Check ebay #290044455169 for an Automat II exactly like mine but unhacked for flash synch.
Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
Mike, congratulations for your restoration work, it looks professional and the PC socket too. Prochnow shows a Rolleicord with the very rare Xenar 4.5/75 and an adapted PC socket placed beside the taking lens lower part. According your camera serial number it's an Automat III model for Prochnow and an Automat II for Parker. For Prochnow it would be an Automat III because it has the Bayonet 1 for both lenses and no engraved name in the viewfinder lens ring. According Prochnow there no Automats with "gray" wheels, they are clear for the Automat I and II and black for the Automat III and then it's difficult to say if your camera wheels are discolored black wheels or darkened clear wheels... anyway it's always possible your camera suffered some parts change along the years. As I wrote previously, your camera Carl Zeiss Jena serial number is for a lens manufactured on 1941 according the data and date that Prochnow obtained from Carl Zeiss archives, if the lens is original it onlu could be for an Automat III.- All the best Carlos --- Mike Kovacs <mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:Carlos, I restored this camera to shooting conditionmyself. I don't own Prochnow, though I probably should!The Compur Rapid shutter had what looked like afactory parts PC synch conversion (nicely done) but the synch terminal was some sort of non-standard connection located in that position you see. When I restored the camera, I replaced that terminal with a locking PC socket taken from a junker Kiev 4 camera. So from a collectors standpoint its been modified, but its a wonderful shooter for the days I'm in the mood for an uncoated Tessar look.You can't see the cable release socket but thiscamera has the button style release with the cable release socket on the opposide side, behind where the lens hood is blocking.http://www3.sympatico.ca/mskovacs/pv/Rolleiflex/PrewarAutomat1.jpgCarlos Manuel Freaza wrote:Mike, my source is Claus Prochnow, Rollei Report 1, anyway I'm seeing that your camera seems to have aPCsocket beside the viewing lens and then your cameraisa modified Automat, it's not original, the PCsocketwas one of the upgrades for the Automat, theBayonetfor the viewing lens is also an upgrade, ¿what isyourcamera serial number? ¿Could you show a photograph where we can see the camera shutter release buttonandthe cable release socket?. The first Rolleiflex camera with PC socket originalfrom factory was the Rolleiflex 3.5 X from 1949.-All the best Carlos__________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo!Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! ¡Abrí tu cuenta ya! - http://correo.yahoo.com.ar--- 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
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