[rollei_list] Pre-war Automat models
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 06:52:36 -0300
2011/5/25 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> "...Very nice camera, it shows very good condition.
> The Automat first model was manufactured from August 1937 to February
> 1938 (7900 units)..."
As I wrote several times, Rollei Club info (URL mentioned in Niels'
Automat image caption) about several TLR models is not exact for some
points (according my sources and facts that you can verify with real
cameras) and prewar Automats (version 3 is post-war too) are not the
exception:
1) The photograph shown in the Rollei Club page belongs to an Automat
2 because it has the shutter release with lock, the Automat 1 like
Niels' Automat does not have this lock.
2) The factory code for the three prewar Automats are:K.4 Baumaster
630 (version1); K.4 Baumaster 631 (version 2) and K.4 Baumaster 632
(version 3). These three versions belongs to the Automat generic type
Rf III (not 111).
3) Serial numbers and manufacture date: Automat 1: 568516 to 610645,
7900 units from August 1937 to February 1938; Automat 2: 610646 to
804999, 12500 units from February 1938 to March 1939; Automat 3:
805000 to 1099999 (same SN block for the Standard New), 38600 units
with Zeiss and 3800 with Schneider uncoated lenses, coated lenses 8600
units, all them manufactured from March 1939 to September 1949.
Carlos
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