[rollei_list] Rolleinar 3 misfortune

From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:27:50 -0300
I had commented I bought a Rolleinar 3 Bay III some  weeks ago, I also
commented it was in pristine condition, like new, it came  with the
original F&H box and the original leather case, this leather case like
new too. When I used the Tri X 220 with the 2.8C  some days later, I
commented that the shots with the Rolleinar 3 BIII were a failure
because they were out of focus (three shots); I thought I did
something wrong  because I never had used it, but I examined the
images in detail afterward and noticed a common pattern, they were out
of focus where they looked in focus in the ground glass and they were
in focus for some point in the background  where they looked out of
focus in the ground glass. I decided to take more images for the
future to verify this issue.

After to receive the SL 66 a few weeks ago and to use  it for
close-ups, I thought I’d use the Rolleinars rarely, but I used them (1
for ‘cord IV and 3 for the C) this week  because I don’t have the
Plates Adapter for the SL66 and recalling the R3 issue, I took two
photographs with this Rolleinar on the 2.8C and the Efke 25 film
sheets, the results  were identical according described above and then
I looked for the problem today.
I won’t comment in detail the several tests I did using the focal
plane ground glass insert, they helped to find the explanation, I did
the final test  using the viewing lens Heidosmat and the Rolleinar 3
for the taking lens on the viewing lens (both auxiliaries lenses).

To be brief, I found a BIG  difference focusing identical subject from
identical distance according I used the Rolleinar Heidosmat or the
taking lens Rolleinar on the camera viewing lens, the difference was
so big that  I couldn’t compensate it turning the focusing knob from
stop to stop, I needed to move the tripod to find the new focusing
point. I measured the distances with a metre and found that the
focusing distance for the Heidosmat Rolleinar was within the Rolleinar
3 range, 24 to 32 cm (9.45” to 12.60”), but the  taking lens Rolleinar
range was from 45 to 100 cm (17.70” to 39.37”), the Rolleinar 1 range
!!, this was the problem, I have a true Heidosmat Rolleinar 3 and a
taking lens Rolleinar 1 engraved Rolleinar 3!. I examined the  set
with a powerful magnifying glass, I couldn’t find a minimal detail to
say someone put a Rolleinar 1 glass in a Rolleinar 3 ring (BTW the
ring is 100% original, it also has the typical Rollei letters saying
“Rolleinar 3”), the set is like new really.

Someone made an error at the factory or someone did a “professional”
work to insert the Rolleinar 1 glass in the Rolleinar 3 ring.

Carlos
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