[rollei_list] Re: Twin Lens Reflex manufacturer????
- From: John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:22:01 +0100
Thanks Carlos,
The person who asked me, had been asked by a member of the PCCGB -
Photographic Collectors club of Great Britain if it could be identified and
it was thought to be a Rolleiflex. I will pass on our thoughts...
Best wishes
John
On 27/09/2012 12:16, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2012/9/27 John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Thank you Carlos, but I am going to disagree with you too ;-)
>>
>> The Minolta has a very bold name plate with a curved bottom; a silver ring
>> to both taking and viewing lens; the lenses are too close together and the
>> silver border to the sports finder is set further into the centre of the
>> hood than in the photo of Pedro Guerrero.
>>
>> Although I am not convinced, when I looked through Rollei Report 1 yesterday
>> and a possible solution may be the Rolleicord II third model on page 9-244 -
>> PR 098...
>>
>> The lenses are quite far apart; the shutter is housed in a black cover; the
>> F&H inscription between the lenses may appear as the narrow light marking in
>> the photo; the viewfinder lens has no bayonet but the taking lens does and
>> by close inspection of the photo, three protrusions are faintly visible
>> around the taking lens. The Rolleicord name plate has a slight curve on the
>> bottom and there may be a slight curve in the photo, although it does look
>> straight. The sports finder outline is close to the edge of the hood.
>>
>> There are so many TLR cameras and with evolving modifications to each
>> variant, it may be impossible to identify this camera from this low quality
>> photo.
>>
>> I am guessing that the silver attachment on the side of the camera is a
>> Synchronizer - Graflex or similar - for a handle mounted bulb flash.
>>
>> Any other suggestions? ;-)
>
> John, after to write my previous opinion I enlarged the image and
> realized I was wrong, the camera is not a Minoltaflex. Through the
> enlargement I could see some detail for the ever ready case and there
> is not doubt it is a pre '50s Rollei ERC; in fact the ERC flip shadow
> confused me about the viewfinder cover external frame (or sports
> finder) width, it looked wider than for the Rolleicord but it was only
> the shadow. I agree with you, it really looks a Rolleicord II with
> bayonet for the taking lens only, PR 098, it has a device for the
> flash. The Pedro Guerrero and Frank Lloyd Wright photograph is from
> 1949 according the Guerrero's official website, the PR 098 model was
> manufactured from 1938 to 1939.
>
> Carlos
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