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Torbjorn Aase, Arthur, Marc Attinasi, Siu Fai Au, Joe B., Herb Bauer, Todd
Belcher, Emmanuel Bigler, Mike Bischof, Ross Bleasdale, Jan Böttcher, Adam
Bujak, Andrei Calciu, Carter, Robert Chiasson, Douglas Anthony Cooper,
Bernard Cousineau, Richard Coutant, Guido Cova, Jens Patric Dahlen, Jan
Decher, Slobodan Dimitrov, Stephen J. Dunn, Tim Ellestad, Charles Everitt,
Hauke Fath, Harry Fleenor, Per Einar Forberg, Robert Fox, Thomas A. Frank,
Austin Franklin, Carlos Manuel Freaza, Eric Goldstein, Vincent L. Gookin,
Frans de Gruijter, Bob Haight, Klaus Harms, Jan Helder, Jim Hemenway, John
Hicks, Greg Hubbard, Rick Huber, George Ivanyo, Martin Jangowski, J.W.
Jensen, Gene Johnson, Dan Kalish, Sven Keller, T.C. Khoo, G. King
(TrueBadger), Vick Ko, Richard Knoppow, P.K. Kollas, Peter Kotsinadelis, Ed
Krebs (Arlo T. Dog), Hans Peter Lammerich, Rich Lahrson (tripspud), Gerald
"Jerry" Lehrer, Michael B. Levy, John A. Lind, Rob McElroy, Sanders McNew,
Ben R. McRee, Uwe Mader, Mark Malkin, Bill Maxwell, Larry Merrill, Jeff
Metzger, Robert Monaghan, Neil, Lawrence Ober, Graeme Oxley, Matthew
Phillips, Jacques-B. Pichette, Reg Ronaldson, Dirk Roger Schmitt, Stefan
Scholz [Rollei Service Manager], Lloyd Schultz, David Seifert, Bob Shell,
Rei Shinozuka, Frederic Silberman, Marc James Small, Tim Spragens, Phil
Stiles, Mike Stoesz, Ferdi Stutterheim, Donald M. Sturles, "QWhoZeiss",
Jorge M. Treviño, Richard Urmonas, Jerry Waid, Nathan Wajsman, Howard
Wells, Don Williams, Roger Wiser, Peter Wolff, Nolan Woodbury, Dave Wyman,
Allen Zak.
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Revised: January 5, 2012
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Favourite Acronyms and Trademarks
2.1 Various film sizes and formats
2.2 Acronyms and Trademarks
3. Information available on the World Wide Web
3.1 Archives of the Rollei Users group
3.2 Rollei-related WWW links
3.2.1 web sites, general Rollei information
3.2.2 web pages with advice and answers to specific photographic questions
3.2.3 web pages with advice and answers to specific Rollei questions
3.2.4 Do-it-Yourself: maintenance, repair, home-made accessories
3.2.5 Rollei-Voigtländer products
3.3 References to Clubs or non-profit organisations related to Rollei cameras
4. Bibliography
4.1 Technical and historical books and articles on Rollei cameras
4.1.1 Books
4.1.2 Magazine Articles
4.2 Photographers' works ; most images taken with a Rollei camera
4.3 Miscellaneous books with (among others) images taken with a Rollei camera
5. Miscellaneous references about Rollei and Rollei images : museum
collections, movies, songs, etc...
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1. Introduction
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Thanks to Ferdi Stutterheim this document is hosted on:
http://www.rugarchives.org/faq.php
The old archives of the discussion group are now here:
http://www.rugarchives.org/
To access one particular month e.g. 2003-06, goto
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-06
To get a copy of the very last version of the Rollei Users List /
Rollei Users Group (the RUG) text FAQ by e-mail, between WWW releases
on Ferdi Stutterheim's site, please send me a blank e-mail message to
bigler, at ens2m dot fr, with either of the following subject lines:
send rug faq (to get the pure ASCII text version)
send mime faq.html (to get the .html version as an attached file)
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** list management issues
Where is the Rollei Users Group mailing list ?
For 8 years (1996-2004), Marc James Small's Rollei Users List / Rollei
Users Group has been hosted on a computer named :
mejac.palo-alto.ca.us. The interface was named : majordomo software.
8 years is pretty close to a geological era in computer science ;
meanwhile and after successfully crossing the Y2K barrier without much
trouble, the Internet and related software has become more reliable,
more user-friendly. No surprise that some day, an upgrade would be
necessary for the Rollei Users List / Rollei Users Group. This upgrade
took place as of January 2005, the new service managing the Rollei Users
List is named : freelists.org.
Rollei Users Group e-mail addresses and subscription procedures are as
follows.
In order to be able to post messages to the list, you need to register
by providing a valid e-mail address.
Through a web interface go to :
http://www.freelists.org/list/rollei_list
After you have registered (see below), simply e-mail your messages to :
rollei_list at freelists dot org
and your message will be mailed to all registered rollei_list users.
The archives of the rollei_list are directly accessible here :
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
For example, all messages dated February 2005 are here :
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/02-2005/
Please take good note that the proper list on freelists.org for which
this FAQ is maintained is : rollei_list, the continuation of Marc
James Small's 'mejac-majordomo' Rollei list.
OK now assume that you are on http://www.freelists.org/list/rollei_list
You'll see something like this :
Rollei List
# Name: Rollei List
# Description: This is a list dedicated to the technical history of
the evolution of the Rolleiflex camera from its original inception
by Franke & Heidecke as a stereo camera in the 1920's to the
medium-format and digital cameras produced today. The list emphasis
is on the rapid development of lens and shutter designs spurred by
the Rolleiflex cameras over the past eight decades and the impact
these cameras are having today on the evolving technology of digital
photography.
# List Category: Arts/Media
# Webpage: List administrator hasn't yet setup this list's webpage
# List Archive: http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/
# RSS Feed:
# List Type (help): Open discussion
# Login directly to this list
# Enter your email address:
A pop-up menu offers several options. If you are not yet a registered
RUG-ger, choose 'subscribe' after providing a valid e-mail address,
for example : smith@mycomputer.mydomain
Enter your email address: smith@mycomputer.mydomain ¦ Subscribe ¦
¦ Unsubscribe ¦
¦ Turn Digest mode on ¦
¦ Turn Digest mode off ¦
¦ Turn Vacation mode on ¦
¦ Turn Vacation mode off ¦
¦ Get Help ¦
Soon hereafter, you'll receive the following e-mail at the address
you've just provided :
Someone, perhaps you, has attempted to log in using your
e-mail address at the mailing list interface at:
http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
In order to continue, please paste the following line into
the web form. (This code will expire if not used.)
(undecipherable code) ;-)
Alternatively, you can go to:
http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/u=smith@mycomputer.mydomain/m=listmenu/l=rollei_list/c=(undecipherable code)
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For example, to the request : "get help" you'll receive the following
text message by mail :
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Send a message to the ecartis account on the server with a subject
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You may also subscribe and un-subscribe 100% old-style 100% by e-mail
no-web - pure ASCII ;-) without the web interface by sending commands
in the "subject" line to
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or to
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If everything fails, you may go to the freelists help pages :
For now there's a FAQ at http://www.freelists.org/wiki/the_faq
and full documentation is available at http://www.freelists.org/help
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So after this long preamble, welcome to our list and let us talk about
Rollei camera and products. In addition to the welcome message please
find here a document to help you to find useful information about the
discussion list itself as well as general information about Rollei
cameras. This document is mostly a collection of web pointers. Web
URLs can vanish any day without notice, so you'll find conventional
bibliographical references and a few detailed explanations.
For several years, there used to be another FAQ project, different in its
spirit and complementary, under the form of a web page (for more
information please e-mail Ed at edhoo, at hotmail.com or rolleifaq, at
geocities.com) http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
As of Feb. 2007, this FAQ did not seem to be active any longer, however it
did contain useful information. As of April 2011, the above link no longer
exists.
However, a copy has been archived here on http://web.archive.org
http://web.archive.org/web/20030405015837/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
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Linguistic foreword: we are an international group mostly speaking
about German cameras, although the exchanges do take place in English.
Group members frequently use various acronyms, abbreviations and
trademarks explained below.
The original German pronunciation for "Rollei" sounds like "Roll-eye" in
English.
Note about HTML code in messages: this is an "ASCII-only" discussion
group: mostly 7-bit US-ASCII + international ISO extensions like
ISO-8859-1 or ISO-8859-15. Do not be surprised if sometimes some 8-bit
characters (e.g. German words in original spelling) or as of Jan. 2002
the new Euro currency sign do appear.
By courtesy to other RUGgers that may have all varieties of mail
reading software all over the world, you are kindly requested to
switch-off any HTML code (although this HTML is, strictly speaking,
7-bit ASCII only) from your posts. This will also reduce the amount of
redundant transferred data. If you need assistance to find the
relevant "hidden software switch" you'll certainly find another RUGger
with the same mailing system as you who will help you efficiently.
Or check the following link: "Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain
ASCII Text ; What is wrong with sending HTML or MIME messages?"
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
However please feel free to list WWW reference links like
"http://www.rollei.de", since many mail reader systems will
automatically transform the string into an active WWW link by
detecting the http:// header.
Marc James Small has added here a special humorous comment for
people who find unsubscription procedures to the RUG far too easy
;-);-);-)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00657.html
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2. Frequently used acronyms and trademarks (TM)
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2.1 Various film sizes and formats
Goldeck cassette 16mm film special cartridge for Rollei 16
and Rollei 16S
APS for Rollei Nano
110 pocket film cassette for Rollei A110 and E 110
117 an obsolete rollfilm size used by the original Rolleiflex
126 instamatic cassette for Rollei A26 and Rolleiflex SL 26
127 size code for small rollfilm used in the "baby" Rolleiflex TLR,
12 frames, image size 4x4 cm (38x38 mm, 1.5"x1.5") "superslides".
135 most popular film size used for 24x36mm and 18x24mm cameras and
or 35mm also on Rollei 6x6 TLRs with the Rolleikin adaptor.
120 size code for un-perforated rollfilm, width = 61mm, with black
backing paper, used in medium format cameras. Allows various
formats to be obtained on the same roll, namely (metric sizes in
cm) 4.5x6, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, and panoramic 6x12, 6x17.
220 similar to 120 but with twice as many frames per roll, no backing
paper except at start and end of film.
6x6 6x6cm (2"1/4x2"1/4) square format (actually ~ 56mmx56mm) used by
medium format cameras including of course Rollei TLRs and SLRs.
6x9 6x9cm (2"1/4x3"1/4) format (actually ~ 56mmx82mm) used by medium
format and view cameras on 120 or 220 rollfilm.
6.5x9 6.5x9cm (2"1/2x3"1/2) format (actual film size ~63.5x88.5mm)
sheet film size adaptable on a Rollei TLRs or SLRs with a
special adaptor back.
4x5 4"x5" sheet film size used on view or field cameras
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2.2 favourite acronyms, photographic terms and trademarks
CLA Clean, Lube, Adjust: maintenance of a mechanical shutter
Compur (TM) a famous type of leaf shutter used on various Rollei
cameras. Formerly a brand name of the Deckel company, Munich
(Germany).
Synchro-Compur (TM) same as above but with a contact system to allow
flash synchronisation.
CZ Carl Zeiss (Germany)
CZJ Carl Zeiss Jena (Germany)
Cord 'cord or short for "Rolleicord"
Distagon (TM) wide-angle lens made by Carl Zeiss or Rollei under licence
found on the rare Rolleiflex 6x6 TLR "wide", on 6x6 SLRs,
and 35mm cameras.
DIY Do-It-Yourself
DBP/DBGM DBP means Deutches BundesPatent or "German Patent". BGM stands
for "Deutsches BundesGebrauchsMuster" which translates to
"German Federal Registered Design" and is a simplified form
of a patent. These mentions were engraved on R-TLRs.
DRP/DRGM same for pre-WWII cameras and until ~1951.
DOF Depth of Field
Duonar (TM) Zeiss tele-attachment for R-TLRs (mid-1950's)
EL (TM?) "Economy Line" budget-line of lenses used on Rollei 600x MF SLR cameras.
ERC Ever-Ready Case. Often mocked at as 'Never-Ready'
EVS Exposure Value Scale. Speaking of Rollei TLR cameras: denotes a geared
interlock system of shutter/f-stop thumbwheels used in the 1950's.
Flex 'flex or short for "Rolleiflex"
Heidoscop (TM) Early stereo camera (for plates, later a roll film
adaptor available)
HFT (TM) "High Fidelity Transfer" Rollei's proprietary lens
multi-coating technology. (coating = "Vergütung" in German)
IB Instruction Book or Owner's Manual
(often missing when buying a second-hand camera)
JSK Jos. Schneider, Bad-Kreuznach (Germany)
LTM Leica Thread Mount 39mmx26tpi thread lens mount for Leica cameras
and compatible
LN Like New \ second-hand cameras for sale
LNIB Like New In Box /
Magnar (TM) Zeiss tele-attachment for R-TLRs (pre-WWII, post WWII)
MF Medium Format (cameras, film, digital backs, images...)
Mutar (TM) generic name by Zeiss for tele- or wide-angle attachments or
converters for R-TLRs, R-SLRs and other Zeiss-equipped cameras.
MXV system found on synchronised shutters that allows either M-agnesium
flash synch, electronic (X) flash synch and self-timer (V for Vorlaufwerk)
OPTON OPT-ische (Werke) O-berkoche-N a brand named used by the West
German branch of Carl Zeiss after WW-II until the German
re-unification in 1990. Read more about the story:
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-10/00285.html (M. J. Small)
P11 (TM?) a classic Rollei dual format (medium format / 35 mm) slide
projector from the sixties
P66 (TM?) a line of Rollei medium format 6x6 projectors that followed the P11.
Planar (TM) a 5-, 6-, or 7-element lens by Carl Zeiss or Rollei under
licence found on Rollei TLRs and SLRs (and of course on
other brands using Zeiss lenses).
PQ (TM?) "Professional Quality" type of lenses used on Rollei 600x MF SLR cameras
PQS (TM?) similar to PQ but with a unique 1/1000s fast leaf shutter.
QBM (TM?) lens bayonet mount for Rollei 35mm SLRs
R-TLR Rollei twin-lens reflex camera
RUG Rollei Users Group, this list
Rolleicopi (TM) a rare modified Rolleicord designed for Polaroïd(TM)
shots from an oscilloscope
Rolleiflex (TM) trademark of various TLR and SLR cameras by Rollei
Rolleifix (TM) quick-release plate for Rollei TLRs.
