs someway), however this mechanism
was abandoned for the second model despite both versions have the planetary
shutter. A planetary shutter with the 0 size for the 2,8/80 lens was too
big for the TLR body and then a 2,8F couldn't be manufactured til Rollei
designed a little bulb with the gears to couple the lightmeter allowing to
use the regular Compur shutter for the 2,8F and for the 3,5F too. It
happened in the middle of 1960 and from this date was manufactured the new
2,8F and the 3,5F third version with the regular 00 Compur shutter. The
2.8F never used the mechanism you mentioned.-
Carlos
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