Thank you, Jerry. I am not currently receiving any IDCC mail and have not since last Saturday. I will copy this to Charlie.
Marc At 09:42 AM 11/20/2007, Jerry Laderberg wrote: >Rick: What is the serial number of your viewing lens? Mine is 819134. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jerry Laderberg" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "Internet Directory of Camera Collectors" <idcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:36 AM >Subject: [IDCC] Rolleiflex 2.8A -restoration, serial numbers > > >> Rick: >> >> That's quite interesting. My 2.8A carries serial number 1114165, but the >> Tessar is number 2,311,236 - 65 examples earlier than yours. So, all the >> stories about how the assemblers just grabbed parts out of the bins, sat >> down at a bench and put them together without regard to matching numbers >> are probably accurate. >> >> BTW, the paint on mine was very flakey in the same area above the name so >> I removed it all ( fingernail, no special tool needed) in preparation for >> painting & found that it looked pretty good " as is" with a little >> buffing. Consider that. >> >> This is the second 2.8A I've had ( the first was terrible cosmetically, >> but worked well) and I like the results a lot. These are the 2.8 Tessars >> the Rollei factory offered to replace free because they were bad ( or is >> that an urban myth?). I've tried for about 25 years to get one with a >> replaced Tessar ( Opton, I think) and/ or a Biometar - equipped model ( >> 2.8B), but without success. >> >> Good luck. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Oleson" <rick_oleson@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <idcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [IDCC] Rolleiflex 2.8A - >> >> >>> Hi Jerry: >>> >>> I'll take this opportunity to correct an error in the >>> camera serial number while I'm at it: >>> >>> The camera is serial #1101196, not 1100196. According >>> to what appears to be a detailed listing on >>> www.rolleirepairs.com, the 2.8A began with 1101000 >>> (this is seconded by my 1957 Modern Photography >>> directory, which also mentions the change to MX synch >>> at 1201000) and ended with 1204999. >>> >>> The lens is a T-coated 8cm 1:2,8 Tessar, #2311301. >>> The Lens Vade Mecum says that the batch of Rollei >>> f/2.8 Tessars were numbered between 2300000 and >>> 3000000, so this falls at the beginning of the series, >>> both for the camera and the lens. This number is >>> extremely early: I have a prewar Super Ikonta A with >>> Tessar #2325112, and a ~1950 Contax S with Biotar >>> #3268188, and I had a prewar Automat with Tessar >>> #2493204 .... so the numbers on the 2.8A's certainly >>> seem to be out of sequence. Everything that I have >>> suggests that the numbers should have reached 2500000 >>> before the war and 3000000 by the end of it. >>> >>> rick :)= >>> >>> >>>> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:17:58 -0500 >>>> From: "Jerry Laderberg" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Subject: Re: [IDCC] Rolleiflex 2.8A - >>>> To: "Internet Directory of Camera Collectors" >>>> <idcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Message-ID: >>>> <00d101c82ac7$c5c10940$931d4845@trjq8s3ovxbf2qy> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; >>>> charset="iso-8859-1"; >>>> reply-type=original >>>> >>>> Rick, what is the serial number on the Tessar? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Rick Oleson" <rick_oleson@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <idcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:28 AM >>>> Subject: [IDCC] Rolleiflex 2.8A - a few questions on >>>> restoration >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > I have just acquired a Rolleiflex 2.8A, type 1, >>>> with a >>>> > T-coated Carl Zeiss Jena 8.0/2.8 Tessar lens and >>>> 1-400 >>>> > X-synch Compur Rapid shutter. It looks like it's >>>> > going to clean up pretty well, at the moment it's >>>> all >>>> > in pieces on my bench but the shutter is running >>>> well >>>> > and the lens is clear. >>>> > >>>> > The camers is SN 1100196; the first 2.8A, >>>> according to >>>> > my sources, was #1100001, so this is #196 in the >>>> block >>>> > of numbers... but that same number block also >>>> applied >>>> > to the X-synch 3.5 Automat, which was made in much >>>> > larger numbers, so this might be well under the >>>> 196th >>>> > example of the first f/2.8 Rollei. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> IDCC mailing list - IDCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://lists.kjsl.com/mailman/listinfo/idcc >>>> >>>> >>>> End of IDCC Digest, Vol 51, Issue 84 >>>> ************************************ >>>> >>> >>> >>> Visit my very own web site at http://rick_oleson.tripod.com ! >>> / ] >>> >>> >>> >>> >______________________________________________________________________ >______________ >>> Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. >>> Make Yahoo! your homepage. >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IDCC mailing list - IDCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.kjsl.com/mailman/listinfo/idcc >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IDCC mailing list - IDCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kjsl.com/mailman/listinfo/idcc >> > > >--- >Rollei List > >- Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' >in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Online, searchable archives are available at >//www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org
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