[rollei_list] Re: "There is a 220 Rollei T" (BS!)
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:11:30 -0700
Jim
The Rolleikin was set for VERTICAL 24x36 exposures. The Spezial T kit
was for HORIZONTAL 24x36. I have the frame/mask for that.
It is still not for 220 film!
Jerry
Jim Somberg wrote:
> According to my two Rollei T's, the film pressure plate is settable to either
> 6X6 cm or 24X36MM, the latter with a Rolleikin, of course.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Seifert
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 6:34 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "There is a 220 Rollei T"
>
> Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
> >On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 07:02 PM, David Seifert wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Marc,
> >>
> >>You were only partially in error. The units in question were equipped
> >>with a 24 frame counter. The camera still used 120 film but produced
> >>24 smaller (24x36?) on the film via a masking system. We went through
> >>this last year in more detail than anyone cares to recall.
> >>
> >>Best Regards,
> >>David
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Oh? This is interesting! Are you sure the prints were as small as 24x36
> >mm? Could they have been 30x60 mm?
> >
> >A.
> >
> >
> >
> Ardeshir,
>
> Just for you, I look this up again. According to Prochnow in Rollei
> Report 2 page 409 there were 250 units of this type built in June 1961.
> He notes that these were "Direktverkauf, nicht gelistet", direct sale,
> no price listed. I interpret that to mean that these were a custom
> order batch. The customer is not mentioned. They used 120 film and
> produced either 12 6x6 images per roll or 24 24x36 images per roll using
> the special mask kit. Thus, they had a 12/24 frame counter.
>
> For the record, the standard model of that run (56,000 units) came with
> a 12/16 frame counter equipped to do 12 or 16 exposures per 120 roll.
> The mask kit produced 16 4.5x5 images.
>
> Thus spake Prochnow!
>
> David
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