Rollei MiniDigi Retro Twin-Lens +DIGITAL+ Camera

This is rather cool...<p><a

href="http://www.i4u.com/article1235.html"><b>Rollei MiniDigi Retro

Twin-Lens Digital Camera</b></a><p>Can a digital

<a href="http://www.bostick-

sullivan.com/Hobo/welcome.htm"><b>Hobo</b></a> be far behind?

what is the 2nd lens for? 2 sensors maybe? 1 behind a shutter 1 exposed?

Probably also includes a phone+GPS. I like the "fixation" focus feature, too!

Jonathan:

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<a href="http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=7901687">http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=7901687</a>

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Not sure how accurate that info is, but at least it's another data point :)

Actually is sad. From the size of the camera, the LCD must be VERY tiny, and the camera has only 2 MP - maybe they will sell it as a key pendant!

For people with too much money...and no sense....so sad...;)...J

If it's like the original camera, the one lens is for the viewfinder and the other is the actual lens. This camera seems rather pointless.

Actually, Jim,all our reservations about digital could be solved by installing a scanner and laptop computer into a Hobo body. It looks like it can handle it. That's only half kidding; some folks up at Rochester Institute of Technology experiements with using scanners as digital cameras. They may still have some stuff posted:

 

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photoforum.html

Warning! Jim's given link, "Rollei MiniDigi Retro...," loaded the "Bfast" adware (spyware) into my system when I accessed it. If you don't mind someone monitoring your web activities, by all means go there. If that does bother you however, beware. If you already went there, look for "anyuser@Bfast" in your cookies folder and delete it. If you haven't done it already, consider running one of the spyware checkers available online. You'll be amazed at how much stuff they've put in your machine.

I bought one Rolleiflex minidigi from NY. This camera is a 1/3 scaled down miniaturized Rolleiflex 2.8 TLR, with all the knobs, cranks reproduced quiite accurately. You need to operate the crank

like the original Rolleiflex in order to take picture. The color LCD

is 0.9 x0.9 inch size. It comes with a 32M MMC card, taking 80 pictures of 1760x1760 resolution. The 9mm F2.8 lens is quite sharp with very low distortion.

<P> The camera is made in Japan for Rollei.

 

Sample pictures:

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1. Blue dragon

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2> Terracota

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3. Posters

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My photos with Rolleiflex minidigi on Flickr

 

Rolleiflex minidigi