[rollei_list] Re: question on operating and on screen for Rollei GX and Hood
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 15:43:36 -0400
Don Williams wrote:
> I'm a bit confused. I bought my first Rollei in Hong Kong in about 1954
> and it was a 2.8C. I think it was the current model at the time but don't
> know for sure.
>
> In any case, there were chrome-plated metal "shields" around the F-stop and
> Shutter and I think the lock levers for the flash cable and shutter release
> were metal also. In any case I used it until around 1965 when I changed to
> a 3.5F to fit my Rolleimarin housing. Nothing ever broke on the 2.8C.
>
> DAW
'54 would be a C, and yes there are lock buttons, but to my knowledge none
had metal flash cable releases or shutter locks.
That said, if you don't abuse the camera the plastic does not break!
Eric Goldstein
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