Rolleikin (TM) a device allowing the use of 35mm film in a Rollei TLR
camera.
Rolleidoscop (TM) Evolution Heidoscop stereo camera for roll film only
Rolleiscop (TM) Projector for slides in 5x5 cm mounts
Rolleilux (TM) an early non-coupled selenium exposure meter to be attached to a R-TLR lens hood
Rolleinar (TM) Close up lens for Rolleiflex, later brand name of
Rollei-SLR lenses
Rolleiparkeil (TM) the viewing (lens+prism) part of the Rolleinar set (early versions)
Rolleiphot (TM) a kind of pre-WWII non-photoelectric exposure meter for R-TLRs
Rolleipol (TM) polarising filter
Rugger a member of the RUG discussing list
SLR a Single-Lens Reflex camera like the Rolleiflex SL66, SLX and SL
6000 series as well as 35 mm Rollei SLR's.
Sonnar (TM) 4- or 5-element lens by Carl Zeiss or Rollei under licence found
on the Tele-Rolleiflex 6x6 TLR, on 6x6 SLRs as well as some
35 mm cameras
Tessar (TM) 4-element lens by Carl Zeiss or Rollei under licence found
on various Rollei TLRs as on some Rollei 35mm cameras.
TLR a Twin-Lens Reflex camera like the classical Rolleiflex.
TTL "Through the Lens" (light metering in most of modern SLR cameras)
TTVL "Through the Viewing Lens" (light metering in the 2.8 GX)
Triotar (TM) 3-element lens by Carl Zeiss or Rollei under licence
found on early TLRs as well as on some Rollei 35mm
cameras.
UV Ultra-Violet (for optical filters)
WLF Waist Level Finder, associated with a folding viewing hood.
WWII The second World War like in ".. it was a pre-WWII design.."
Xenar (TM) 4-element lens made by Schneider Kreuznach found on various
Rollei TLRs, some Rollei 35 and recent point-and-shoot Rolleis.
Xenotar (TM) 5- or 6-element lens by Schneider Kreuznach found on
rollei TLRs and SLRs. Denotes also some kind of projection lenses
for Rollei 6x6 slide projectors.
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Other acronyms, also shared by discussion groups in English on the
Internet
AFAIK As Far As I Know
BTW By The Way
FAQ see http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/FAQ.html
FS For Sale ; according to the RUG's rule: Friday's Buy/Sell posts
FWIW For What Its Worth
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
MBG Money Back Guarantee (on Fridays of course) see "admin" posts by M.J. Small
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00050.html
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/02-2007/msg00122.html
LOL Laughing Out Loud
OT Off-Topic posts (in the subject line)
(TM) ASCII rendition of the trademark-superscript symbol
WOT Way Off-Topic
WTB Want To Buy (for Friday's Buy/Sell posts)
For other Internet acronyms and jargon you should refer to Eric
Raymond's authoritative work esr, at snark.thyrsus.com available (among
numerous other sites) on the following web sites
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/go01.html
http://murrow.journalism.wisc.edu/jargon/
http://murrow.journalism.wisc.edu/jargon/jargon_toc.html
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3. Information available on the World Wide Web
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3.1 Archives of the Rollei Users List / Rollei Users Group:
** from 1996 to 2004 the "official" RUG ROLLEI-digest repository was
on mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
This archive is no longer maintained and its contents has been
re-installed on-line thanks to Ferdi Stutterheim:
http://www.rugarchives.org
Those archives are not searchable... except when they'll eventually be
indexed by companies who provide Internet search engines...
As of July, 2007, the archive appears to have been partly to totally
indexed by google. So you can use the following google request:
site:http://www.rugarchives.org keyword-1 keyword-2 keyword-3
or
site:http://www.rugarchives.org "keyword-1 keyword-2" keyword-3
with quotes if you want that the string "keyword-1 keyword-2" be
looked for as a whole string.
For example to extract messages relevant to the Rolleiflex T model:
site:http://www.rugarchives.org "rolleiflex t"
The long url of this google search, launched from France, looks like:
http://www.google.fr/#hl=fr&source=hp&q=site:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugarchives.org++%22rolleiflex+t%22&gbv=2&oq=site:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugarchives.org++%22rolleiflex+t%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=6713l6713l0l8101l1l1l0l0l0l0l333l333l3-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=758df7bc0fd86509&biw=1189&bih=715
The "rolleiflex t" request to the archive returns noting less than
1100 messages of interest!
The following google request
site:http://www.rugarchives.org "rolleiflex t" small 2002 jun
http://www.google.fr/#hl=fr&source=hp&q=site:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugarchives.org+%22rolleiflex+t%22+small+2002+jun&btnG=Recherche+Google&gbv=2&oq=site:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugarchives.org+%22rolleiflex+t%22+small+2002+jun&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=1055l1055l0l2807l1l1l0l0l0l0l782l782l6-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=758df7bc0fd86509&biw=1189&bih=715
will restrict the number of messages to only 2...
The archive is organised in html format with active links. As usual on
the Internet many web pages disappear so many links are broken.
** former digistar archive
http://digistar.com/rollei (link no longer active)
Thanks to the courtesy of Jason Buchanan, the digistar archive used to
host the old archives as of May, 1999 and after Jan. 2005 continued to
store and display messages now managed by freelists.org. This archive
is no longer available. Use the following link instead:
http://www.rugarchives.org
** former rollei-gallery and current rolleiusersgroup image gallery on flickr.com
For several years, a web gallery was provided by Eric Goldstein at
rollei-gallery.net for list members to show their pictures. Now the
continuation of this gallery, managed by E. Goldstein can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiusersgroup
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiusersgroup/pool/
presentation http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/03-2007/msg00195.html
Other groups on flickr use Rollei-branded cameras & products
http://www.flickr.com/groups/323288@N25/ (baby rollei 4x4)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/51534648@N00/ (rollei 35S)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/74819098@N00/ (rollei QZ35)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/75624009@N00/ (rollei IR400 film)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rollei/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rollei35/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rollei_users/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleicord/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiflex-slr/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiflex/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiminidigi/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiprego/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiretro100400/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tinyrollei/
** freelists archive as of Jan. 2005
This is the new repository of all messages generated by the Rollei
list after Jan. 2005 when it moved to the freelists web site.
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
The freelists management software provides a search engine.
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/
Simply type the requested keywords in the requested space
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To get, for example, a list of messages related to the subject
"rolleiflex planar vs xenotar" (probably the FAQ ;-);-), type the
previous keywords in the "search" field. Keyword spelling is
insensitive to case.
Below is a list of useful keywords to look for, as an answer to
frequently asked questions. Most often you'll have to refine your
search (additional keyword, "Boolean" and/or search) to narrow down to
a tractable number of messages. Clicking on one message shows the full
text of the Rugger's contribution in the freelists archive format,
i.e. you'll have immediate access to the related messages in the same
thread.
keyword(s) search: | related topic
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repair CLA "Where do I get my Rollei repaired ?" (~15 messages)
planar vs. xenotar "Which is the best lens ?" (a few hundred messages ,;-))
tessar vs. xenar (~40 messages)
front element focus "On my Rollei 35 Tessar, how do I actually focus ?"
front cell focus "I have a Super Ikonta..."
7 element planar beware a single digit like "6"
6 element planar is not an efficient search filter
Various TLR and SLR lens formulae
5 element planar
rolleinar close up focusing closer than 1 metre with a R-TLR
caution: "rolleinar" was also used for a line of SLR lenses
step ring filter adapting regular threaded filters on Rollei cameras
bay to screw
bayonet size Rollei bayonet filter mount
outer bayonet for lens shades/hoods
cut film back TLR/SL66 adapter for individual 6.5x9cm sheet/cut film
sheet film adapter
6.5x9
rolleifix quick-release plate for the R-TLR
flash bracket "How do I attach a flash unit to a R-TLR ?"
battery (ies) replacement batteries for older 35mm models
battery 35 for the rollei 35
mercury "Mercury batteries: illegal for my R-35 ?"
PX27
PX625
cementing rebuilding a lens, repairing a prism
coating anti-reflection coating
exposure meter many Rollei camera have a built-in meter
selenium but many Ruggers use a hand-held meter as well
meter E specific meter of the 'E' and 'T' R-TLR
meter diffusor
ev table correspondence between Exposure Values
ev chart and aperture-speeds
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advice on specific camera models
serial number "Which model do I have ?"
rolleiflex t
rolleicord
rolleiflex 3.5
rolleiflex 2.8
tele rolleiflex the rare Tele Rolleiflex
rolleiwide the even more rare Wide Angle Rolleiflex
rolleiflex 6000
rolleiflex 6001
rolleiflex 6003
rolleiflex 6008
rollei 35 S
rollei 35 SE
rollei 35 T
which rollei 35
rollei 35 minox "How do they compare" ?
rollei 35s competitors
rollei SL35
rollei SL2000
rollei 3000
rollei a26
rollei a110
rollei xf35
qz 35
prego
nano
giro
....etc...
ISBN favourite reference books
Parker Prochnow book "Who is the best author of Rollei books ?"
leather case taking care of camera cases and straps
leather case stitch "Who cares for a 50+ years old case !?"
scissor strap repair
Rollei stereo taking stereo pairs with Rollei cameras
stereo R-TLR
rollei NASA shuttle "Yes some Rollei cameras have been to Space !"
relevant posts, by Bob Salomon:
initial post : rollei-digest v01/v01.n730 Friday, 15 May 1998
read it here: http://www.rugarchives.org/1998-05/00278.html
see also:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/part-2-3.html
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20041130163456/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/part-2-3.html
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Below is another list of photographic subjects outside the Rollei
world, for which you may find good advice from expert Ruggers ; the
keywords are self-explanatory, but you should combine with other
keywords. On the freelist archive and as of Feb. 2007, for example
"darkroom" will match not less that 450 messages ; the keyword "film"
matches about 2700 messages but "film permanence" brings you to a very
interesting discussion thread ; "filter" matches close to 700
messages, "orange filter" (28 matches) focuses on various issues with
orange and B&W filters.
keyword(s) search: related topic:
depth of field depth of field issues
DOF
film
slide "Hi, What is your favourite slide film here ?"
negative
darkroom
enlarger
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filter
flash
strobe
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tripod
case bag
pixel "Hi, Do you think digital is the way to go?"
scanner
cold weather using a camera in cold weather conditions
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3.2 Rollei-related WWW links
3.2.1 web sites, general Rollei information
From Sept. 2005 to Jan. 2010, the Rollei brand name has been the
property of a small company named Rollei GmbH, initially located in
Berlin. As of January 2010, the Rollei brand is the property of a
company named RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG Tarpen 40, Gebäude 6b D-22419
Hamburg, Germany, a distributor of consumer digital cameras and other
consumer photo equipment.
http://www.rcp-technik.com
http://www.rcp-technik.com/typo3/index.php?id=rollei-home&L=1
The web sites http://www.rollei.de http://www.rollei.com now
re-directs to http://www.rcp-technik.com
The brand name "Rollei" is licenced to other companies including MAHN
and CO a German film distributor: HANS O. MAHN GmbH & Co. KG,
Brookstieg 4, D-22145 Stapelfeld, Germany.
http://www.mahn.net
http://www.rolleifilm.com
The former Rollei factory in Braunschweig had been hosting for a few
years a manufacturing company named Franke und Heidecke GmbH that
eventually went bankrupt in 2009. F&H besides its fabrication of
medium format cameras (film and digital), and slide projectors, was a
sub-contractor in the field of fine mechanics and optics. F&H
developed the HY6 medium format camera project with Jenoptik, also
sold under the brand SINAR, but eventually Jenoptik decided to withdraw
from the photographic business after F&H's bankruptcy.
See Emmanuel Bigler's flickr pages to have an idea of how the factory
looked like in 2006.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/sets/72157594337167325/
This could have been the end of a long story, but a new company named
DWH Fototechnic was formed, which as of 2011 continues the fabrication
of medium format camera and projector equipment.
DHW is named after the initials of the founder of the company, Rolf Daus,
Hans und Katharina Hartje, Frank Will.
Read more (in German):
http://www.fotomagazin.de/galerie/detail.php?objectID=4727&class=22&thema=
The company is located in one of the former Rollei factory buildings in
Salzdahlumer street, where the original red brick buildings were built in
1929 by the father-founders Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/274670024/in/set-72157594337167325/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/274670027/in/set-72157594337167325/
DHW Fototechnik GmbH, Salzdahlumer Strasse 196, D-38126 Braunschweig,
Germany
http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de/
DHW Fototechnic had a booth at the 2010 Photokina fair in Cologne.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/5035909850/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/5035909848/
DHW Fototechnic Braunschweig, has of course some links and commercial
agreements with RCP technik, but the two companies are otherwise
separate entities.
As of summer 2007, F&H used to publish a newsletter, "Quadrat"
First issue:
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/quadr1-dt.pdf (dead link)
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/quadr1-engl.pdf (dead link)
There was a second issue published, but since the company Franke & Heidecke
GmbH was bankrupt, the above links seem no longer active.
