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Rollei with F/2.8 or F/3.5 Zeiss Planar lens
Oct 24, 2015 04:24:19 #
Oct 24, 2015 08:41:48 #
selmslie wrote:
You can trust KEH.com for a clean, functioning Rollei. Expect to pay over $1200 for a decent copy when they have one in stock.
You might do as well with a Mamiya C220 or C330 body plus a lens for a lot less.
You might do as well with a Mamiya C220 or C330 body plus a lens for a lot less.
My thought as well.
The Mamiya is not as small as a Rollei but a bit more versatile: interchangable lenses, bellows for close focusing, and less expensive.
This one's probably sold:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1394009
Three lenses, porrofinder-$195!
I've had a couple of these cameras myself.
Loved them!
Oct 24, 2015 13:28:22 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
My thought as well.
The Mamiya is not as small as a Rollei but a bit more versatile: interchangable lenses, bellows for close focusing, and less expensive.
This one's probably sold:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1394009
Three lenses, porrofinder-$195!
I've had a couple of these cameras myself.
Loved them!
The Mamiya is not as small as a Rollei but a bit more versatile: interchangable lenses, bellows for close focusing, and less expensive.
This one's probably sold:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1394009
Three lenses, porrofinder-$195!
I've had a couple of these cameras myself.
Loved them!
Make that FOUR lenses...
A Steal!!!!
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Oct 24, 2015 13:30:18 #
Be careful buying any Rollei TLR. I've had 4 of them over the years and all developed a problem with the film advance mechanism....it would lock up. Finding some today to competently fix a Rollei TLR will probably be more difficult than finding one to buy.
Oct 24, 2015 14:51:12 #
Budnjax wrote:
... Finding some today to competently fix a Rollei TLR will probably be more difficult than finding one to buy.
I recommend:
Harry Fleenor
Oceanside Camera Repair
909 Aviation Blvd #4
Manhattan Beach Ca., 90266-6241
310 374-6506
harry@rolleirepairs.com
Did a CLA for mine. It took a while but it came back in excellent condition.
Oct 24, 2015 15:56:03 #
lea001a wrote:
I am in the market for a "nice" Rolliflex with the f/2.8 or f/3.5 Zeiss Planar lens...
I was looking myself not too long ago. Saw quite a few at KEH & on Ebay, but the minimum price for a decent copy seemed to be around $400-$450 with f/3.5 lenses. But at that price I'd probably expect to add a CLA to make sure it is working reliably. BTW, my first new camera was a Yashica "D" TLR.
Oct 24, 2015 16:40:44 #
lea001a wrote:
I am in the market for a "nice" Rolliflex with the f/2.8 or f/3.5 Zeiss Planar lens...
What model and what lenses? There are many 2.8's and many 3.5's!
Oct 24, 2015 16:58:31 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
speters wrote:
What model and what lenses? There are many 2.8's and many 3.5's!
The answer is in the post you replied to. (For the Rollieflex, it would be 80mm).
Edit - The f/3.5 Planar is 75mm (I should know better, I have one! :oops: )
Oct 24, 2015 17:21:09 #
RWR wrote:
The answer is in the post you replied to. (For the Rollieflex, it would be 80mm).
Edit - The f/3.5 Planar is 75mm (I should know better, I have one! :oops: )
Edit - The f/3.5 Planar is 75mm (I should know better, I have one! :oops: )
There are 50 and 55 mm f/4 wide angle and 135 mm f/4 tele versions if you can find them, but the 80 mm f/2.8 and 3.5 are the most common.
Oct 24, 2015 18:05:36 #
speters wrote:
What model and what lenses? There are many 2.8's and many 3.5's!
I was looking for a decent shooter, not a collectable, so they would have been garden variety stuff - most likely Tessar or Planar 75mm f/3.5, and Rolleiflex, not Rolleicord.
Oct 24, 2015 18:56:37 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
selmslie wrote:
There are 50 and 55 mm f/4 wide angle and 135 mm f/4 tele versions if you can find them, but the 80 mm f/2.8 and 3.5 are the most common.
The 50 f/4.0 is a Schneider Super-Angulon, the 55 f/4.0 is a Zeiss Distagon and the 135 f/4.0 is a Zeiss Sonnar.
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