I do not know about the diffusor, maybe a softar filter ? Or a Rolleinar, which is a two-part close-up lens that mounts on both filter rings. If you refer to the upper knob on the side, the counter there belongs there the Rolleikin adaptor can be identified if you open the camera and check the negative film size and / or the size of the viewing screen (for Rolleikin use it is masked down to the film size 36x24mm). I personally have an early E model, but I like the handling of the C model very much (but I got the E model cheaper from a different vendor, so I took that one instead).Īlmost all later Rolleicords and Rolleiflexes can have an additional Rolleikin installed which allows you to shoot 35mm film. The earlier models C and D do not have a meter generally, but the same build quality. There are different versions: The very late model E and F with a removable finder (not needed if you intend to use the existing one) and mostly a build-in meter, which is usually not exact enough for slides.
The lenses are top-notch, although quite old and the coating is not up-to-date with the latest. Here are a few for you.Any 2.8 model with a Planar or Xenotar lens is more than an entry level Rolleiflex. I contributed two essays and a number of photos to it. I recently found Jacob Deschin’s book: Rollei Photography: Handbook of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord Cameras (Camera Craft, 1952) in a box, which prompted these musings. I couldn’t afford the more expensive Zeiss Jena Tessar lens and instead used the Schneider Xenar lens, which I found just as good. I had the Rolleiflex Automat Model 3 which was produced between 1945-1949 and also known as the K4B2. But, I did get hooked on it and later was able to save my pennies and purchase my own. Initially I borrowed it from our upstairs neighbor in Bensonhurst, who later made me rent it for $5 a day - an extraordinary amount of money for a 15 year old in 1946. The Rollei was the very first camera I ever used. The Rolleiflex Automat, Model 3 was produced from 1945-1949. And, the 2 1/4 film means generally better quality large prints than you can get with 35mm. Visually the square format is elegant and symmetrical, but also offers the option to crop either vertically or horizontally. You do see what you get with the exception of very close range photographs.
You look down into the finder which is giving you a reverse image mirrored from the taking lens. As a medium format twin lens reflex with 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 (in) format, there are two lenses - the taking lens and the finder lens. I suppose the only objection some might have to it would be looking down into finder lens. Constant reliability, performance and excellence in a camera. Everything worked again and again and again. It was relatively easy to use, light weight, extraordinarily well-constructed, simple and had the best lenses in the business. In fact I would call it the most beautiful camera I’ve ever seen. Someone once asked me what my favorite camera was. I love the simple framing of the square, which helps to compose the elements of the photograph. This is one of my very first photographs shot with my neighbor’s Rolleiflex the year I began taking pictures.
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