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A report by Ferdi Stutterheim: Rollei Braunschweig factory visit on
May 10-11, 2001
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00656.html
Ferdi Stutterheim : Rollei Braunschweig factory visit on May 8-9, 2003
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00499.html
A French version of this report
http://www.galerie-photo.com/une-visite-a-l-usine-rollei-fr.html
A visit to the Franke & Heidecke factory in March 2006 by Dirk-Roger
Schmitt and Emmanuel Bigler
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/08-2006/msg00537.html
Images of the F&H buildings in Salzdahlumer Straße as well as the
former Voigtländer factory:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43175600@N00/sets/72157594337167325/
In the fifties:
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5578/4395/1600/714595/fabrica-59569%20copia.jpg (C.M. Freaza)
Rollei-Werke vs. Rollei Fototechnic, a note about the history of the
Rollei company by M.J. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00778.html
New Rollei share holders, as of Nov. 2002 by D.-R. Schmitt
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00806.html
New organization of the company, Rollei and Franke & Heidecke as of
Sept. 2005 : "Franke & Heidecke re-established" (D-R. Schmitt)
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/09-2005/msg00073.html
http://www.newsclick.de/index.jsp/menuid/2182/artid/4496196
Pictures taken inside the Rollei factory... in the Golden age of the
Rollei TLR, 1959 (as certified by Claus Prochnow)
http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com (C. M. Freaza)
http://www.photosuffren.com/pages/usines/rollei.htm 1950's
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02337.html (C. M. Freaza)
the famous "Kraemer-Bau" building
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02592.html (D.R. Schmitt)
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=274736973&context=set-72157594337167325&size=l (E. Bigler)
The former machine shop
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=274736969&context=set-72157594337167325&size=l (E. Bigler)
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5578/4395/1600/597325/tornos-59581%20copia.jpg (C.M. Freaza)
http://www.photosuffren.com/rollei/usinerollei.html F&H today
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Famous lens companies, partners of Rollei for a long time:
Carl Zeiss http://www.zeiss.de (Germany)
where you can find "A Virtual Tour of the Lens Production" in Oberkochen.
and a virtual demo of angles of view "Changing Lenses Interactive"
http://www.zeiss.de/de/home_e.nsf General info in English
http://www.zeiss.com/cameralenses Camera lens section
http://www.zeiss.com (North America)
About the history of the Zeiss company: http://www.company7.com/zeiss/history.html
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Schneider Kreuznach: http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com (Germany)
http://www.schneideroptics.com (USA)
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On US partnership between Rollei and Honeywell
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00125.html (G. Lehrer)
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"Yes some Rollei cameras have been to Space !"
relevant post, by Bob Salomon: "NASA 6008 cameras for the shuttle"
rollei-digest v01/v01.n730 Friday, 15 May 1998
http://www.rugarchives.org/1998-05/00278.html
see also:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/part-2-3.html
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20041130163456/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/part-2-3.html
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A short list of non-commercial (except Rollei, Zeiss and Schneider
factory sites) web sites where you'll find useful information and
links to numerous other Rollei-related web sites not listed here:
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There used to be some datasheet here, for current medium format cameras,
recent TLRs and 600x series
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/produkte_sub.php?katid=601&kat=mittelformat (dead link)
Since the bankruptcy of F&H, the web site www.rollei.com re-directs to
RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG http://www.rcp-technik.com, this company has no
connection with 6x6 professional Rollei cameras, manufactured by DHW
Fototechnic http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de/
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http://www.rollei-report.com Claus Prochnow's Web site.
See bibliography in sec. 4.1
http://www.foto.no/rolleiflex/index.html
http://www.rolleigraphy.org/rolleigraphy.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20081231161341/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
http://home.comcast.net/~wymanburke/The_Rollei_Page.html
http://home.comcast.net/~wymanburke/Rollei_Links.html
From Dave Wyman : "A Compendium of Links from Around the World -
Scroll Down to View Resources, Galleries and Biographies"
http://www.siufai.dds.nl/Rollei_History.htm
R-TLR serial numbers plus images by Siu Fai Au, the Netherlands
http://www.janboettcher.de/MuseumEng.html
A virtual tour of Jan Böttcher's private Rollei museum.
http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com (C. M. Freaza)
http://webhome.idirect.com/~fouellet/cameras/rolleif.htm F. Ouellette's Rollei page
http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com John Powell's Rollei page
http://www.williamsphotographic.com/ocr/mf/rollei.html Peter Williams page
http://www.skand-rolleiklubben.org/ Per-Anders Westman's site (in Swedish, some pages in English)
http://hem.passagen.se/ovekfoto/8-rollei.html Ove Karksson's site (Swedish)
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/rolleif2.htm (R. Korhonen's TLR page, in English)
http://www.webstar.nl/~job/rolleipage.html Julian Oliver Bell's site (English)
http://www.photographical.net/gallery_rollei_wp.html Peter Wolff's "Rolleiflex Wallpaper Gallery"
http://www.kameramuseum.de/rolleiflex-6x6.html Kurt Tauber (German)
http://www.uia.ac.be/u/lakiere/rollei-tot.html F. Lakiere's Rollei collection (in Dutch)
http://www03.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ra2/tak-qzb/6x6.html (In Japanese)
Rollei threads in Medium Format Digest:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-one-category.tcl?topic=Medium%20Format%20Digest&category=Rollei&topic=Medium%20Format%20Digest&category=Rollei
http://www.photo.net/photo/medium-format/rollei-tlr.html
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/rollei_e.htm
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/rollco_e.htm
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/role35_e.htm
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/roll44_e.htm
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/tlr.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/rollei.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/grollei.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/rollei/rollei_manuals.htm \
http://www.foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-10.html \
http://www.dmakos.com/square/manual/index.html > Manuals
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/28f35f.pdf (in German) /
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html /
http://home.iprimus.com.au/g_oxley/rolleiflex/T/index.html (Rolleiflex T, G. Oxley)
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rolleiflex_sl66/rollei_sl66.htm (Rolleiflex SL66, M. Buktus)
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A collection of instructions manuals for classical photographic
equipement (including some Rollei camera and accessories), thanks to
Richard Urmonas
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/index.html
To identify some Rollei accessories go to the Rollei Practical
Accessories Manual
as of 1954 : http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-prac-acc-54/rollei-prac-acc-54.html
Rolleinar 1 and 2, Rolleipar 1 and 2, Rolleinar 2.8C, Rollei Filters,
Rolleigrid, Lens Hood, Auxiliary Focusing Knob, Extension Hood,
Rolleipol, Rolleisoft Lens 0 and 1, Panorama Head, Plate-Adapter,
Rolleikin 2, Rolleimeter, Lens Accessory Sequence, Rolleiflash
as of 1960 : http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-prac-acc-60/rollei-prac-acc-60.html
Lens Hood, Rolleilux, Exposure Meter, Rolleinars, Rolleiflash 2,
Colour Conversion Filters, H1 Haze Filter, Filters for Black and
White, UV Filter, Infrared Filter, ND Filters, Rolleisoft, Rolleipol,
Minature Format Adapters, Plate Back, Optically Flat Glass Plate,
Pistol Grip, Panorama Head, Rolleifix, Microscope Attachment,
Rolleimarin, Prism Finder, Binocular Focusing Hood, Leather Cases,
Metal Case, Rollei Projector, Projector Adapter
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http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/rollei/
http://www.rflex.de (Germany)
this site points to two German-speaking mailing lists, namely
<rollei-mf-info at egroups punkt com> and <rollei-35mm-info at egroups punkt com>
http://www.kharms.de (K. Harms page, Germany)
http://www.kharms.de/Rolleiflex.htm
A compilation on SLR Rollei cameras in German
http://www.holgerhollmann.de/MF_FAQ/mf_faq_rollei.html
http://www.exakta.org/csg/scatti9804c.html Angelo Derqui's
info page on Rollei (in Italian)
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1244/rollei1/rollei1.html
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20090829122647/http://geocities.com/vienna/1244/rollei1/rollei1.html
98 CAMERAS, 98 PICTURES, "the Derqui Collection" pictures from the
Rollei Pocket Book, by Angelo Derqui.
http://www.foto.art.br/info/equipamento/classicas/rollei/ (Brazil)
http://www.photocorner.it/Rollei/rolleihome.htm (Italy)
http://perso.club-internet.fr/oliwajsf/Photos%20d%27appareils/Appareils%20allemands.htm (France)
A nice repository of many Rollei User's Manuals
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rolleiflex.htm
3.2.2 web pages with advice and answers to specific photographic questions
Many questions related to general photography, (which strictly
speaking should be off-topic), are also discussed on the RUG list and
the RUG archive is a good source of information. Some messages posted
on the RUG are referenced below as a direct WWW link to the relevant
mail archived on http://www.rugarchives.org
A good source on medium format cameras with many links, including one
back here for those who like to explore the web in a closed loop ;-)
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/cameras.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/links.html
About camera/lens trade names and their origin: posts by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-03/00141.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-03/00184.html ("Rollei Words")
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00809.html ("Lens Names")
About the Greek origin of some lens names:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00136.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
See also the Carl Zeiss web page in English
http://www.zeiss.com/photo
experience / lens names / The meaning of our brand names
About basic questions regarding photographic lenses, you can read
http://www.graflex.org/lenses/photographic-lenses-tutorial.html
http://www.photo.net/photo/optics/lensTutorial.html
http://www.photo.net/photo/optics/lensFAQ
and the two following books recommended by Richard Knoppow
The Photographic Lens second edition, Sidney F. Ray, 1992, The Focal
Press ISBN 0 2405 1329 0 (Soft Cover)
Applied Photographic Optics Second edition, Sidney F. Ray, 1995, The
Focal Press ISBN 0 240 51499 8 (Soft Cover)
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The following book by Arthur Cox covers the same subjects and lists
nothing less than 500 lens diagrams covering almost all pre-1975 lens
models:
"Photographic Optics", Cox, Arthur, ISBN 0-240-50844-0 (FOCAL
PRESS, 596pp, 15-th ed., 1975).
Another reference book:
"Optics in Photography", Kingslake, Rudolf, ISBN 0-8194-0763-1,
published by the SPIE (the International Society for Optical Engineers)
(290pp, 1992).
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Separation Issues and Zeiss Lenses, by R. Knoppow:
"Balsam issues with some Zeiss lenses?"
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00156.html
Counting the number of elements in a lens, by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-01/00428.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00500.html
On front cell focusing (e.g. some Tessars, not R-TLR tessars) by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-01/00845.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-01/00906.html
see also some info on this subject in R. Kingslake's
book (ISBN 0-8194-0763-1 page 32)
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About lens design then (1964) and now (1996)
http://www.spie.org/web/oer/june/jun97/lens.html
Lens coating and coverage
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00345.html (R. Knoppow)
Coating Flaws, and historical notes on lens coating (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00489.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00571.html
Collimating lenses, a tutorial (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00588.html
Focus shift and spherical aberration, by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/00155.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/00174.html
The development of optical glass in the United States (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00869.html
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Historical notes on the German tradition of precision craftsmanship in
the camera industry, and related thread on Japanese
competitors:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00470.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00476.html (M.J. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00582.html (M.J. Small)
On triplet lenses
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00946.html (R. Knoppow)
On the Tessar(TM) lens
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00126.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00127.html (J.A. Lind)
On the Biogon(TM) and Super-Angulon(TM) designs and patents by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00254.html
Historical Notes on the Sonnar(TM) lens
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01631.html (D. Seifert)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01640.html (R. Knoppow)
Light fall-off and bellows factor in retrofocus lenses by, E. Bigler
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01123.html
Wide-angle non-retrofocus lenses: a tribute to Michael Roosinov,
U.S. Patent number 2,516,724, "Wide angle orthoscopic anastigmatic
photographic objective" http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2516724
Comments & notes by by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/00327.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01182.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/03622.html
About the Goerz Hypergon and its mechanical exposure equalizer, by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01191.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01192.html
On Agfa(TM) lenses and their design, start here
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01275.html (R. Urmonas)
A collection of instructions manuals for classical photographic
equipement (including some Rollei camera and accessories), thanks to
Richard Urmonas
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/index.html
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Depth Of Field "DOF" issues
All you need to know about Depth Of Field on Bob Wheeler's web site
from the most simple...
http://www.bobwheeler.com/photo/DOFExpo2.pdf
...to the most complex including shift and tilt
http://www.bobwheeler.com/photo/ViewCam.pdf
Historical notes on DOF lens engravings by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00371.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00392.html
On DOF issues, see also R. Kingslake's book (ISBN 0-8194-0763-1,
chapter 5, pp 84-103)
On Scheimpflug's rule by Q.T. Luong
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/how-to-focus.html
DOF and Scheimpflug's rule: a simple geometrical approach by E. Bigler
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scheimpflug-bigler-english.pdf
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scheimpflug-DOF-bigler-english.pdf
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Define "Contrast" and "Sharpness"
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00493.html (J. Böttcher)
A tutorial on MTF curves by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00502.html
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Define the term 'Bokeh', a FAQ on all photographic discussion groups !!
"The shape of the out of focus area of a photo." (Peter Kotsinadelis)
Todd Belcher argues and explains the Japanese origin for this word:
(RUG, January 2004)
"I don't think that's the definition of Bokeh, Peter. Though that is
definitely an aspect of Bokeh. I think a definition of Bokeh would be
more along the lines of: the ability of a lens to render gradations. It
is considered good Bokeh when the gradations are smooth and poor Bokeh
when the gradations are harsh to the eye. The Harshness can be caused
by, as you say, out of round apertures, but can also be caused by the
lens itself. Symptoms of the latter are hard gradations and double
image out of focus areas.
Bokeh was coined by the Japanese and comes from the Japanese word for
gradation: 'bokashi'. The Japanese have, for many centuries, been
concerned with gradations in art, thus, it was not a big step to
consider it's implications in photography....
...
It is indeed related to Ukioye, Japanese woodblock printing, where
gradations were difficult to produce. The pressing of each sheet to
the woodblock had to have the ink wiped on to the woodblock 'just so'
to attain a nice gradation. In some areas, such as the face of a
character, very small areas may have had gradations and these required
a highly skilled printer to apply with consistency. The Japanese
prized the skill with which these gradations were made and effect they
had on the final image. these gradations made an appearance in
Japanese woodblock prints towards the end of the 1700s and early
1800s. --Todd Belcher"
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Lens testing
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00923.html (R. Monaghan)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00943.html (R. Monaghan)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00925.html (R. Knoppow)
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Diffraction issues in quality photographic lenses, an essay by E. Bigler
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01221.html
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Bellows or close-up lenses ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00930.html (D. Kalish)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00970.html (D. Kalish)
Computing the equivalent focal length of a photographic lens fitted
with a supplementary positive or negative lens, by R. Knoppow, E.
Bigler, D. Kalish:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00277.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00279.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00280.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00289.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00313.html
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About UV-protective filters. A passionate debate on the RUG:
ARGH! ... the Filter Myth! (selected posts)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00658.html (Chris Sorensen, start !)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00661.html (Marc J. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00664.html (J. Lind)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00666.html (Mark Rabiner)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00674.html (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00714.html (Marc J. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00904.html (Richard Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00720.html (Austin Franklin)
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Rollei H1 UV filters and Tessar-Xenar lenses, and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02957.html (C. M. Freaza)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02970.html (R. Knoppow)
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On the classical Weston hand-held selenium meter
The meter is named after Dr. Edward Weston (1850-1936)
http://www.westonmaster.com/edward.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Weston_(chemist)
This British-born chemist & engineer is not related to the US
photographer Edward Weston (1886-1950)
http://www.edward-weston.com/edward_weston_biography.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Weston
Technical notes about the Weston meter by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00484.html
http://www.megatron.co.uk
http://www.megatron.co.uk/euromaster2/index.html
http://www.westonmaster.com
On calibrating a selenium cell (by D. Williams, see also a long
related thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00132.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00152.html
About basic properties of Selenium cells...
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00162.html (R. Knoppow)
... and electrical equivalent circuit of a and Silicon photodiode
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00217.html (E. Bigler)
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Incidents vs. reflective metering and gray cards : 18% or 12.5% ?, an
interesting thread. Selected posts:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00676.html (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00700.html (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00731.html (R. Knoppow)
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6x6 TLR vs. SLR for street photography, and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-06/00317.html (Mark Rabiner)
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Film issues
Historical notes on ASA, DIN and ISO film speed scales, by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00140.html
"Which films were used back then?" an interesting thread, start here:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00657.html (L. Schultz)
Historical notes on Kodachrome film, by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00078.html
Historical notes on color film, R. Knoppow, and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01659.html
About the Agfa Rondinax 60 daylight loading and processing tank for
120 rollfilms, thanks to Richard Urmonas:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-03/00749.html
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/index.html
What is 620 rollfilm ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00354.html (G. Johnson)
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Yes, they did it : an entire thread about standard tripod threads :
read Marc J. Small's and G. Lehrer's posts plus, of course
related threads ;-)
start here: http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01068.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01105.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01163.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01237.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01274.html
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Different shutter brands : a primer by Bob Shell and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00168.html (B. Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00205.html (R. Knoppow)
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About springs in mechanical shutters and cleaning/lubricating
(including R-TLR models), by G. Johnson and R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00085.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00086.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00094.html
Leaf shutter technology, a tutorial by Richard Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00205.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00218.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00244.html
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About leaf shutter thread sizes, lens mounts, flange to film plane
distances in various cameras, etc : see W.J. Markerink's web page
(pointed to the RUG by H. Wells and G. Ivanyo)
http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm
See also S.K. Grimes's web site
http://www.skgrimes.com/classhut/index.htm
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Synchro Compur new and old
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00110.html (R. Knoppow)
1/500s with pre-F Rollei TLR?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00701.html
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And if you do not need a shutter: barrel lenses
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00437.htm l(R. Knoppow)
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A short but useful German->English glossary of photographic terms
http://www.acecam.com/germany2.html
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3.2.3 web pages with advice and answers to specific Rollei questions
The Heidoscop camera (J. Hemenway)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00473.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00476.html
http://www.hemenway.com/Heidoscop/heidoscop-text.gif
http://www.hemenway.com/Heidoscop/heidoscop.jpg
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ROLLEI TLR CAMERAS
Rollei TLR and the Press : historical notes
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00205.html (M.S. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00203.html (B. Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00219.html ("QWhoZeiss")
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Comparisons between various R-TLRs
A picture of the first Rolleiflex TLR (1928-1929)
http://www.kharms.de/Rolleiflex.htm
http://www.uia.ac.be/u/lakiere/rollei-tot.html
http://www.siufai.dds.nl/page67.htm
http://www.dmakos.com/square/museum/original/index.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01074.html (T. Belcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01097.html Yes it is one of those by Thomas A. Frank
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01109.html read the story !
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01959.html Claus Prochnow's congratulations message !
The original Rolleiflex used 117 film
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00340.html (J.P. Dahlen)
... but some B1 and B2 films were used also (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00543.html
----
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-02/00789.html
will drive you to Richard Urmonas's post dated Wed Feb 21 2001, a nice
summary of various R-TLR specifications.
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-12/00923.html
is another point of view on the same subject by Emmanuel Bigler,
available as a comparative chart of Rolleiflex Twin-Lens Cameras
built after 1957
http://www.rolleigraphy.org/rolleiflex_compare.html
same in French, hosted on Henri Peyre's medium and large format
photography web site:
http://www.galerie-photo.com/rolleiflex_bi_objectif.html
R-TLR Recommendations by Robert Fox:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00777.html
A Very Brief Primer on Lenses
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-04/00822.html
is a good summary of R-TLR lens designs by Marc James Small
The Truth About the Sixth Element ...
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-01/00307.html
is a discussion on 5 to 6 element R-TLR lenses by Marc James Small
About the 2.8/8cm Tessar on R-TLRs by Marc James Small
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00991.html
Poll : what is your favourite Rollei camera, by TC Khoo
start here: http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00206.html
About Rolleiflex TLR lens quality 3.5 vs. 2.8 (an endless debate ;-)
http://www.acecam.com/message/10264.html
Evolution of R-TLRs from the 1950's to present, quality and price
issues, and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00483.html (D. A. Cooper)
Doubts about planar sharpness on your R-TLR ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00036.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00162.html \
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00046.html > (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00235.html /
R-TLR lens sharpness : no doubts ! by Christopher M. Perez
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/03125.html
"Comparisons - 3.5 Xenotar vs. Planar?"
The point of view of Richard Knoppow on this "RUGgers' favourite,
fascinating and passionate question", and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00314.html
Planar and xenotar: historical notes by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00809.html
Schneider vs. Zeiss lenses : a FAQ
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00891.html (J. Waid)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00897.html (Siu Fai)
ON "bokey" or "bokeh" and shape of iris blades in a R-TLR, by Richard Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00895.html
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Checking a second-hand TLR before buying : expert advice by Harry Fleenor
http://www.foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-12.html
Another second-hand buying guide from M. Le Mandat (France), what to
check on a TLR (in French)
http://www.multimania.com/mlemandat
and choice of affordable MF cameras including R-TLR clones
http://www.multimania.com/mlemandat/choix_mf.html (in French)
What are "white-face" R-TLR models ? (P. Stiles)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00502.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00510.html
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Review of R-TLR models:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras/product_6559.asp
Discussions on photo.net about the choice of a R-TLR
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001F3W
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001B4d
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001DuO
A description of various lens types on R-TLRs, by Richard Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-03/01056.html
Choice between various R-TLR lenses
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001CtQ
A summary of wide-angle and telephoto attachments made for the R-TLR
(Magnar, Duonar, Mutar) by Marc J. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-06/00779.html
Mutar 0.7x
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00521.html (and related thread)
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The automatic roller-feeler film sensor on Rolleiflex models: a really
frequently asked question.
On 120/220 rollfilms, this system detects the beginning of the film by
sensing the total thickness of the stacked (film) + (adhesive tape) +
(paper). Then, after the sensor has been triggered, winding the crank
will be stopped at frame 1 automatically. Do not forget upon loading
that if you have such a model you should place the film paper leader
between the two rollers (a small one, fixed, hidden beneath and the
sensing one, bigger, visible), otherwise you might wind the film to
the end without actuating the frame counter. The system triggers when
sensing a 0.3mm total thickness and should not trigger for 0.15 mm
only (reference: Prochnow, "Rollei Technical Report", see sec. 4.1.1).
The sensor is reset together with the frame counter when opening the
back to change film.
Details on how this works by Jerry Lehrer
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00465.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00467.html
It was first introduced on the Rolleiflex Automat just before WWII and
is present on all subsequent Rolleiflex models (and some SL66 film
backs), with the following exceptions, which all use the simpler "red
dot and arrow" manual alignment method: all Rolleicord models,
Rolleimagic, Rolleiflex T, 2.8GX, 2.8FX. In such models, simply place
the paper leader over the single roller and align the arrow on paper
with the two red dots engraved nearby before closing the back. Another
gearwheel sensor on the receiving spool (also present on the
"twin-roller" R-TLRs) will then stop the crank on frame 1.
Read more about the origins of the system and why it was abandoned on
the 2.8GX (selected posts from a long thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00603.html (M. S. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00613.html (S. Keller)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00608.html (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00651.html (B. Cousineau)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00662.html (R. Knoppow)
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Rolleiflex standard, instructions
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-stand/rollei-stand.html
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Rolleiflex Automat:
Images :
http://www.revelateur.com/scripts/gestart/article.php?ID=80&ORDR=1
http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com/Rolleiflex35Collection.html
Useful info by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-03/00232.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00394.html (Identifying a Model 2)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00415.html (Self timer issues)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00430.html (Old Compur shutters)
Rolleiflex MX EVS:
Images :
http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com/Rolleiflex35Collection.html
http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com/files/rolleiflex_mx_evs_17340146_thumbnail.jpg
http://foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-2-9a.jpg
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00441.html (J.P. Dahlen)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00467.html (A. Zak)
Rolleiflex MX EVS instructions
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-mxevs/rollei-mxevs.html
"I prefer an MX-EVS type 2"
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00493.html (R. Coutant)
MX EVS and 220:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00863.html (T. Belcher)
Double exposure on MV-EVS (and other R-TLRs)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00416.html (R. Lahrson)
Manual for MX/EVS : see R. Urmonas web site.
http://www.urmonas.net
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Rolleiflex T :
Images:
http://galerie-photo.com/images/T-vue-face.gif
http://galerie-photo.com/images/T-dans-sac-tout-pret.gif
List of various R-T models, by Marc J. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/01099.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-08/00534.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-08/00558.html (T. Belcher)
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=388
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000eE3
A nice RUGger summary by M. L. Phillips "Opinions on the Rolleiflex T"
rollei-digest v01/v01.n232 Friday, 10 January 1997
http://www.rugarchives.org/1997-01/00124.html
Rolleiflex T user's manual by G. Oxley
http://home.iprimus.com.au/g_oxley/rolleiflex/T/index.html
Missing or non-missing features on the Rolleiflex T, by G. Lehrer
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00147.html
Is-it possible to make intentional double exposures on a non-modified
Rolleiflex T? by Siu Fai and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00508.html
Rolleiflex T Meter ASA Setting (applies also to 'E' models)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00117.html (H. Bauer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00133.html
Rolleiflex T serial number engraving and green 'bulb' exposure setting
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00292.html (Siu Fai)
Rolleiflex T broken display belts
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00220.html (E. Bigler)
Can the T shutter be safely set at 1/500 after cocking the shutter?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00221.html (E. Bigler)
Auxiliary Focus Knob for T?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00692.html (J. Lehrer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00700.html (R. Knoppow)
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Rolleiflex T vs. Rolleicord VB : a difficult choice by M. Stoesz, R.
Lahrson and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00188.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00207.html
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Rolleiflex T and Lanthanum glass
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02511.html (R. Knoppow)
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Rolleicord:
Pictures of a Rolleicord Vb:
http://www.janboettcher.de/MuseumR2eng.html
http://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Image:Rolleicord_Vb.jpg
Description:
http://medfmt.8k.com/pw/V.html
Xenars and bokeh
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00013.html (E. Goldstein)
1/500s and the Compur-Rapid by S. Keller:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00299.html
Cocking lever and shutter release issues, Vb
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00444.html (Neil)
Rollicord V cable release issues
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00779.html (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00795.html (A. Zak)
Strap type for Rolleicord Vb
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00324.html (J. Hemenway)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00328.html (J. Lehrer)
Identifying a Rolleicord IV
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01200.html (E. Goldstein)
Rolleicord III Sales Brochure on Richard Urmonas web site
http://www.urmonas.net/photocat/cordIII-br/cordIII-br.html
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Rollei Magic:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00155.html (Siu Fai)
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Rolleiflex 3.5E
http://medfmt.8k.com/pw/35e.htm
Question of R-TLR nomenclature Europe vs. US, by Marc J. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00050.html
Rolleiflex "E" models
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00893.html (T.A. Frank)
Light Meters and Differences Between E & F Bodies
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/01051.html (G. Lehrer)
Rolleiflex E2 vs. E3 by Siu Fai
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00633.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00044.html
Rolleiflex E, E2 vs E3, F by Todd Belcher
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00071.html
How rare are E3 Planars?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00015.html (D. Seifert)
12/24 options for 220 film on R-TLR E:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00448.html (C. Everitt)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00465.html (G. Lehrer)
aperture-dial locking mechanism on 'E' models
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00300.html (J. Hicks)
Coating Flaws in E Series
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00489.html (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00491.html (T. Belcher)
3.5E and broken DOF indicator
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01719.html (Siu Fai)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01724.html (Vick Ko)
2.8E
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00183.html (T. Belcher)
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Rolleiflex 2.8 A
About the 2.8A Tessar :
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-07/00569.html (M.S. Small)
In : http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/
look for : Rolleiflex 2.8A??, an interesting thread,
start here http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/00024.html
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Rolleiflex 2.8 B Biometar
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00018.html (R. Knoppow)
Biometar and Planar:
http://www.rugarchives.org/1997-02/00194.html (M. J. Small)
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Rolleiflex 2.8 C or D
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00865.html (J.P. Dahlen)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00871.html (T. Belcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01499.html (C. M. Freaza)
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Rolleiflex 2.8 F
Pictures of a 2.8F Planar:
http://www.foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-3-11a.jpg
Differences between models:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00540.html (M.J. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00561.html (T. Belcher)
Rolleiflex 2.8 E
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00549.html (T. Belcher)
Non-coupled meter on a 2.8E (also applies to 3.5E and T)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00097.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00098.html (T. Belcher)
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Lens hoods models for 2.8 R-TLR
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00550.html (G. Lehrer)
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Bay III (3): Does "38" = "III" ? (Yes!)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01547.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
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Rolleiflex 2.8 GX TLR :
Images:
http://www.photographical.net/small/gx_165x125.jpg
Discussions on the RUG
The following links will drive you various discussion threads
on the RUG about the 2.8 GX camera:
Rolleiflex 2.8 GX feature list
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-11/00048.html
etc.. and the T, flash, lens, meter, spool holders, 220 film, shutter/iris.
