[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex MX (Xenar)
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:06:40 -0500
I had an old 'corb where the mirror had degraded. It apeared as if the mirror
had been varnished, to protect the silver coating.
I dont know how general this practice was.
All the best Larry Cuffe
On Friday, March 05, 2010, at 06:31PM, "Stephen Attaway"
<stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Marc:
>
>All my Rolleis are over 50, and all but one has an immaculate mirror. The
>one exception is a very beat up 'cord I bought as a parts camera...
>
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>From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:35 PM
>To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex MX (Xenar)
>
>> Jan
>>
>> Thanks for the numbers!
>>
>> A couple of quick points.
>>
>> The Weston II meter can be overhauled by George Milton at Quality
>> Light-Metric in Hollywood, USA, as they used to say on Tom and Jerry
>> Cartoons.
>>
>> The viewfinder lens is probably filthy and could work well with a good
>> cleaning as Richard Knoppow suggested.
>>
>> I do NOT want to get Richard stirred up again over mirror coatings.
>> However, your camera came with a silver coating without an overcoat on the
>> viewing mirror. Now, the life of a silver coating on an astronomical
>> telescope (open to the air) is between two and ten years, depending on the
>> weather and pollution conditions. Your mirror is tightly enclosed but,
>> still, it has been in place for almost six decades. I would not be
>> surprised were you to find that the coatings are entirely gone from the
>> mirror -- the glass alone WILL produce an image, but a very pale image.
>> If such is the case, you have two options: you can resilver this
>> yourself, and stay authentic, or you can have it aluminized and overcoated
>> by a firm specializing in such work: pick up a copy of SKY & TELESCOPE to
>> locate such houses. If you remove the mirror and send it to one of them,
>> the coast is relatively low.
>>
>> This is a neat camera, and it has a fine and proper lens.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> At 09:28 AM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
>> >Bought a Rolleiflex MX No. 1256064 (3.5/75mm Xenar No. 3110891) with
>> >instr. book, Rollei ER case and a dead Weston Master II locally
>> >yesterday. My first more "vintage" Rolleiflex. What kind of strap
>> >is needed for the older style attachment on the MX, if you don't use
>> >the leather case?
>> >
>> > I was surprised to learn that I can't use my Rolleifix on it and
>> >that you have to restrain you impulse to wind the film if you want to
>> >use 1/500 second! The WL finder is incredibly dim compared to my
>> >Maxwell-enhanced 3.5E. Perhaps cleaning the screen might help
>> >somewhat at least around the edges
>> >
>> >But this MX seems to functions extremely smoothly. The camera was
>> >overhauled a few years ago. Moving parts seem to have less tolerances
>> >and moving parts inclusding the shutter seem more "buttery" quiet
>> >than in my 3.5E (I have had the same experience with older Leicas
>> >compared to my IIIf).
>> >
>> > I am running a roll of FP4 through it today and will post results
>> >on Flickr this weekend. Will also pick up a Bay I hood from my
>> >local camera store.
>> >Can I replace the screen in the MX myself?
>> >
>> >Jan
>> >
>> >P.S.: Any hopes for "reviving" the Weston Master II meter?
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>> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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