Public service anouncement - Rolleiflex "T"

I have the Hasselblad or Kiev 88 meter viewfinder adapter to the

Rolleiflex T model almost ready for production. You can get these at a

place in Germany for about US $114 plus shipping. These are machined

out of high grade aluminum alloy, not die cast. The cost should not

excede $75 plus shipping. The photos below show the setup with the

unpainted prototype installed. As a service to those who have the

Rolleiflex T and either Hassy or Kiev finders we will be manufactoring

a limited amount of these adapters. If any of you are interested you

can email me and express you interest. I'll tell you one thing the

focusing with my Kiev metered finder is a breeze and the waist level

finder with the magnifier seems to excede the quality of the Rolleiflex.

 

contact me at rtincher@prtcnet.org or rtincher@hotmail.com

I will try to answer all responces.

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"Classifieds (FS/WTB/WTT) are NOT permitted in this forum. All equipment wanted or for sale MUST be posted in the photo.net classifieds section ONLY".

 

How do you figure this is a public service announcement?

I think Ron is trying to give us a chance on a good deal.

I would agree with Gene. Thanks Ron!

Nice! Now if you just made one the the 2.8 E2.....

Breathe Zane breathe, maybe then you'll stop turning purple.

The model "E" is on the drawing board.

Zane, no hard feelings. If you need one of these adapters Germany will be glad to sell you one.

Wouldn't this same piece work on the E2? I thought the E2 and the T used the same interchangeable hood system.....

 

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I think notification of something new (and unknown to many) made by a member, not commercially available (save on a semi-custom basis), which facilitates the use of classic equipment qualifies as a "public service announcement". The thing would get lost in the classified section, as people can't be looking for something they know nothing about.

 

I know about the German version as I have a Ukraine knock off of the adapter for the Pentacon/Exakta 66. The Kiev meter prism is great - the prism is so much brighter than the old German jobs and a good deal lighter than the old Rollei prism which tends toward separation after all these years.

 

This world is breeding too many safety Nazis and people of that ilke who think it perfectly OK to scold and chide others instead of minding their own business.

> Zane, no hard feelings.

 

Why would you have hard feelings? You posted a classified ad in violation of the forum rules. That some people don't mind doesn't make it ok. Selling these at cost--now that would make it a "public service".

 

> This world is breeding too many safety Nazis and people of that ilke who think it perfectly OK to scold and chide others instead of minding their own business.

 

Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot.

This seems a bit like an ad. But Ron has been a member of the site and the forum for a while. And the item seems like something new and quite specialized that will be of interest to some other forum members, and the post could be taken as "news". So, I'm inclined to let it pass, hoping that this won't open the door to all sorts of classifieds, etc, being posted in this forum.

Thank you very much Brian. I have seen other service related post similiar to this. I thought about ske-bay as a market tool but would have to increace price to justify.

 

"Selling these at cost--now that would make it a "public service".

What about below cost.

Zane do you know what a machinest gets an hour? This man is a dear friend of mine. It took 8.5 hours to make the prototype, and @ $10 an hour this would have to bring $85 plus material cost and electricity etc.. Now find me a machinest that will work for that chicken feed! Now you see why you are getting a die-cast product from others. Drop your die-cast unit on concrete and tell me if it shatters or not. Setup cost alone would warrent one to make at least 100 units to break even.

All said and done, when I looked for such an item some time back, I could not find one. Then someone on this forum guided me to the link in Germany. I couln't afford one or thought I couldn't. I like to buy as much American as possible. Have you been to China-Mart or is that Wal-Mart lately. Wonder why you are paying $2.50gal for petro? It may seem that I am biased, but charity begins at home.

Zane this site is owned by a private for profit corporation; the rules are their rules not the mutual agreement of the members of the forum. No member has any standing to attempt to enforce these rules and indeed the owner of the site disclaims any responsibility for enforcing the rules. Any attempt by any member to police others is merely officious intermeddling. If this posting offends you are perfectly free to complain to Luminal Path, Inc. and they are perfectly free to remove the posting or ignore you. Whether we mind or not is irrelevant none of us own this billboard as it were.

I Agree with Gene. that belongs here. Thanks for the info and good luck with any future projects.

 

Larry

If I can't say something nice, I'd simply rather not say anything at all. Oh, DRAT... I said something!

Ron, Is there any chance of that fitting a Rolleicord Vb?

> Zane do you know what a machinest gets an hour?

 

Yes, I do.

 

> It took 8.5 hours to make the prototype...

 

Let me give you some advice, since I apparently mistreated you so badly. From the photos this looks to be a simple piece. With a proper drawing, an experienced machinist could whack it out - by hand - in about 20 minutes. Tops.

 

Or, find a community college or VoTech where they teach solid modeling-based CAD and computer numerical control (CNC) machining. An experienced CAD user, even a student with a few hundred hours of practice, could whack out the design in an hour or two. You take that solid model geometry and dump it into the CNC machine. Ten or twenty minutes later you have a machined part. Unit cost? A heckuva lot less than $85 and 8.5 hours of labor.

This shift from complaints to production manager reminds me of an old joke about a guy who goes to the pay toilets at Grand Central (anyone remember those days?) and when he reaches for the toilet paper finds there is none in any of the twenty odd booths except the last in which is a little man is sitting on a pile of toilet paper and demands money for a few sheets.

 

When the poor guy calms down he starts figuring how much money they could make if they removed all the toilet paper in every hotel and train station in New York; soon in his mind he is branching out to Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago.

 

The punch line delivered by the little man on the pile of paper is something to the effect that the guy couldn�t even wipe his ass and now he wants to be a partner.

Brian I am not familiar with but the "T" and I have a fixed finder on another model. I could ask Zane if he thinks it will work. All punning aside, I will check the specs on other models. Rick Oleson is the man that should know, for he has worked on almost all models. He seems to think that the E2 will work with the adapter. I would think that all the quick release units are the same seeing that they are all medium format but that is only a guess. We will run a batch of 100 and see how that goes then I would like to make an adapter for my fixed finder Rolleiflex.

I'll be you're right about Rick O knowing the answer. I look forward to hearing his response. If you ever want to find out experiementally, let me know... I'll gladly try it on my Vb.

Brian if you could accurately measure the inside width and length and depth of the finder you have, I can tell you if it will fit. I am almost certain They didn't change much on the design of the finder.

Rolleicord Va / Vb Rolleiflex T Rolleiflex E2 Rolleiflex 3.5 F /2.8 F Rolleiflex 2.8 GX / 2.8 FX

 

These have the same viewfinder frame if I read the comparative chart correctly.

First, this meter looks very, very ugly. But the adapter seems very useful and well done. Congratulations, Ron. No other comment.<br>

About the kind words of Mr. Zane Johnson :<br>

Please, folks, NEVER use the following words : Alpa, Bronica, Contax, Fuji, Gitzo, Hasselblad, Horseman, Ilford, Kiev, Kodak, Linhof, Mamiya, Manfrotto, Pentax, Plaubel, Rolleiflex... and many other ones.<br>

When you use one of these words, you also make an AD !<br>

Generally speaking, avoid all words beginning with an upper case, it's probably a trade mark.<br>

Like many people, I read this forum each day, sundays included, and I never read the classsifieds. An information about a meter adapter seems to be an information. Next time, Ron, write something like that : "for the price, go to classifieds".<br>

Nevertheless, Ron, you posted a classified ad "in violation of the forum rules". Sounds like the Freedom Act. Fortunately for you, Abu-Graïb will be closed very soon.<br>

Zane, be cool... Life is too short.<p>

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