Discussions on photo.net
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000Sru
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000EkV
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0002Xv
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001CLP
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001Hwl
2.8 GX : a review by Peter Wolff:
http://www.photographical.net/rolleiflex_gx.html
Choice between a 2.8F and a 2.8GX, by S. Keller and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/01481.html
Another thread "to trade or not to trade a 2.8GX against a 2.8F ?"
initiated by Jeff Metzger
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00103.html
Miscellaneous opinions on the 2.8 GX:
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=143
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Rolleiflex 2.8 GX lens:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001CLP
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What kind of shutter is used on the 2.8GX/FX ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00134.html (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00156.html (M.S. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00188.html (S. Scholz)
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Vintage of various Rolleiflex GX Models, stiffness of release (F. Stutterheim)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01555.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01556.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01576.html
No self-timer on first Compur-equipped GX models
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00108.html (M.S. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00233.html (S. Scholz)
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flat release button and screwing a cable release on the GX/FX
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00024.html (F. Stutterheim)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01653.html
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Which focusing screen fits the GX/FX ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-02/01693.html (F. Stutterheim)
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Rolleiflex 2.8 GX Royal Urushi
http://www.cameraquest.com/RolGXUr.htm
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Rolleiflex 2.8 FX and new tele- and wide- R-TLR
Official web page at Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/Db%20Rflex%202,8FX_DE.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
The first prototypes were shown in Japan:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00337.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00339.html
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~eg3y-ssk/photo/ippf2001/eng.htm
Rolleiflex 2.8 FX features:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00557.html (G. Lehrer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00849.html (P. Stiles)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00121.html (F. Stutterheim)
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Tele- and Wide- Rolleiflex models
Official web page for current model at Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/Db%20Rflex%204,0FT_DE.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
Images showing the inside of the new Tele-Rolleiflex 4,0 FT and new
focusing mechanism (pointed by C.M. Freaza)
http://www.aphog.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172&Itemid=1
Classical models:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00071.html (J. Böttcher)
Tele-Rolleiflex:
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-06/00286.html (A. Calciu)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00235.html (C. M. Freaza)
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001Bbn
loading
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-07/00869.html
Use of a R-Tele-TLR at close distances by Ferdi Stutterheim
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01250.html
Tele Rollei, Rolleikin and plane glass:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01241.html (G. King - TrueBadger )
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01326.html (F. Stutterheim)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-11/msg01003.html (G. Lehrer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-08/00314.html (C.M. Freaza)
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Rolleiwide or Wide Angle Rolleiflex TLR:
Official web page for current model at Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/Db%20Rflex%204.0FW%20DE.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
A good picture of a classical rolleiwide, Rollei Club Italy :
http://www.massacarrara.net/fotografia-RolleIt/imgrs/Grandangolo%20vista%20pozzetto%20aperto%20per%20internet.jpg
Number or Rolleiwide made:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00539.html (M.J. Small)
Rolleiwide : is-it rare?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00954.html (T. Belcher)
custom-made Bayonet IV accessories, by Andrei Calciu
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01266.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00047.html
New Rolleiwide in production, May 2003
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00499.html (F. Stutterheim)
http://www.massacarrara.net/fotografia-RolleIt/imgal/Grandangolo%20in%20borsa%20senza%20frontale%20con%20paraluce%20per%20internet.jpg
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"Baby" Rollei 4x4 TLR
This camera uses 127-size rollfilm only and delivers 38x38mm square
images. No such a device as the classical "Rolleikin" was ever made to
enable 135 film for use with the "Baby". 127 rollfilm has been
discontinued by major film brands, however to serve the collector's
and amateur needs, some companies continue to sell this kind of film
in a very limited assortment. Ferdi Stutterheim's web site, RUG-posts
by J.P. Dahlen and Bob Monaghan's web site give some hints on finding
127-size film:
http://www.rolleigraphy.org/rolleiflex_userinfo.htm#film
http://www.rolleigraphy.org/127film.htm
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00964.html (J. P. Dahlen)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00226.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/bron127film.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/bronslideproj.html#super
The Baby Grey has an "MXV" interlock
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00213.html (M.S. Small)
a 127 film cutting tool:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00359.html (F. Stutterheim)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00367.html (B. Monaghan)
127 spool size problems:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/07-2007/msg00017.html (H. Fath)
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Image of a pre-WWII "baby"
http://www.Pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rollei/prebaby.htm
Sport Baby:
http://www.dmakos.com/square/museum/baby/babysports.html
http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com/TheBaby4X4Collection.html
Grey Baby:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00226.html (J.P. Dahlen and related thread)
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rollei/greybaby.htm
Filter sizes and sun shades / lens hoods for baby:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00973.html (J. Hemenway)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00976.html (J. Hemenway)
A Photo site dedicated to the Baby Rollei
http://www.flickr.com/groups/323288@N25/
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Rollei 9x9
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00631.html (G. Lehrer)
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A rare post-WWII stereo twin-lens Rollei prototype (actually : a
trinocular camera) http://www.arsenal-photo.com/bild/stereorolei.jpg (dead link)
A copy of the image is here http://cjoint.com/11nv/AKxqvO2F9dy_stereo-rollei-bi.jpg
Info by Tom Frank : "Prototype 1955 double TLR for stereo photos.
There is a photo of it on Page 84, 'Rollei TLR, The History' by
Parker."
About the choice of a flash bracket for a R-TLR
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000eBZ
Falsh bulbs for the Rolleiflash, by R. Knoppow (and related thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01078.html
About a "safety belt" for a R-TLR leather strap, by Guido Cova
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00228.html
About the "new" scissor clips straps on the Rolleiflex 2.8 FX
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00106.html (G. Hubbard)
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Putting a modern "bright" viewing screen on a R-TLR
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000ls2
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00423.html (P. Stiles)
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The additional eye-level mirror in Rolleiflex models:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00455.html (S. Keller)
Compensation of parallax by a moving mask in R-TLRs viewfinders:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-01/00083.html (Don Williams)
Hensoldt viewing accessory:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00856.html (C. M. Freaza and related thread)
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Rolleiflex 3.5F Lightmeter adjustment by Todd Belcher and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01073.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01077.html (R. Urmonas)
Rollei TLR selenium cells adjustment by S. Keller
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00283.html
Ageing and accuracy of R-TLR selenium cells
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01603.html (R. Knoppow and related thread)
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Rolleikin issues
Instructions manual
http://foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-8-2.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00189.html (R. Urmonas)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00191.html (Siu Fai)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00962.html (E. Krebs)
Examples of pictures taken with a Rolleikin
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00937.html (E. Krebs)
Installing and using the Rolleikin
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00961.html (R. Wiser)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01194.html (C. M. Freaza)
Rolleikin and the 2,8F 120/220
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00979.html (J.P. Dahlen)
Rolleikin and the Automat
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00395.html (T. Belcher)
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The Rolleilux clip-on-hood, selenium cell, exposure meter, by Ferdi
Stutterheim
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01113.html
The Rolleiphot non-photoelectric exposure meter, by Todd Belcher, M.J.
Small and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00283.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00284.html
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The Rolleimeter : a rangefinder, not an exposure meter
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00624.html (T. Belcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00414.html (Siu Fai)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00432.html (R. Knoppow)
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using filters and polarizers on a R-TLR:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00588.html (G. King - TrueBadger)
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Rolleinar close-up lenses for R-TLRs
Historical notes on Rolleinars
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00358.html (J.P. Dahlen)
For specific depth of field questions related to the use of Rolleinar
lenses, see
http://www.rolleigraphy.org/rolleiflex_userinfo.htm#rolleinar
Identifying the elements and use of a Rolleinar set by E. Bigler, Siu
Fai and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00506.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00507.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00511.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00515.html
The rare Rolleinar 4 for the Rolleicopi:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00453.html (Siu Fai)
What is a Rolleiparkeil:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00716.html (R. Knoppow)
Do Rolleinars require exposure compensation?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00945.html (R. Knoppow)
Regular rolleinar on a Tele Rollei
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00587.html (E. Goldstein)
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A special attachment to use binoculars as a telephoto lens on a R-TLR
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00115.html (M.J. Small)
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R-TLR microscope attachment
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01318.html (G. King - TrueBadger)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01319.html (D. M. Surles)
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The Rolleicopi Polaroïd (TM) back for R-TLRs, by S.F. Au:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00800.html
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The Rolleisoft softening attachment
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/01102.html (R. Lahrson)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/01134.html (M. Bischof)
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About the Rolleifix quick-release device for TLRs
Advantages of the Rolleifix:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-07/00695.html (E. Bigler)
Rolleifix on a MX R-TLR model:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00323.html (R. Urmonas)
Rolleifix on a tripod:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00324.html (G. Lehrer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00367.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00395.html
Home-made Rolleifix substitue : how safe ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-11/00112.html (G. Lehrer)
Rolleifix mounts how?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00714.html (R. Knoppow)
The rolleifix and unwanted stresses on a R-TLR back (G. Johnson)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00682.html
Rollei TLR pistol grip instructions
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-pistol/rollei-pistol.html
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About the R-TLR panoramic head (S. Keller)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00128.html (S. Keller)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00562.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00281.html (R. Knoppow)
Example of pictures with a panoramic head and discussion
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00429.html (C. M. Freaza and related thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00434.html
Entrance pupil issues and panoramic stitching:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00473.html (E. Bigler)
Some technical explanations: the entrance pupil and nowhere else!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/827305231_37bc942399_o.png
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/827305245_19fe318edf_o.png
Determination of the position of entrance pupil of a 2.8C TLR 80mm
planar for an optimum panoramic stitching (C.M. Freaza)
http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com/2007/06/rollei-panorama-head-rotation-axis-test.html
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220 film in 'ordinary' Rolleiflexes, 220 pressure plate issues by Sven
Keller, Richard Knoppow and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00074.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00077.html
Using 220 film in a regular Rolleiflex! (G. Johnson)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00521.html
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12/24 frame counter issues for 220-enabled R-TLRs by J.W. Jensen and
M.S. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00978.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00990.html
Similar questions, including pressure plate issues, by R. Shinozuka
and D.-R. Schmitt and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00055.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00096.html
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About the 6.5x9cm cut film / sheet film back fitting R-TLR and R-SL66
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-09/00589.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-09/00628.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-04/00626.html
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-prac-acc-60/rollei-prac-acc-60-9.jpg
Perspective and the ground glass attachment for R-TLRs
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-01/00111.html (R. Knoppow)
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70mm back for Rollei TLR: "Yes, there were a few 70 mm backs made."
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00274.html (G. Lehrer)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00300.html (S. Keller)
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About the plane glass "film-flattener" kit for R-TLRs, by Todd Belcher:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/01045.html
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-prac-acc-60/rollei-prac-acc-60-9.jpg
Another thread on the plane glass "film-flattener", start here
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/01062.html (J. Leherer & C. M. Freaza)
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Dimensions of focusing screens for Rollei TLR and Hasselblad cameras
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00983.html (G. Lehrer)
Bright screens for your R-TLR
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00519.html (L. Ober)
screen stories for R-TLRs, a long thread; you can start here:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00242.html (P. Kotsinadelis)
Rolleigrid, Rolleiclear
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00307.html (G. King - TrueBadger)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/01029.html (S. Keller)
"The final word regarding R-TLR focusing screens" (P. Kotsinadelis, Bill
Maxwell, Harry Fleenor, ...)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00470.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00483.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00538.html
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Additional mirror in the viewfinder of R-TLRs (R. Coutant)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00496.html
About the leather binocular focusing hood for TLRs by Dave Wyman
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/00427.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00418.html (G. King - TrueBadger)
http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/r_acc/r_hood/index.html
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A metal "ever-ready" "tropical" case for R-TLRs, by Vincent L. Gookin (vinlin92):
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00852.html
R-TLR ERC case back with a little flat pouch:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00283.html (V.L. Gookin - vinlin92)
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The Rolleimarin underwater housing for R-TLRs
Some info by Don Williams
http://www.freelists.org/post/rollei_list/Rolleimarin,5
A tentative to retrieve a copy of the Rolleimarin manual was deceptive ..
http://web.archive.org/web/20040607130526/http://www.matthes.com/Rollei/Manuals/Rmarin/rmarin.htm
Some images on flickr, an album by "Grosso_ma"
Rolleimarin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84053067@N00/sets/72157605176837115/
Rolleimarin accessories
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84053067@N00/sets/72157605175949495/
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A picture the French-made "flashphot" Lachaize 150-frame
back, supposed to be used by photo-journalists following the
Tour-de-France cycling race in the fifties/sixties
http://gilles.delahaye.chez.tiscali.fr/images/dos_lachaize_4.jpg
http://gilles.delahaye.chez.tiscali.fr/images/lachaize_mag_150_d.jpg
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Discussions on the relative merits of various R-TLR lenses
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000oEN
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00136M
On the 80-2.8 TLR planar:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11 (M.J. Small)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00408.html
Tessar vs. Planar:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000xGB
Cold colors with Tessar (J.P. Dahlen and P. Kotsinadelis)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00456.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00457.html
TLR Planar vs. SLR Planar (G. Lehrer, and related thread))
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00492.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00507.html
When did 6-element planars start on the 3,5F ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01724.html (M. Jangowsky)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01731.html (M.J. Small)
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Rollei 600X camera series:
Official web pages at Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/DB_Sys6000_DE_9.06.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
From the SLX to 600x cameras, by Jan Böttcher
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00338.html
A SLX or a SL66 ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00353.html (C. Everitt and related
thread)
A comparison between a Rollei 600x camera with other 645 (4.5x6) cameras
http://web.archive.org/web/20080420104625/http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/g645.html#rollei6k
For lens and film-back compatibility issues for the 600x series check
http://www.rollei.de/en/service/faq.html (dead link)
http://web.archive.org/web/20040224205702/http://www.rollei.de/en/service/faq.html
A ASCII text copy is here http://cjoint.com/11nv/AKxpD6zUsj4_faq-600x-rollei-de.txt
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20081231161341/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3762/Rollei/index.html
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/medium.htm
http://photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras
http://www.thing-z.com/home2/photography/data/medium.htm
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/6000pin.jpg
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Rolleiflex 6001
http://www.thing-z.com/home2/photography/data/roll6001-1.htm
choice vs. Hasselblad 501 CM :
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001DuO
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras/product_5772.asp
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Rolleiflex 6002
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/6002.pdf
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Rolleiflex 6003 Professional
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/go2.html#rollei6003
http://www.thing-z.com/home2/photography/data/roll6003-1.htm
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=141
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras/product_5920.asp
6003 SRC1000 vs 6003 Professional by Slobodan Dimitrov and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01037.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01094.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01194.html
TTL flash questions with a 6008, by Bob Shell:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00166.html
Other flash issues 6003/6008 by S. Dimitrov, and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/01407.html
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A note on Rollei SL66, SLX and 600x bayonet size VI to 67 mm adapters
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/01259.html (Bob Shell)
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Rolleiflex 6008
Instructions manual, pdf in German
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/6008.pdf (dead link)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111180023/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/6008.pdf
differences between 6008 models (J. Hemenway)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-03/00982.html
Rolleiflex 6008 Integral
http://www.photo.net/photo/rollei-6008.html
http://www.thing-z.com/home2/photography/data/roll6008-1.htm
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=142
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras/product_5771.asp
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Rolleiflex 6008AF
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/DB_6008AF-i2_DE_9.06.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
A 2002-PMA report by Bob Shell, and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00001.html
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600x battery issues
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00377.html (M. Malkin)
Warning : be careful about using NiMH cells with a 600x battery charger!
