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The '''Automatic Rolleiflex 4x4''', popularly known as the '''"Gray Baby" Rolleiflex''', was introduced in 1957, at an announced list price of USD $133.65.<ref>Popular Photography (USA) Volume 41 No. 1, July 1957. "IPEX; The Products" [Report on the March, 1957 International Photo Exhibition, Washington D.C.] pg.105.</ref> It is a knob-advance twin-lens reflex yielding 12 exposures of 4x4cm on 127 film. It has a [[Schneider]] Xenar 60/3.5 taking lens and a Heidosmat 60/2.8 viewing lens. | The '''Automatic Rolleiflex 4x4''', popularly known as the '''"Gray Baby" Rolleiflex''', was introduced in 1957, at an announced list price of USD $133.65.<ref>Popular Photography (USA) Volume 41 No. 1, July 1957. "IPEX; The Products" [Report on the March, 1957 International Photo Exhibition, Washington D.C.] pg.105.</ref> It is a knob-advance twin-lens reflex yielding 12 exposures of 4x4cm on 127 film. It has a [[Schneider]] Xenar 60/3.5 taking lens and a Heidosmat 60/2.8 viewing lens. | ||
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By 1959 the gray baby's advertised list price had dropped to USD $99.50, <ref>Modern Photography (USA) Volume 23 No. 9, September 1959. "Quality Counts" (advertisement), pg. 19.</ref> perhaps a reflection of waning interest in the format. | By 1959 the gray baby's advertised list price had dropped to USD $99.50, <ref>Modern Photography (USA) Volume 23 No. 9, September 1959. "Quality Counts" (advertisement), pg. 19.</ref> perhaps a reflection of waning interest in the format. | ||
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+ | ==Specifications== | ||
+ | * Rollei internal name : K5 | ||
+ | * Production period : 1957 to 1968, 67.180 units | ||
+ | * Format : 12 exposures of 4 x 4 cm on [[127]] type rollfilm | ||
+ | * Taking lens: [[Schneider]] Xenar 1:3.5 f=60mm | ||
+ | * Viewing lens: Heidosmat 1:2.8 f=60mm | ||
+ | * Bayonet Size : Both lenses, size 1 | ||
+ | * Shutter: [[Synchro-Compur]] MXV CR00 leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/500 sec. and B. | ||
+ | * Flash synchronisation : Sync socket on frontpanel. M and X synchronisation | ||
+ | * Color Laqcuer : Gray, from 1963 onwards Black | ||
+ | * Color Leatherette : Gray, from 1963 onwards Black | ||
+ | * Dimensions WxDxH: 64 x 81 x 123 mm | ||
+ | * Weight: 680 grams | ||
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The Automatic Rolleiflex 4x4, popularly known as the "Gray Baby" Rolleiflex, was introduced in 1957, at an announced list price of USD $133.65.[1] It is a knob-advance twin-lens reflex yielding 12 exposures of 4x4cm on 127 film. It has a Schneider Xenar 60/3.5 taking lens and a Heidosmat 60/2.8 viewing lens.
This model helped kick-start a brief boom for 38mm × 38mm "super slides" (whose slide mounts were the same external dimensions as 35mm slides, but offering a larger image area), and inspired several Japanese lookalikes such as the Yashica 44.
By 1959 the gray baby's advertised list price had dropped to USD $99.50, [2] perhaps a reflection of waning interest in the format.
Specifications
- Rollei internal name : K5
- Production period : 1957 to 1968, 67.180 units
- Format : 12 exposures of 4 x 4 cm on 127 type rollfilm
- Taking lens: Schneider Xenar 1:3.5 f=60mm
- Viewing lens: Heidosmat 1:2.8 f=60mm
- Bayonet Size : Both lenses, size 1
- Shutter: Synchro-Compur MXV CR00 leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/500 sec. and B.
- Flash synchronisation : Sync socket on frontpanel. M and X synchronisation
- Color Laqcuer : Gray, from 1963 onwards Black
- Color Leatherette : Gray, from 1963 onwards Black
- Dimensions WxDxH: 64 x 81 x 123 mm
- Weight: 680 grams
Grey Baby Rollei by Geoffrey Gilson (Image rights) |
Notes
Links
- Baby Rolleiflex at Rolleiclub
- Grey Baby Rollei on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand