#Rolleiflex 2.8 xenotar full#
#Rolleiflex 2.8 xenotar professional#

Rolleiflex Original with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/3.8 DW Photo focuses on producing the Rolleiflex Hy6 mod2 medium format SLR camera (digital & film), servicing existing cameras, including providing firmware and hardware upgrades.

The factory production equipment and remaining stocks of parts were auctioned off in late April 2015.ДЄ smaller company was created again with former DHW Fototechnik employees, under the name DW Photo at the same location. The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and was dissolved in April 2015, ending any further production. DHW Fototechnik announced two new Rolleiflex cameras and a new electronic shutter for photokina 2012. Rolleiflex medium format cameras continued to be produced by DHW Fototechnik up to 2014-a company founded by former Franke & Heidecke employees. Although all Rolleflex cameras can be fine user cameras, there is also an active market for many Rolleiflex models as collectables, and this adds (greatly in some models) to the end price paid, particularly in Japan. Historically there were five focal length cameras available including 5.5В cm Rollei-Wide, 6.0В cm Baby Rollei, 7.5В cm (f:3.5), 8.0В cm (f2.8), and 13.5В cm (f:4 Zeiss Sonnar) Tele-Rolleiflex. The later f2.8 and f3.5 letter models (Planar or Xenotar lens) are highly sought after in the used market, and command the greatest price. Some, professional, amateur and fine-art photographers still shoot Rolleiflex TLR film cameras with color transparency, color negative, or black-and-white film. ДЄ range of accessories made this camera a system: panorama head, sun shade, parallax-corrected close-ups lenses, color correction, contrast enhancing, and special effect filters, all mounted with a quick release bayonet, as well as a quick-change tripod attachment. This makes the Rolleiflex Automat/Letter model cameras very sought-after for shooting fast-paced action, such as street photography.

#Rolleiflex 2.8 xenotar full#

This mechanism started the exposure counter automatically, auto-spaced the 12 or (on the later model F cameras) 24 exposures, and tensioned the shutter all with less than one full turn of the film advance crank. Unique to the Rolleiflex Automat and letter model cameras, the mechanical wind mechanism was robust and clever, making film loading semi-automatic and quick. The highly regarded Zeiss Planar f2.8 and Schneider Xenotar lenses, both 80mm focal length and fast in comparison, are both state of the art optics. The high-quality 7.5В cm focal length lenses, manufactured by Zeiss and Schneider, allowed for a smaller, lighter, more compact camera than their imitators. The Rolleiflex TLR film cameras were known for their exceptional build quality, compact size, modest weight, superior optics, durability, simplicity, reliable mechanics and bright viewfinders. Rolleiflex cameras have used film formats 117 (Original Rolleiflex), 120 (Standard, Automat, Letter Models, Rollei-Magic, and T model), and 127 (Baby Rolleiflex).

#Rolleiflex 2.8 xenotar professional#

The 120 roll film Rolleiflex series is marketed primarily to professional photographers. (A companion line intended for amateur photographers, Rolleicord, existed for several decades.) However, a variety of TLRs and SLRs in medium format, and zone focus, and SLR 35 mm, as well as digital formats have also been produced under the Rolleiflex label. The 'Rolleiflex' name is most commonly used to refer to Rollei's premier line of medium format twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras.

3.5 Coupled exposure meter, removable focus hood.

2.11 Rolleiflex miniature Reproductions.

Here's a frame from the lens at 2.8 on 6x9, I've enhanced the vignetting for effect, in practice it has less. I've contacted Zeiss and they could not give me any further information other than what I've found. I'm pretty sure mine is designed to make 6x7 and perhaps 6x9 it came mounted in correct shutter already mounted on a Baby Graphic lens board, from a former wedding photographers estate so I'm fairly confident that the lens was/is being used as intended on the proper camera, and 6x9 was a standard option for that camera. (Especially if it has the advantages of the Thorium glass). You can push those Planar/Xenotar designs fairly far, they were good designs although only really excellent in the intended zone of resolution. I'm pretttttyyyy sure what you've pointed out is radioactive we won't know until you test it. Love to see what you get what shutter did you mount it in? Yum that sounds like a good plan for a great lens although in rough shape.