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00988.html (D.R. Schmitt)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/01004.html (A. Franklin)
Proper recharging and rebuilding a 600x Ni-Cd battery, home-made remote
control and quick-release tripod mount for a 600x by Thomas Pindelski
http://www.pindelski.org/Equipment/rolleifixes.htm
600x charger issues (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00391.html
4560 film back and 600x cameras
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02026.html (Bob Shell)
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Rolleiflex HY6
http://www.franke-heidecke.net/files/DB%20Hy6.pdf (dead link)
see what could be provided by http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de
Instructions manual in English: http://www.livecoal.com.hk/files/Rolleiflex_Hy6_Manual_Eng.pdf
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Rollei SL 66:
SL66 instructions manual in German
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/sl66.pdf (dead link)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111182216/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/sl66.pdf
SL66 instructions manual in English
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rollei/rolleiflex_sl66/rollei_sl66-splash.htm (M. Buktus)
http://www.cameramanuals.org/rolleiflex/rollei_sl66.pdf
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/rolleisl66.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20050209023912/http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/rolleisl66.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/go2.html#rolleisl
http://web.archive.org/web/20100104064506/http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/go2.html
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/g6x6.html#SL66
http://web.archive.org/web/20090413201409/http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/g6x6.html
http://www.bsag.ch/~fs/camera/sl66.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20020617194442/http://www.bsag.ch/~fs/camera/sl66.html
http://home.pages.at/haardt/rolleiflexsl66.htm
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00201.html (L. Merrill)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00210.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00913.html (D. Seifert)
advice on buying a used SL66:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000OzI
What size filter/hood, etc. does the Rollei SL66 take?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/01244.html (D. Seifert)
SL66 Do's and Don'ts
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00956.html (D. Seifert)
Notes on macro work with the SL66, by D. Seifert:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-07/00657.html
Notes on the 120 S-planar or Makro planar by E. Bigler
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00495.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00551.html
SL 66 flash sychronisation, contact problems and leaf shuttered lenses
by Bob Shell:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00507.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00240.html
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SL66 series cameras and light metering
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01624.html (D. Seifert)
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SL66 E, X, SE with built-in meter
caveats on carrying the camera by J. Helder:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00558.html
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Help! SL66 locked
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02903.html (M. Jangowski)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02920.html (S. Dimitrov)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02929.html (T. Ellestad)
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Rollei X-Act2 MF view camera
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/mediumformat_cameras/product_6360.asp
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Rollei 35 model:
about filter size
R-35 with a 3.5 tessar or xenar lens take M24 x0.5 filters
R-35 with a 2.8 sonnar lens take M30.5x0.5 filters
Those filter sizes are on catalog of several manufacturers and can be
found of course on the second-hand market.
http://www.rolleicamera.dial.pipex.com
or http://www.rolleicamera.com John Waller's web site
http://www.canalvip.com.br/nagano/rollei_1.htm
http://www.canalvip.com.br/nagano/rol_opt.htm (Rollei 35 optics)
http://walli.uwasa.fi/~jsuomine/rollei35.html
http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen/rollei35.htm (R. Korhonen's page, in Finnish)
How many Rollei 35 were made ?
http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen/rollei35x.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/rollei/collection/rollei35.htm
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/role35_e.htm
http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/cameras/xrollei.html
http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/cameras/rollei_2.html
http://www.spd-bebelhof.de/0/pr/pr191213-.htm (Braunschweiger Zeitung, 1999-12-13)
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35 S model:
http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/cameras/rollei.html
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35 SE model:
http://www.cameraquest.com/rol35se.htm
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/35sete.pdf (in German)
http://www.williamsphotographic.com/35se.html
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35, limited editions:
http://www.cameraquest.com/roll3575.htm
http://www.cameraquest.com/r35silv.htm
http://www.cameraquest.com/camsnet/Rol35Uri.htm
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35 classic, users' manual :
http://www.greenviewclub.com/Chat/CameraManual/Rollei/35/35%20Classic/man35class.htm
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Advice by RUGgers on the Rollei 35
Different models
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00879.html (P.E. Forberg)
Rugger's Tips on scale / guess focusing with a Rollei 35
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-10/00850.html (E. Bigler)
http://www.rugarchives.org/1999-10/00851.html (G. DiGiorgi)
Posts by Godfrey DiGiorgi and John A. Lind on replacement batteries for a R-35
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00800.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00801.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00834.html
Loading, unloading and metering issues:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00162.html (R. Wiser)
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R-35 battery issues :
A summary; for details see RUG posts and web sites below. This is
valid for the built-in exposure meter, tessar and sonnar models.
early R-35 tessar, as well as T and S models were originally fitted
with a single 1.35V discontinued mercury cell type PX625. To replace
this battery either you'll use a MRB625 1.35V zinc/air battery, or
one 1.5 silver oxide cell of similar size, plus a voltage reducer
down to 1.35V, or without voltage reducer you'll need to have the
meter recalibrated. 1.5V alkaline cells are not recommended (voltage
not constant during cell life).
For battery installation in the R-35 see
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01682.html (R. Chiasson)
late TE and SE models originally take a "quadruple" 5.6V
discontinued mercury cell type PX27. This is easily replaced with
the minox 8x11 adapter kit to fit 4x1.5 silver oxide S386 cells. The
minox 8x11 kit has no built-in voltage reducer but no meter
calibration is required, thanks to the internal regulated circuitry
of the camera.
Alkaline cells are not recommended either although less critical
than for S/T "am-meter match-needle type" earlier T and S models.
Posts by Hans Peter Lammerich on re-calibrating a 35 S/T model and
battery issues:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-09/00367.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00258.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00407.html
Notes about the built-in exposure meter in a Rollei 35
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00147.html (Robert Fox)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00154.html (Andrei Calciu)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00155.html (Sven Keller)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00248.html (J.A. Lind)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00116.html (J.A. Lind)
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Battery replacement issues
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00266.html (Jacques-Bertrand Pichette )
Do-it-yourself replacement kit for discontinued 1,35V PX625 batteries,
thanks to Frans de Gruijter, Rollei Club nederland (too bad, the
Rollei Club Nederland no longer exists), but the document is here below.
Detailed pdf and html documents about replacing PX13 / PX625 / MR9 and
PX27 mercury cells
http://www.buhla.de/Foto/batt-adapt-US.pdf
and a copy is here
http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/batt-adapt-US.pdf
http://www.ihagee.org/batt-adapt-us.pdf
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Comparison of the R-35 with the minox 35
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000jF3
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00314.html (S.J. Dunn)
Comparison of the R-35 with the Leica CL (M.J. Small and related thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00106.html
Unusual "quirky" features of the rollei 35
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00162.html (R. Wiser)
Comparison of the R-35 with the Yashica T4 (R. Wiser, R. Fox and related thread)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00259.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00283.html
Comparison of the R-35 with the Contax T3 (J. M. Treviño)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00316.html
Comparison of the R-35 with the Ricoh GR1 (N. Wajsman)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00895.html
The advantages of a mechanical shutter in the Rollei 35 (J.A. Lind)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00130.html
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Rollei XF35
What it is and what to think about this camera, by Bob Shell, Sven
Keller and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00126.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00147.html
adjusting the rangefinder
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00986.html (D.R. Schmitt)
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Rollei SL 35 35mm SLR series
Stories about different models
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-06/00105.html (Dirk-Roger Schmitt)
1, 2 and 3-pin QBM lenses: RUGgers' advice and related threads
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00159.html (J. Böttcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00169.html (B. Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00268.html (A. Bujak)
shutters
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-02 (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-06/00107.html (Bob Shell)
SL 35 E repair
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-11/00378.html (Jan Böttcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/00644.html (Bob Shell)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-05/01076.html (Bob Shell)
SL 35 E Focusing screen
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-03/01061.html (Jan Böttcher & Dirk-Roger Schmitt)
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Rollei SL 2000 model :
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/m2000f.pdf (!!! 60 pages, in German)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111164354/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/m2000f.pdf
battery packs:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-06/00674.html (Carter)
Rollei 3001
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-03/00761.html (Jan Böttcher)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-03/00886.html (Bob Shell)
Rollei 3003
http://www.cameraquest.com/rol3003.htm
remote control
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-04/00113.html (Jan Böttcher)
external power supply by A. Bujak and R. Ronaldson
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00456.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00472.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00518.html
Use of Ni-MH rechargeable batteries on a 3003 : advice and caveats by
B. Cousineau and D.-R. Schmitt:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00528.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00538.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00552.html
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Rollei QZ35W/QZ35T
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=160
http://web.archive.org/web/20070203015522/http://camerareview.com/templates/reviews.cfm?camera_id=160
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Rollei AFM 35
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01189.html (M. Phillips)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02/00420.html (Ben R. McRee)
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Prego cameras:
Prego micron by Bob Shell
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-08/01182.html
Prego 70 and 90
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00892.html (M. Attinasi)
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Rollei 16 model:
http://www.cameraquest.com/rollei16.htm
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-02 (J. Böttcher)
processing 16mm film
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00040.html (G. Cova)
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Rollei A 110 model:
http://subclub.org/shop/rolle110.htm
http://clicclac1.free.fr/old/110/Rollei/Rollei.htm (in French)
Rollei A110 : batteries, sliding lens cover (S. Keller)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00565.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00640.html
Photo group on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tinyrollei/
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Rollei P11 projector
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/pp11.pdf info sheet \
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111181505/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/pp11.pdf \
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/mp11.pdf user's manual > in German
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111174248/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/mp11.pdf /
http://www.rflex.de/rflex/lp11.pdf bulb info /
http://web.archive.org/web/20060111181108/http://www.rflex.de/rflex/lp11.pdf/
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Rollei P66S projector, by J. Hemenway:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/01084.html
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Rollei E 36 RE Flash
dead batteries by H. Bauer and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00424.html
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Rollei beta flashes
info by Andrei Calciu
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01474.html
BETA 5F by Sven Keller & Bob Shell
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01473.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01476.html
Rollei C26 flash
battery issues:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00712.html (S. Keller)
Rolleiflash 2 instructions
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/rollei-flash-2/rollei-flash-2.html
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Serial numbers:
http://home.worldonline.dk/~rongsted/Rolleisn.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20000303130727/http://home.worldonline.dk/~rongsted/Rolleisn.htm
http://www.siufai.dds.nl/Rollei_History.htm (with images)
http://www.rolleirepairs.com/models.htm (H. Fleenor's web page)
Rollei Fototechnic Coded Numbering System, by F. Stutterheim, S. Keller,
M.S. Small, and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00803.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00854.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00870.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00875.html
Zeiss lenses, serial numbers by M.J. Small:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00774.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00777.html
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A first web site hosting images taken with Rollei cameras was here:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=43175&Auth=false
However, this archive no longer exists, but you may at least have a look at
a the list of people who had contributed.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010425151109/http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=43175&Auth=false
For more information please contact Daniel Alexander pndalex, at freewwweb.com
Another web site where RUGgers are welcome:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiusersgroup
In order to see what is inside this flickr repository, you have to be
registered as a flickr user.
A presentation by Eric Goldstein
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/10-2006/msg00341.html
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3.2.4 Do-it-Yourself (DIY): maintenance, repair, home-made accessories, home darkroom
A digest of various Internet posts on Bob Monaghan's web site:
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/repairs.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20080215030654/http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/repairs.html
Rollei TLR advance problem: a DIY-CLA guide by G. Johnson
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00259.html
R-TLR skipped or double frames, maintenance needed:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00603.html (R. Knoppow)
Winding mechanism repair issues by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00127.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00136.html
DIY TLR shutter cleaning by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00050.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00110.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00111.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00124.html
Shutter repair advice by R. Knoppow:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00110.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00163.html
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removing the front cover of a 3.5F or 3.5E R-TLR by P.K. Kollas, and
related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00523.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00550.html by R. Knoppow
front panel removal and twin lens adjustment on a Rolleicord III, by
R. Urmonas and P.K. Kollas:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00729.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00739.html
proper tools for lens disassembling, a tutorial (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00382.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00412.html
Rescueing a Rolleicord I:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-03/00499.html
problem with 3.5F (III) re-assembly -- aperture/time settings --
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00232.html (T. Belcher)
removing a "non-removable";-) focusing hood of a R-TLR for cleaning by
R. Knoppow and G. Johnson.
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00559.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00576.html
R-TLR Magnifier replacement:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00462.html (R. Knoppow)
MX Rolleifix socket
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00112.html (T. Belcher )
Cutting a Mamiya RB screen to put on a Rolleiflex:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00386.html (Siu Fai and G. Johnson)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00401.html (Siu Fai and G. Johnson)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-04/00418.html
Rolleiflex 3.5F Lightmeter adjustment by T. Belcher and related thread
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/01073.html
About selenium meters on the Rollei TLR
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01603.htmlR (R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01627.html (A. Franklin)
R-TLR "E" or "T" with non-coupled selenium meter, mechanical switch/baffle
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/01315.html (G. King - TrueBadger and related thread)
Which glue for Rollei leatherette ?
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/02693.html (D. R. Schmitt)
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Mirror restoration
re-silvering a mirror: http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00756.html (J.P. Dahlen)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00528.html (R. Knoppow)
finding another mirror: http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00762.html (G. Johnson)
cleaning: http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00557.html (R. Knoppow)
----------------------------
Hints on re-building a Rolleipol polarising filter, by G. Lehrer and
related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/01167.html
Restoring a Bayonet III Rolleipol by R. Peters
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00624.html
Do it yourself circular polarizer
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00888.html (D. Williams)
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DIY bayonet I lens shade by Greg Erker
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/page4.html
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Lens cleaning by A. Calciu
http://www.geocities.com/vienna/6109/clean.htm
a copy can be found here
http://web.archive.org/web/20091023225647/http://geocities.com/Vienna/6109/clean.htm
Camera body cleaning by F. Stutterheim
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00680.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00713.html
and R. Urmonas
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00731.html
Cleaning the ground glass
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-01/00677.html (Bob Haight)
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Haze problems in a 2,8D TLR xenotar lens
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00129.html (R. Knoppow)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-04/00141.html (T. Belcher)
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Repair manuals
Claus Prochnow's book "Rollei Technical Report" contains a lot of
information to adjust and repair Rollei cameras and products ; among
the most populars: TLR cameras, Rollei 35 and 35mm SLRs, P11
projector, etc...
