A rollei twin lens reflex camera.
Rollei
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1937 - 1947
Materials
Leather or leatherette, Metal, Glass
Measurements
Open 198 x 93 x 105 mm
Place of origin
Braunschweig
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524574.1
Summary
A Rollei twin lens reflex camera. The body is made of metal covered with leatherette. Pop up lens hood consists of metal plates with additional plate hinged to back which can lay above finder to magnify focus. Exposure chart on back of camera. Fitted with Carl Zeiss and Heidoscop-Anastigmat lens and Compur shutter.
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