John, There is a 3.5 E that has a noon-removable hood. Maybe its called an E1? The (Evans) book is still in overseas freight here to Germany so I can't check it. Cheers, Jan On Sep 21, 2012, at 3:36 PM, John Wild wrote: > Håkon, > > Sorry to disagree with Jan but this is a 3.5C. The 3.5E2 has a removable > viewfinder hood. I do not know what the plate/card on the sports finder is – > I cannot read it ;-) > > As to value, I have no idea but on the antiquecameras.net website page that > you refer to, the serial number range according to Prochnow for the 3.5C is > 1,740,000 up to 1,868,999 (over three variants) and this web page says that > range applies to the 3.5E type 1 and type 2. Prochnow does not refer to a > 3.5E; the cameras went 3.5A, 3.5B, 3.5C jumping to 3.5F with the 3.5E2 > alongside. The 2.8 series went 2.8A, 2.8B, 2.8C, 2.8D, 2.8E and 2.8F with the > E2 and E3. > > The ‘A’ designations have been ‘kicked’ about on these pages before, Carlos > is better qualified than me to comment in more detail. > > John > > > On 21/09/2012 13:29, "Jan Decher" <jdecher@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Håkon, >> >> Maybe $450 with case, cap, strap and instruction manual but not more for a >> 3.5E. >> At least that was my rule in the US. >> >> Best, >> Jan >> >> >> On Sep 21, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Håkon Sønderland wrote: >> >>> 2012/9/21 Jan Decher <jdecher@xxxxxxx>: >>>> Looks like a 3.5 E2 Xenotar to me. I have the same camera. >>> >>> Thanks Jan. Would it be worth $560 in good condition do you think? >>> >>> This page http://antiquecameras.net/rolleiflex.html seem to think so. >>> >>> I've asked for a serialnumber from the seller to confirm the model. >>> >>> Håkon >>> >> >>