SLX : "The SLX repair manual is included in the Rollei Report 5 by
Claus Prochnow" (Siu Fai)
see references to Claus Prochnow's books below, bibliographical section
-----------------------------
Projector repairs
transport mechanism on P66S and others
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00294.html (Siu Fai)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-05/00295.html (S. Keller)
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A DIY replacement kit for discontinued 1,35V PX625 batteries: a
voltage reductor (not a regulator) for silver oxide 1,55V batteries,
thanks to Frans de Gruijter, from the former Rollei Club nederland,
copies here:
http://www.buhla.de/Foto/batt-adapt-US.pdf
http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/batt-adapt-US.pdf
http://www.ihagee.org/batt-adapt-us.pdf
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Film and Darkroom questions:
120 film spool variations, by R. Monaghan:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00687.html
using infra-red film & infra-red filters with a R-TLR (N. Wajsman & related threads)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00756.html (N. Wajsman)
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00341.html (Joe B. )
The illuminating system of an enlarger, a tutorial by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-12/00281.html
About shelf-life of Rodinal developer, by M.S. Small and related thread:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00442.html
A monobath, develop + fix by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-09/00565.html
A recipe for sepia toner by R. Knoppow
http://www.rugarchives.org/2002-06/00402.html
A good idea for a Do-It-Yourself quality magnifying loupe:
http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/photo/pseudoschneider.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20020203220700/http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/photo/pseudoschneider.html
Potential health problems with darkroom chemicals
http://www.rugarchives.org/2003-05/00162.html (G. King - TrueBadger)
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3.2.5 Rollei-Voigtländer products
From 1972 to 1981, Voigtländer products were made by Rollei. Read
more about what happened to the German camera industry at the
beginning of the 1970's in the reference book "Zeiss-Ikon Compendium"
by C.M. Barringer and M.S. Small (ISBN 1874707243, Hove Collector's
books, 2-nd ed., 1999).
Notes on the history of the Voigtländer company, posted on the RUG by
M.S. Small, and related discussions:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00624.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00644.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-10/00709.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00318.html
Note about spelling: like Rollei, Voigtländer is often misspelled:
http://www.rugarchives.org/1997-06/00215.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2000-02/00243.html
The closest 7-bit ASCII rendition, approved by the family, is
"Voigtlander". Some German-speaking users of the Internet will write
"Voigtlaender", a common 7-bit transcription for German "umlaut" signs
in e-mail exchanges.
Voigtländer-labelled products made since 1981 have no connection
with Rollei Fototechnic, Germany. Since 1997, the Voigtländer
trademark is a property of Ringfoto GmbH & Co, Germany, and
Voigtländer products are made under licence of this company.
http://www.voigtlaender.de
Rollei-Voigtländer products are described in Claus Prochnow's "Rollei
Report" reference books, volumes 3 and 4 (see bibliography, section
4.1.1).
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SL35 "Voigtländer" Lenses by M.J. Small and R. McElroy
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00318.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00329.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00331.html
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Voigtländer VF101
Info by Sven Keller:
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00154.html
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Voigtländer VF135
Info Marc James Small and Dirk-Roger.Schmitt
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00126.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00189.html
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3.3 References to Clubs or non-profit organisations related to Rollei cameras Internet forums or groups
After Ian Parker retired from Club Rollei, Jersey, he had chaired for so
many years, John Wild is continuing the club.
John Wild, Millstream Hotel, Bosham, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 8HL
The announcement is here:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/06-2006/msg00316.html
The club has a web site:
http://www.rollei.org.uk The British Club Rollei User (formerly : Club Rollei, Jersey)
note : sadly, as of 2005 the Rollei club Nederlands no longer exists
and the site is closed.
http://www.beststuff.com/forums/list.php?f=19 Bob Shell's Rollei-SLR forum
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/asiatlrphotographyclub
http://www.dmakos.com/square/info.html Rollei TLR Club, Japan
Examples of R-TLR pictures including some taken with the rare
Rolleiwide:
http://www.dmakos.com/square/gallery/main.html
http://www.dmakos.com/square/gallery
Rollei Club de France : 45, avenue de Suffren 75007 Paris
Skandinaviska Rollei Klubben (Sweden)
Per-Anders Westman, Gryningsvagen 17
911 30 Vannas Tel 0935-125 51 Mobil 070-627 25 51
Mail p-awest, at algonet.se eller per-anders.westman, at telia.com
http://www.skand.rolleiklubben.home.se
http://f25.parsimony.net/forum62166 (a Rolleiflex TLR forum by K. Harms, Munich, Germany)
http://www.rolleiinfo.com (a Rollei-oriented Internet forum in English)
http://www.rolleiinfo.de (similar, but in German)
Info from C.M. Freaza, a new Rollei Club in Spain : "Sólo Rollei".
http://www.solorollei.com/
http://es.news.yahoo.com/fot/ftxt/yahoo_280905_179563.html (In castillan language)
A virtual gallery showing the work of the Spanish Rollei Group:
http://www.clubcultura.com/galerias/vergaleria.php?gal_id=33&despl=0
http://www.rolleiclubitaly.com/ Italian Rollei club
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4. Bibliography
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4.1 Technical and historical books and articles on Rollei cameras
4.1.1 Books
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In English
"The Classic Rollei: A Definitive Guide" John Phillips
Ammonite Press, 2010 ISBN 978-1906672935
http://www.ammonitepress.com/TheClassicRollei.html
Prochnow, Claus "Rollei Report 1", English Language booklet sold with
the German edition (ISBN 3-89506-105-0, see details below)
Published by the author. E-Mail: proch, at surfeu.de
"Complete Rollei User's Manual", Parker, Ian, ISBN 1-874031-96-7,
HOVE FOTO BOOKS (Jersey) (1994)
"Rollei TLR, The History", Parker, Ian, ISBN 1-874657-01-7,
HOVE FOTO BOOKS (Jersey) (1992)
"Rollei TLR Collector's Guide", Parker, Ian, ISBN 1-874031-95-9,
HOVE FOTO BOOKS (Jersey) (1993)
"Collectors guide to Rollei cameras", Evans, Arthur ISBN 0-931838-06-1
"Complete User's Guide Rollei 6000 Series for SLX/6002/ 6003/ 6006/ 6008"
Parker, Ian, ISBN 1-874657-02-5, JERSEY PHOTOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, (September 1996)
and HOVE FOTO BOOKS, (February 1997)
"The Rollei Way", Mannheim, L.A., 10th edition,
ISBN 0-8038-6351-9 (USA only)
and-0-240-44911-8 (excl.USA) FOCAL PRESS (1974)
"Rollei manual, the complete book of twin-lens photography", Pearlman,
Alec, FOUNTAIN PHOTOBOOKS, 300pp. (London, 5th ed 1971)
"Rolleiflex SL66 and SLX Way", Mannheim, L. Andrew, ISBN 0-240-50788-6,
FOCAL PRESS, London. ca. 600 pp. (1975)
"Rolleiflex Guide", Emanuel, W.D., FOCAL PRESS
"Rolleicord Guide, how to make full use of any Rolleicord camera",
Emanuel, W.D., ISBN 0240449096, FOCAL PRESS, 102pp. (6th ed, 1972)
"Rollei 35 Guide", Emanuel, W.D., ISBN 0-240-50696, FOCAL PRESS (1974)
Prochnow, Claus "Rollei 35, A Camera History" English Language booklet
ISBN 3-00-004582-1 sold as a package with the German edition (ISBN
3-930292-10-6, see details below) Published by the author.
"Advanced Rolleiflex and Rolleicord Guide", Tydings, Kenneth S.,
(for Rolleiflex 4x4; Rolleiflex 3.5,2.8; Rolleicord and Tele-Rolleiflex)
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. (60-15377)
AMPHOTO MODERN CAMERA GUIDE SERIES, (1996)
"Fritz Henle's Guide to Rollei Photography", Henle, Fritz, 208 pp,
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 56-10900. THE STUDIO PUBLICATIONS
INC. NY. (1956)
"A New Guide to Rollei Photography", Henle, Fritz with Kinzer H.M.,
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 65-12576 , VIKING PRESS (1965)
"The rollei book; a manual of rolleiflex and rolleicord photography",
Heering, Walther, Translated into English by Walter Dreisörner,
HARZBURG : HEERING, 143pp. ( 1939)
A camera book of general interest covering the early sixties:
"Cameras, the facts, a collector's guide (1957-1964)", Emanuel, W.D
and Matheson, D., historic edition edited by L. Gaunt,
ISBN 0-240-51062-3, FOCAL PRESS (1981)
For questions related to the history of lens design (including of
course lenses used in Rollei cameras):
"A History of the Photographic Lens", Kingslake, Rudolf, ISBN 0-12-408640-3,
THE ACADEMIC PRESS, (San Diego, 1989)
And for those who want to get in to the details of lens computations,
at least how they were made without modern lens designs software:
"Lens Design Fundamentals", Kingslake, Rudolf, ISBN 0-12-408650-0,
Academic Press (April 28, 1978)
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Bi-lingual German-English
"Rollei Technical Report", Prochnow, Claus,
ISBN 3-89506-156-5, LINDEMANNS (1996)
"Rolleiflex Family", Prochnow, Claus, English version by Gunter
Richter, an excerpt from "Rollei Reports 1 and 2" (Copyright (c) 1994
by Claus Prochnow, Brunswick)
Info by Vincent L. Gookin: "A review of camera history; from the first
Rolleiflex 6x6 to the top models fitted with f/2.8 Planar lens and the
corporate history from 1920 to 1995"
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In German
Claus Prochnow's Web site
http://www.rollei-report.com
"Rollei-Werke, 1920-1945", Prochnow, Claus,
Rollei-Report Volume I (pre-WWII cameras),
ISBN 3-89506-105-0, LINDEMANNS (1993)
"Mini-report 1" same but condensed ISBN 3-89506-116-6
"Rollei-Werke, Rollfilmkameras", Prochnow, Claus,
Rollei-Report Volume II (6x6 rollfilm cameras),
ISBN 3-89506-118-2, LINDEMANNS (1994)
"Mini-report 2" same but condensed ISBN 3-89506-117-4
"Rollei-Werke, Rollei Fototechnic 1960 bis 1995", Prochnow, Claus,
Rollei-Report Volume III (35 mm cameras),
ISBN 3-89506-141-7, LINDEMANNS (1995)
"Mini-report 3" same but condensed ISBN 3-89506-142-5
"Rollei-Werke, Rollei Fototechnic 1958 bis 1998", Prochnow, Claus,
Rollei-Report Volume IV (projectors,
flash units, 2.8GX TLR), ISBN 3-89506-141-7, LINDEMANNS (1997)
"Rolleiflex SLX und 6000 Report", Prochnow, Claus,
Rollei-Report Volume V, ISBN 3-89506-183-2, LINDEMANNS, (2000)
A presentation of this book (in German), Braunschweiger Zeitung am 28. Nov. 2000
http://www.spd-bebelhof.de/00/pr/pr001128-.htm
"Rollei, Das grosse Handbuch", Beckhusen, Dieter and Maschke, Thomas,
ISBN 3-874675831 LATERNA MAGICA (1997) More info from Uwe Mader: "224
pages with approx. 100 colour and 150 BW pictures."
"Das goldenen Buch der Gebrauchsfotografie Teil II: Mittleformat"
subtitle "Technik und Anwendung an Beispielen der Rollei SL 66",
Prof. Dr. Berndt Heydemann / Jutta Müller-Karch
LATERNA MAGICA (Joachim F.Richter, Berg am Starnberger See, 1970)
"Rolleiflex, Rolleicord", Afalter, Udo ISBN 3-920890-09-4
AFALTER (1991)
"Rollei-Vom Heidoscop zur Rolleiflex 6008", Afalter, Udo ISBN
3-928126-51-2 LINDEMANNS (1992) More info from Uwe Mader: "also
Voigtlaender 1972 - 1982, 256 pages with 580 BW and 3 color pictures."
"Das Rolleiflex Buch", Heering, Walther (reprinted from last 1967
edition) ISBN 3-928126-00-8 LINDEMANNS (1991) More info about this
book from Jens Patric Dahlen : "Das Rolleiflex Buch is a Rollei
handbook by Walther Heering. If I remember it correctly, the first
edition came in 1930 or 1932, and was updated in 1933, 1936, 1938,
1941, 1952, 1958, 1964 and 1967. There were versions in English,
French. 112 to 350 pages depending on edition." Additional note: "The
early Das Rolleiflex Buch can be found in a Swedish version,
"Rolleiflexboken", first Swedish edition printed in 1936. It must be a
rare book, since I just found out about it."
"Die Rolleicord Fibel", a Rolleicord "school-book" by Wolf H. During,
Heering Verlag, Harzburg 1936. Info from J. P. Dahlen "Handbook for
the Rolleicord I, Ia and II cameras. Many tips, photos and
illustrations. 64 pages."
"Rollei 35, Eine Kamera-Geschichte.", Prochnow, Claus,
ISBN 3-930292106 LINDEMANNS (1998)
this book includes a summary in English ISBN 3-00-004582-1
"Rollei 35", Pangerl, Franz, ISBN 3-895061301 LINDEMANNS (1999 )
"Rollei 35, Kameras und Objektive", Afalter, Udo, ISBN 3-895061301
LINDEMANNS (1994)
"Rollei fototechnic" Weyer, Helfried, ISBN 3-524680453,
UMSCHAU BRAUS (1997)
"Rolleivision twin MSC 300/300P", Scheibl, Josef, LATERNA MAGICA
"Der Rollei Click" from Uwe Mader: "This is 62 minute video about
Rollei produced in 1998."
"Die Rollei Familie", Heun, Gerd ; Kameras, Objektive, Zubehör und
Preise. Von 1920 - 1988. 529 Seiten auf Fotokopierbasis.
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In Italian
"ROLLEI - guida-catalogo delle fotocamere biottica reflex e
degli accessori" (Rollei - a guide-catalog of the TLRs and accessories)
author : Derqui, Angelo. 510 pages 15x21 cm
Info from Guido Cova "published in 1991 in 1000 copies, in a joint effort with
Grelli fotografia - via Garibaldi 28 - 48010 Fusignano RA -
tel. +39-545-51800, fax +39-545-53050."
"TLR Rollei Pocket Book" (title in English, everything else
in Italian...)
author : Derqui, Angelo. 230 pages 10x21 cm.
