[rollei_list] Re: TLR

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:38:11 -0700

Thor,

It is indeed a MX model.  Two of these earned my
engineering degree in the early 1950's!

Jerry

Thor Legvold wrote:

> P.s. is this what is known as an MX?
>
> Thor
>
> On 30. okt. 2005, at 01.13, Thor Legvold wrote:
>
> > I just got back from a friends who happened to have a Rolleiflex
> > Automat 6x6 Model K4A (as far as I can tell from the web - s.n. is
> > 1287946 with a Zeiss-Opton Tessar (75mm/f3,5) and Heidosmat
> > 75mm/f2,8). It's a bit banged up, but my friend apparently bought it
> > for next to nothing many years ago and has never used it. I asked if I
> > could try it out for a few days...
> >
> > So now I plan on cleaning the lenses (also got a load of filters, lens
> > hood, mirrored lens caps, leather case, etc) and running a roll or two
> > of film through it.
> >
> > Any advice/tips/anecdotes about this particular model? Is it worth
> > having in the event he tells me I can buy it from him? I'm not a
> > collector, I want cameras I can use. I was thinking it would be nice
> > to have a TLR for snapshots and the like, as well as my 35mm Nikon.
> > Not anything I need, just curious...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Thor
> >
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