Thankfully the Franke & Heidecke factory landed in the British zone of occupation in the post-war. The advent of World War Two stagnated development at the company as optics were diverted to the war effort and allied bombing raids resulted in a 65% loss of their factory. Now the cameras had a counter and automatic film loading and frame spacing.
#ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 C CAMERA MANUAL#
A decade later the Rolleiflex Automat saw release, doing away with the manual advance using the red window. The Rolleiflex featured top-quality Zeiss optics in the form of a 7.7cm f/3,8 Tessar lens. The Rolleiflex made up for it in having twin lens that allowed the photographer to observe and focus using the top lens while the second lens exposed the film. Generally, the camera was only slightly more advanced than the cameras of its age. The original Rolleiflex saw release in 1928. Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke would establish an optical manufacturing firm in 1920, but it became clear that it would be the manufacture of cameras that would drive their business. Rather than rehash the entire history, I’m going to give instead a brief overview of the key technologies and the cameras that provided them to get to the 2.8F point. The history of Rolleiflex cameras, in general, is a long and complex one. Shutter: Syncro-Compur Leaf Shutter, 1″-1/500″ + Bulb Lens: Fixed, Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8, 4 Elements/3 Groups f/2.8-f/22, 5 blades. For being made in 1969 my Rolleiflex still looks pretty good, sure it has some dings on it, but it’s seen a lot of action.įormat: Medium Format, 120/220, 6×6 – option to mount 35mm with an adapter. The father brand new in Germany had bought the camera, and today I am still its second owner. After being offered a Rolleiflex by a gentleman at my church which belonged to his father and not knowing anything about the camera at that point, I purchased it for what I now know is a real steal.
But for me, the Rolleiflex has been in my hands shortly after getting into medium format film with a Lubitel 2 first, then a Yashica-12. The twin-lens design is not a new one in the camera world, first coming out in the 1880s. When it comes to cameras that have seen a lot of action through my life as a photographer, there is currently none as worthy of the title of a constant companion as my Rolleiflex 2.8F.
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