Info from Guido Cova: "printed in 1996, sponsored by Foto Dozzese Collection
- via Emilia 18 - 40060 Toscanella BO - tel. +39-542-674244)."
"Il nuovo manuale Rollei", Ghedina, Oscar F., Edizioni Il Castello -
Milano (1972, no ISBN available)
Info from Guido Cova: "It is a good review of all the Rolleis
available in 1972: the classic 6x6 Rollei s (3.5T, 3.5F, 2.8F,
Tele-Rolleiflex, Rolleicord Vb), the SL66 (a nice section d escribing
the Scheimpflug (spelling?) rule), and the "small" ones: SL35, Rollei
35, the SL26 ("...the Rolleiflex user will like this camera and its
square format..."), as well as the Rollei A26 and 16S.
Each model is covered with care, and this book is definitely a
hands-on manual."
"TLR Rollei - Le biottiche "moderne" 1957 1976", Derqui, Angelo
ISBN 88-7773-252-0, circa A4 size, 320 pages, color, text in Italian
Publisher: Editrice Le Balze, Montepulciano (Siena) (1995)
info by Guido Cova:"This book deals with those "modern" TLRs
made from the mid-'50s to 1976. It covers: 3.5F, 2.8F, Tele-Rollei,
Wide-Rollei, 3.5T, 4x4, Rolleicord Vb, Rollei Magic II; for each
camera there is a technical data sheet, several photos, a short
description of its strong and weak points, at least 5 exploded views
(from the repair manuals), and a lot more."
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In Spanish
La cámara Rolleiflex" Emanuel, W.D., translated from english to
Spanish, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, Spain, 1966.
"Rolleiflex y Rolleicord", Emanuel, W.D., Ediciones Omega y Focal
Press, Barcelona, Spain, 1952.
(info from Carlos Manuel Freaza)
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In French
"Les moyens formats, tome 2", Salvaire, Paul , ISBN: 2-862580694,
EDITIONS VM, (1996) Info from E. Bigler:"This book on medium format
cameras has a section on the Rolleiflex 2.8 GX."
"Manuel Rolleiflex Rolleicord", Natkin, Marcel, Éditions Mona, (Paris,
1947, 175pp. 15x15cm) FRBNF32479651 Info from E. Bigler:"For collectors..."
"La Pratique du ROLLEI", Mannheim, L.A., Éditions Paul Montel, Paris,
1955. FRBNF32414295 Info from E. Bigler:"translation of Mannheim's book".
"Rollei-guide", Emanuel, W. D., (translation) Éditions Paul Montel,
Paris, 1953. FRBNF32075949
"F & H Rolleicord", Patrice-Hervé Pont "Foto Saga" series, Éditions
du Pécari, 64600 Anglet, France. http://www.atlantica.fr
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4.1.2 Magazine articles
In English
"Great Cameras? Fact or Fiction" Keppler, Herbert, "Modern
Photography" May, 1958.
comment by Nolan Woodbury : "an article...to see if Rolleis deserved
their reputation. They compared the models available at the time: 2.8E
(Planar and Xenotar), 3.5E (Planar and Xenotar), 4x4 Rolleiflex
(Xenar), and the Rolleicord Va (Xenar)."
"Test: Rolleicord TLRs", Matanle, Ivor, Amateur Photographer, Vol 197
no 13, 30 March 2002
In German
"PHOTOFREUND JAHRBUCH", publisher Willy Frerk. Photokino-Verlag GMBH
Berlin SW 19.
Info from Jens Patric Dahlen: "Photofreund was a German
photo-magazine, and they made a yearbook each year between the mid
20'ies and 1942-43 (not sure). The yearbook have lots of information
about cameras, photo news and articles of that time period, and 80 to
100 pages with whole page photos. For example, the 1936 book have 40%
of it's photos taken with Rollei cameras!"
"Rollei Jahrbuch; Jahrbuch der Rollei-Photographie" Info from Jens
Patric Dahlen:"Annual of Rollei-Photography. m. 136 pages, 80 with
photos. Wien-New York: Rud. H. Hammer. These years are available:
1951, 1952 and 1953."
"Rollei 6008 AF", PMA-report, Foto Magazin, Nr. 4, April 2002,
pp.38-39. The same issue, p. 43 shows a picture of the 2.8 FX,
successor of the 2.8GX, with a short feature list.
In French
"Phot Argus", "Banc d'essai Rolleiflex 6006", issue #133,
Dec.1984-Jan. 1985, pp.107-114 ; Info from E. Bigler: "A complete
study of the camera when introduced, nice drawings, detailed feature
description, can serve as a user's manual."
"Chasseurs d'Images" issue #232, March-April 2001, pp50-53
Info from E. Bigler: "A selection of MF cameras, tips for buying a used
one, including Rollei SLX/600X series, SL66 and R-TLR, plus a list of repair
shops in France."
"Le Photographe" "Rollei 6008 AF" by Maxime Champion, issue #1605,
March 2003, pp36-37
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4.2 Photographers' works ; most images taken with a Rollei camera
In English
"The Forgotten Ones", Rogovin, Milton, ISBN 0-295-96196-1
LC catalog # TR647.R62 1985, ALBRIGHT-KNOX (Washington, 1985)
info from Mike Stoesz : "...a wonderful book of Rollei photographs by
Milton Rogovin and (I) highly recommend it to all".
"Night Train at Wiscasset Station" photographs by Kosti Ruohomaa, text
by Lew Dietz, ISBN 0-385-12932-7 or 0-385-13117-8, DOUBLEDAY (1977)
"Portraits in Steel", Rogovin, Milton, interviews by Michael Frisch,
ISBN 0-8014-8102-3, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS (Ithaca, 1993)
"Triptychs: Buffalo's Lower West Side Revisited", Rogovin, Milton,
ISBN 0-393-03588-3, W.W. NORTON (New York, 1994)
info from Nathan Wajsman : " 'Portraits in Steel' documents the
terminal stages of the steel and heavy industries in Buffalo in the
early 70s, while 'Triptychs' are portraits of people and families in
Buffalo, taken in the early 70s; the same people were then
photographed in the early 80s and again in the 90s. Both are highly
recommended. The vast majority of the images in both books are taken
with Rollei equipment."
"Three Seconds of Eternity" Doisneau, Robert (Photographer), Stecker,
Robert (Introduction) ISBN 3823821245, TE NEUES PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Paperback 144 pages (October 1997)
"Robert Doisneau : A Photographer's Life", Hamilton, Peter,
ISBN 0789200201, ABBEVILLE PRESS INC., Hardcover - 368 pages (November 1995)
Robert Doisneau's entry at the "Masters of Photography" site:
http://216.233.248.37/artchive/doisneau.html.
http://masters-of-photography.com/D/doisneau/doisneau.html
Comment by Ben R. McRee : "Among other delights, you'll find
Doisneau's own comments on photography taken from his book Three
Seconds of Eternity"
"The Blue Note Years : The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff" by
Francis Wolff, Charlie Lourie, Michael Cuscuna, Oscar Schnider, Herbie
Hancock, ISBN 0847819124, RIZZOLI, 203 pages (October 1995)
Info by Tim Spragens: "...single-light portraiture by Rolleiflex, used
on record jackets..., and as I recall many were with Rolleiflex. It's
amazing what can be done with a single light source, well used."
"Bill Brandt Photographs, 1928-83", Jeffrey, Ian, ISBN 0-500-27726-5,
Thames & H, (1994)
"The Photography of Bill Brandt," foreword by David Hockney,
introductory essay by Bill Jay, The Career by Nigerl Warburton,
ISBN 0-810941090, Harry N. Abrams Inc (New York, 1999).
"White Light Silent Shadows," Cratsly, Bruce, ISBN 0-9657280-5-6,
(ARENA, 1998). Info by ArthurWG "... a large format book of B & W
photos by Bruce Cratsly, shot entirely with a Rollei TLR."
"Margaret Bourke-White, Her Pictures, Her Life", Rubin, Susan Goldman
ISBN 0-810943816, Harry N. Abrams Inc (New York, 1999)
Recommended by Jerry Lehrer
"Jazz Seen", Claxton, William, Foreword by Don Heckman,
ISBN 3-822878685, Taschen America (April 1999)
"Eudora Welty Photographs", foreword by Reynolds Price,
ISBN 0-87805-529-0 Univ. Press of Mississippi (1989)
(pointed by Sanders McNew)
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In German
"Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit : 101 Photographien mit einem Essay des Photographen"
Doisneau, Robert, ISBN 3-888148472, SCHIRMER/MOSEL (1997)
"Im Zauber des Lichts", Rollei photography contest. Walther Heering, Heering
Verlag, Harzburg 1940, Germany. 195 full-page photos taken with Rollei
cameras.
"Das Goldene Buch der Rolleiflex", Rollei photography contest. Walther
Heering, Heering Verlag, Harzburg 1935. "The Golden Book of the
Rolleiflex" English version 1936. French version 1936.
info from Jens Patric Dahlen: "127 full-page photos taken with Rollei
cameras. It has photos of the Franke & Heidecke plant and many
price-winning photographs taken with Rollei cameras."
"Fritz Henle 1909 - 1993, Die Quadratur der Schoenheit"
ISBN: 3-89466-091-0, EDITION BRAUS (February 1994)
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In French
"Photopoche no.5", Doisneau, Robert, ISBN 2-097541593,
(Coll. Photopoche Note) NATHAN
"Doisneau Paris", Ollier, Brigitte, ISBN 2-850255297, HAZAN (1998)
info from E. Bigler: "665 pages ; introduction is in French but most
of the book is devoted to selected Rolleiflex pictures in B&W by
Robert Doisneau about Paris life before and after WWII"
"Robert Doisneau", Hamilton, Peter, ISBN 2-905292873
(Coll. Dois) HOEBEKE (1995)
"La fête", Doisneau, Robert, ISBN : 2-84567029-X, (TANA, 2001). Info
by E. Bigler: "A short text with favourite ''parisian'' songs, twenty
30x30cm B&W offset reprints, all taken with a R-TLR"
"Lumières de Paris, promenades parisiennes" photos by Marcel Bovis,
text by Gabriel Bouvet, ISBN 2-7377-0413-8, LA MANUFACTURE (Lyon,
1996) Info by E. Bigler: "Marcel Bovis, another master of B&W
Rolleiflex images of Paris"
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4.3 Miscellaneous books with (among others) images taken with a Rollei camera
In English
"Upstream, fly fishing in the American West" photo by Charles
Lindsay, essay by Thomas McGuane ISBN 0893818895 (APERTURE, 2000)
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"Entering Germany: 1944-1949" Vacallo, Tony, ISBN: 3822859087
(TASCHEN America, 2001)
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"Shooting stars: Favorite Photos Taken by Classic Celebrities "
Zeitlin, David, ISBN 1-57544-077-6, (GENERAL PUBLISHING Corp. Los
Angeles)
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"Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs" by Cyma Rubin
(Editor), Eric Newton (Editor), Seymour Topping (Introduction)
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"Irving Penn: Career in Photography", Westerback, Colin, ISBN 0865591520,
(Art Institute of Chicago, 1997)
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Backroads of Northern California "Your Guide to Northern California's
Most Scenic Backroad Tours", A Pictorial Discovery Guide
Text and Photography by Dave Wyman
http://home.comcast.net/~wymanburke/idrivebackroads.html
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In French
"Henry Clarke, photographe de mode" ISBN 2-87900-721-6,
Paris-Musés-Somogy, Oct. 2002
"L'Abbaye Cistercienne en France", Clarisse Renaud, ISBN
2-84080-056-X - Editions Gaud, Aout 2002
"Regard sur le monde Cistercien tome I", Bernard Peugniez, ISBN
2-84080-080-2 - Editions Gaud, Juin 2002
http://www.editionsgaud.com
http://www.photothequegaud.com/
Info by Emmanuel Bigler: "Two books illustrated by the French
photographer Henri Gaud. Most pictures (architecture) have been taken
with a view camera, however for certain pictures like aerial views
with long focal lengths, medium format rules, hence the use of a
Rollei 6008 as a companion of the large format camera."
4.4 Photographers' sites and gallery-like web sites, most pictures taken with a Rollei camera
4.4.1 Collective work
A web site hosting images taken with Rollei cameras:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=43175&Auth=false
For more information please contact Daniel Alexander pndalex, at freewwweb.com
Another web site where RUGgers are welcome:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolleiusersgroup/pool/
A presentation by Eric Goldstein
http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list/03-2007/msg00195.html
4.4.2 Individual work
http://foto13.free.fr
Olivier Bertrand (France), Black & White images, Rolleiflex 3,5F
http://sdimitrovphoto.com
Slobodan Dimitrov's web site "What's square is Rollei. What's rectangular is 4x5."
http://harryredl.com/ "Portraits of the Beat Generation"
http://www.pierreverger.org
http://www.pierreverger.org/en/pierre_verger/biografia.htm
The work of Pierre Verger (French, 1902-1996)
5. Miscellaneous references about Rollei and Rollei images : museum
collections, movies, songs, etc...
In English
A Rollei-TLR-tape recorder !!
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-11/00572.html
http://www.rugarchives.org/2004-01/01089.html by Bob Shell
http://www.yourprops.com/Rolleiflex-camera-recorder-other-replicas-movie-props-James-Bond--From-Russia-With-Love--1963--prop-50284.html
http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/yp_4e32aba0c74467.92067476/James-Bond--From-Russia-With-Love-1963/Rolleiflex-camera-recorder.jpg
Rollei camera featured in various movies / films
http://www.rugarchives.org/2001-01/00619.html and related thread
In French
"Negative Blues", a song (created in 1963) by the French artist Serge
Gainsbourg with an explicit reference to the Rolleiflex. Reference
pointed by Sanders McNew the text is here:
http://www.paroles-musique.com/paroles-Serge_Gainsbourg-Negative_Blues-lyrics,p12736
A video showing the artist singing this song in 1965 is hosted on
YouTube (look for: "Gainsbourg negative blues" in the YouTube search
engine) http://www.youtube.com
In Portuguese
(info from Sanders McNew)
In "Desafina do", Joao Gilberto sings a poem credited to
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Newton Mendonça (1958)
Fotografei voce na minha Rolleiflex
Revelou-se a sua enorme engratidao
http://www.chez-fred.net/bossa/common/Desafinado_Portuguese.htm
which is translated on one site as
I took your picture with my trusty Rolleiflex
And now all I have developed is complex
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