A Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera
Rollei
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1928
Materials
Metal, Leather
Measurements
133 x 88 x 96 mm
Place of origin
Braunschweig
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524571.1
Summary
A Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera (model 1) fitted with Tessar f4.5 7.5cm lens and Compur shutter. The shutter has T,B and eight speeds up to 1/300 sec. Focussing is by means of a side knob. Aperture range f4.5-f36. The body is metal covered with black leather. The lower lens has the marking 'Tessar 1:4.5 f=7.5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr.925120' The viewing lens has the marking 'Heidoscop-Anastigmat 1.3.1 f=7.5cm No 18818'. The shutter plate has a logo and the wording 'F Dectel-Munchen Compur' The manufacturer's plate reads 'D.R.P. Rolleifex D.R.G.M. No.18586 Franke & Heidecke Braunschweig'
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Rollei , manufacturer