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The Art Deco Rolleicord I, in Germany colloquially known as the 'Tapeten-Rolleicord' (wallpaper Rolleicord) was produced by Franke and Heidecke from November 1933 to March 1936. It is the first pattern of the Rolleicord. In total, 32,508 units of the Rolleicord I Model 1 (factory Model K3 - 510) were built.
The camera is nickel plated and decorated with a trompe-l'oeil grid on all sides bar the bottom. A depth of field table has been attached to the back. The camera was sold with depth-of-field tables in German, French (this unit) and English. In parallel with the decorated version, from 1934 a plainer model (the Rolleicord I, type 2) was produced, covered with standard black leatherette. Towards the end of the production run, a removable camera back was introduced, which then allowed for optional back replacements, such as a 35mm adapter (Rolleikin I) and a sheet film adapter.
Technical Details
CAMERA DIMENSIONS
- Length (depth) : 94mm (104mm expanded)
- Width (incl. handles) : 89mm
- Height : 134mm (198mm opened)
- Weight : 899g
- Film Type: 120
- Picture Dimensions: 6x6
- Serial number: inside body<nr>
TAKING LENS
- Manufacturer : Zeiss Jena
- Type : Triotar f/4.5 7.5cm
- Aperture stops : 4.5, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 32
- Focus Settings : 0.8, 0.9, 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 2, 2.5, 3.3, 5, 10, INF
- Shutter : Compur Shutter (rim set) T, B,1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 300
- Filters : 28.5mm push on
- Serial number: present
VIEWING LENS
- Manufacturer : Franke and Heidecke
- Type : Heidoskop Anastigmat f/4 7.5cm; later (the majority of cameras) spelt Heidoscop.[1]
- Aperture stops : none.
- Shutter : none
- Serial number : none.
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| Rolleicord I (Art Deco) (1933-1936) Images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) | |||
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| Rolleicord I "Art Deco" #018182 Images by Graham Ruckert (Image rights) | |||
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| Rolleicord I (Art Deco) Brochure (December 1933) Images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) | ||
Notes
- ↑ Art-Deco Rolleicord serial no.2025, with the viewing lens engraved Heidoskop-Anastigmat, sold at the 32nd Westlicht Photographica Auction, in March 2018; Two Rolleicords; one Art-Deco, both with viewing lens engraved Heidoscop-Anastigmat, sold at the fourteenth Westlicht Auction. The auctioneer's notes on the earlier camera state that the 'c' spelling occurs in cameras with serial numbers above 5000. This change in spelling also occurs in the 4x4cm Rolleiflex. Curiously, the stereo camera named Heidoscop, which predates all of the Franke & Heidecke TLRs, was only ever spelt with a 'c', although it is a copy of the Stereflektoskop (with a 'k') that Heidecke designed while at Voigtländer.
