Rolleiflex 4.0 FW
UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY HANS KERENSKY
The Rolleiflex 4.0 FW is a medium format Wide-angle TLR camera manufactured by Rollei and later on by DHW Fototechnik from 2003 till present.
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General
The Rolleiflex 4.0 FW is the follow up for the Wide-Angle Rolleiflex.
It is Rolleis answer to the demand of a Rolleiflex with a wide-angle lens.
It is designed using the Rolleiflex 2.8 FX as a base.
Specifications
- Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
- Taking lens: Schneider Super-Angulon 1:4 f=50mm, HFT coating.
- Viewing lens: Heidosmat 1:4 f=50mm.
- Filter Bayonet : Both lenses, size 4.
- Shutter: Copal leaf shutter. Speeds 1 to 1/500 sec. and B.
- Automatic exposure: at diaphragms 3.5 to 22.
- Manual shutter settings : Flash 1/30 sec. , both allowing diaphragms 3.5 to 22.
- Lighmeter system : Selenium cell
- Film speed settings : 12 to 1600 ASA.
- Measurements: 88 x 106 x 147 mm
- Weight: 1000 grams
Bibliography
- Claus Prochnow, Rollei Report 2, third edition, Braunschweich, Lindemanns Verlag, 2008, ISBN 3-89506-220-0.