A Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera
Rollei
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1929
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
135 x 82 x 98 mm
Place of origin
Braunschweig
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524572.1
Summary
A Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera fitted with a Tessar f3.8 7.5cm lens and Compur shutter. The aperture range f4.5-f32 and the shutter has T,B and eight speeds upto 1/300 sec. There are seperate lever to cock and fire the shutter. Focusing is via a side know as is film advance. The body is metal covered with black leather. The chrome shutter plate has a logo and the wording 'F Deckel Munchen Compur'. The lower lens has the label 'Tessar 1:3.8 F=7.5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr.1107708'. The viewing lens has 'Heidoscop-Anastigmat 1:3.1 f=7.5cm No 90249'. The manufacturer's plate reads 'D.R.P. Rolleiflex D.R.G.M. No 91783 Franke & Hiedecke Braunschweig' Under the hood there is a magnifier and spirit level. Ther is a cap covering both lenses.
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