MTC Photography Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Picture lens: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:3.5 f=6 cm Ground glass screen lens: Heidoskop - Anastigmat 1:2.8 f=6 cm Compur shutter T B 1 2 5 10 25 50 100 300 Film advance one frame and shutter clocked by crank. Film format 4 x 4 cm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) Baby Rolleiflex Format 4x4 Film 127 Taking lens: Schneider Kreutznach 1:3.5 60mm Waist level viewfinder lens: Heidosmat 1:2.8 60mm Ground glass viewfinder screen 4x4, with pop up magnfier Focus dial 1M 1.2 1.5 2 3 5 10 infinity Compur shutter B, 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500 Flash sync plug Edited November 22, 2020 by MTC Photography 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Wow, never seen one as old as that first one. I've got a Yashica 44, which is nice, but no Rolleiflex. I think the big thing for a brief time was Superslides, which would have been a nice step up from 35mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I have a Yashica 44A that currently has a roll of respooled HP5+ in it. I hope to finish it soon. The super slides from that format were fun, although I didn't have the Yashica when 127 slide film was available. An interesting fact about the 127 format: in a late 50's or maybe early 60's photography magazine the writer was predicting that 127 was "the format of the future". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 How baby Rolleiflex shutter works at the right hand side of the lens, there is a small lever Pull up the lever until it click stop The same lever acts as a shutter release, press this lever down the shutter fires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjferron Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I did not know they made a model with crank advance. I have a baby gray with knob advance which is more like a cord than a flex. It is fun to shoot but 127 film is very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent T Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Yes, even the pre-war Baby Rolleiflex (like the first one pictured) was crank advance. I once owned one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) I knew someone back around 1970 who had a later version and it seemed quite nice. But before that I had a Sawyer's Mark IV (alas, stolen in 1967, aka Topcon) that I thought rather nicer, with a sharp 2.8 lens and a well behaved viewfinder. The shutter and aperture were coupled, allowing a very quick proto-program mode once you set the EV. Those 127 super slides came out very nicely, though as a kid my budget was largely nonexistent, most film arriving for Christmas, along with mailers, and I had to be sparing and not very experimental,. It was always Ektachrome, and now all faded to near monochrome. But I still remember that camera, my first really good one, with fondness. Good sharp contrasty images. Eta I also did shoot some Verichrome, and it was quite nice, but balked at development cost when I got my own. The camera itself had been a gift from a relative, which explains why I could have a nice camera but some trouble supporting it. Edited December 26, 2021 by Matthew Currie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjferron Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Speaking of the Baby Rollei my gray 4x4 has developed film transport problems. At first it was intermittent but now chronic as I run a paper backing test roll through it just winds to the end never cocking the shutter. Not sure if there is an easy fix or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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