[rollei_list] Re: What do I have?
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:19:40 -0300 (ART)
... and I forgot to add the Rolleiflex 2.8C has 35mm
film counter from factory, it the camera does not have
it, the camera was modified afterwards.-
Carlos
--- Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
escribió:
> I have and I use a 2.8C Xenotar my father bought
> brand
> new in 1956 and then I have some info about it.
> The 2,8C has five blades for the shutter and ten
> blades for the diaphragm.
> The Xenotar lens was used for the 2.8C from the
> beginning till the end, December 1952 to June 1955,
> the Zeiss Planar from March 1954 to June 1955,
> however
> when the Planar was used the Xenotar was also used
> with the Planar indistinctly and then there are no
> specific cameras serial numbers for Planar or
> Xenotar
> (except that the earlier 2.8C must be Xenotar), the
> evidence is my own camera, it has the serial number
> 1433112 (close to the final batch) and a Xenotar
> lens.
> I don't know the source for the Harry's site, but I
> wrote him about it some years ago and he accepted
> there were some errors.
>
> I don't know about 2.8C with metal locks, they are
> plastic made and Rollei no longer manufactured them
> for the TLR because they tend to break more easy
> than
> the metal ones.-
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
> --- Douglas Keljikian <d.keljikian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> escribió:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have been a member of this list for a short time
> > and thank you all for my
> > having benefitted from much of the information
> and
> > opinions you've
> > expressed regarding Rolleiflex cameras. This is
> my
> > very first posting and I
> > need your help.
> >
> > One of my most favorite tools is a Rolleiflex 2.8
> C
> > (type 1), or at least I
> > think that's what I have. Here are the facts.
> >
> > The body serial number is #1285371 but it sports a
> > Xenotar lens with a six
> > bladed iris (#3238405). Although the lens is of
> > proper vintage and
> > construction, according to Harry Fleenor's site
> this
> > camera should have a
> > Planar objective. The other conflicting feature
> is
> > that the synch and
> > shutter locks are both metal and appear to be
> > original. I thought that all
> > 2.8 C's had plastic locks.
> >
> > Other identifying features that may or may not be
> > relevant are: the back
> > door has a seasonal exposure guide in German, and
> > there is no factory
> > provision for 35mm film i.e., no counter knob
> built
> > into the body for the
> > smaller format.
> >
> > I am interested to know about this variation.
> >
> > Warm Regards,
> >
> > Doug Keljikian
> >
> >
> >
> >
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