[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 2.8 TLR
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:32:19 -0300
Congratulations for your camera, Marc. It's an interesting version; a
body made in 1949/50 and provided with a Tessar 2.8/80 at least 10
years older than the body. The lens is part of the batch F&H received
from CZ in 1939 for the Rolleiflex 2.8 they couldn't manufacture due
to the war. In the Prochnows' Rollei Report II second and third
editions this model with the Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar is registered as
PR 155/1.
Carlos
2014-03-17 10:25 GMT-03:00 Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Think 2.8A if you wish, though, when it was in production, it was simply the
> Rolleiflex 2.8.
>
> After twenty years of effort, I finally obtained one of these. This is the
> original 1949 model (Prochnow 155, though he tried to contend originally
> that all of these cameras came with a Zeiss-Opton Tessar, where the original
> 2.8 came with a Prewar CZJ Tessar which had been coated long after its
> manufature. Mine is in grand condition save for the viewing system: the
> mirror needs resilvered and the hood needs de-buggered, though it is
> complete and entire. I will contact Harry to see if he wishes to climb this
> particular mountain.
>
> Body s/n: 1101379
> Viewing lens: 2.8/8cm Hiedosmat-Anastigmat 818878
> Taking lens: 2.8/8cm CZJ Tessar T 2310997
> Shutter: Compur-Rapid, B, 1 second to 1/400 second, number not visible
>
> I swapped a rather decent Leica IIIf RDST with 1.5/5cm Summarit for this.
> Rarity never determines value, of course, but, at the final light of day,
> Franke & Heidecke made 7870 of the original 2.8 while Leitz made more than
> 70,000 IIIf's.
>
> I am as happy as a tortoise with a fresh bale of kale.
>
> Marc
>
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>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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