Show off your TLR!

Picked this up for $50 at an antique shop. Never heard of the brand so figured it wasn't anything special, but it's in great shape so I figured I'd get it anyway and see how it fares.

Voigtlander Superb - still trying to learn more about it, but only bits and pieces of info online.

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Here's my recent flea market find. 1953 2.8C Xenotar.
I haven't shot film in a very long time, and it's been even longer since I've used a TLR (my first one was a pre-war Rolleiflex 3.5 which I sold long ago and regretted ever since).
I think this will get me back into using film again. 🙂
 

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The Rollop Automatic 2.8 from Lipca (Lippische Kamerawerke Barntrup)

It is a german TLR from the 1950s which was placed a bit below the Rolleiflex line from Franke & Heidecke.

It has a film transport leaver which is pushed down at an angle of about 90° to transport the film and cock the shutter which is a Prontos SVS with 1- 1/300s, X and M flash syncronisation. The taking lens is a Enna Ennit 80mm f/2.8 (Tessar type) which can be stopped down to f/22. The time wheel from the shutter reads the light value (EV).
The focusing is done the same way as the Rolleiflex (but the wheel moves in the other direction) and the minimum focus distance is 1m. It looks like it does parallax compensation via tilting the lens bord minimally, but I am not shure about this. The focusing screen shows a thin crosshair and is quite dim by modern standards, but quite usable in the daylight.


Rollop Automat 2.8 von thomas.78 auf Flickr


This is my third real camera.
After my FED-2 and a Zorki Ie which I got at the age of 12, I was fascinated by the look of the TLR cameras. At our city there was a camera store which had several Rolleiflex (mostly 2.8 and 3.5 models) in their showcase but I could not afford them as a pupil (it was in 1991) - the price tag was always around 2000 DM (1000 €).


As a inexpensive alternative I first got a Seagull which I destroyed by abusing the film wind crank - as a child of 12 or 13 years without a camera manual...

Instead I got the Rollop Automatic (which I should use more often...)
 
I picked up my first TLR a couple of months ago, the Yashica Mat. Came with the case in very good shape as well. Got the Kodak Reflex 1A with a good case as well several weeks ago at an estate sale. It came with an 828 adapter as well. So two film formats for it that I'd need to respool for :bang:

Both seem to work well mechanically and only needed a minor cleaning off of dust.


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God those Kodaks are so classy. I was going to bid on one last week but I already spent way too much on cameras this month.

Here's my Yashica 12.


Since I've been asked before... The UV filter on the viewing lens is for protection when it's stuffed in my bag. I don't use a lens cap.
 
rwintle said:
This is not going to impress anyone, but I love it - 1937 (I believe) Voigtländer Brillant V6, Compur shutter, Skopar 7.5cm f/4.5. Came with red and yellow filters and a handwritten note in the side compartment. 🙂

Photos here if anyone's interested:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardipus/sets/72157628491804063/


Voigtländer Brillant V6 by Richard Wintle, on Flickr
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I took a look at your set on Flickr. You have mastered this camera. 😀

While the lens may not be 21st Century technology, you have used it to great effect - from the car race to the winter graveyard scenes - and I enjoyed the excellent compositions.
 
here is picture of my wife's mother Phyllis along with the Rolleiflex that appears in the photo. The gentleman that took the photo passed away and the camera went to the man that went on to become her second husband (Ralph). They lived in the same condo unit as my parents and because of our great interest in photography Ralph and I became good friends during my visits to see my parents. Before Ralph passed away at ninety he gave me all his film cameras including this Rollei. I had only gone on two dates with Phyllis's daughter before Ralph died but things progressed quickly, and although I said I would never do it again, we got married. So this camera has come full circle back into my wife's family. (I would guess the photo was taken 35 years ago)
 

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