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The Rocca 35 has a fixed 45/2.8 Ennit or Ennagon lens, made by [[Enna]] of Munich.
  
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The Rocca 35 had two main claims to fame - a rose tinted viewfinder and an early example of "one upmanship" in that you could buy the camera with an imitation meter (see illustration), complete with honeycombe and dial! This could be changed at a later date for a Bewi "Automat" meter at a cost equivalent to 40% of the original price.
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The Rocca 35 was introduced in 1959 and had two main claims to fame - a rose tinted viewfinder and an early example of "one upmanship" in that you could buy the camera with an imitation meter, complete with honeycombe and dial! This could be changed at a later date for a Bewi "Automat" meter at a cost equivalent to 40% of the original price.
 
  
 
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* Rocca 35 - Also rebadged as A Hanimex Duomatic - f3.5 Enna Ennagon lens - 3 Speed Vario shutter - exposure calculator
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* Rocca 35 - Also rebadged as A Hanimex Duomatic (photo right)
* Rocca 35 Model 3 - f2.8 Enna Ennagon lens Prontor LX 5 LV speed shutter - 1/350 - 1/15 - exposure calculator
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* f3.5 Enna Ennagon lens
* Rocca 35 Model 4m - f2.8 Ennagon lens Prontor LK with coupled meter
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* 3 Speed Vario shutter
* Rocca 35 Model 6 - This may have been later marketed as the Roccamatic - f2.8 Enna Ennit lens, Prontor LK 9 speed shutter (1/300 - 1sec) coupled meter & rangefinder
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* exposure calculator
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* Rocca 35 Model 3
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* f2.8 Enna Ennagon lens
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* Prontor LX Light Value 5  speed shutter - 1/350 - 1/15
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* Exposure calculator (see photo)
  
 
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* Rocca 35 Model 4m - f2.8 Ennagon lens Prontor LK with coupled meter
  
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* Rocca 35 Model 6
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* The photo is of a Roccamatic which is identical in specification
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* f2.8 Enna Ennit lens
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Revision as of 17:03, 31 August 2006

The Rocca 35 is a 35mm compact camera, built by Montanus Kamerafabrik in Solingen, West-Germany. It was released in 1958.

Specs

The Rocca 35 has a fixed 45/2.8 Ennit or Ennagon lens, made by Enna of Munich.

The Rocca 35 had two main claims to fame - a rose tinted viewfinder and an early example of "one upmanship" in that you could buy the camera with an imitation meter (see illustration), complete with honeycombe and dial! This could be changed at a later date for a Bewi "Automat" meter at a cost equivalent to 40% of the original price.



The models were:

  • Rocca 35 - Also rebadged as A Hanimex Duomatic (photo right)
  • f3.5 Enna Ennagon lens
  • 3 Speed Vario shutter
  • exposure calculator





  • Rocca 35 Model 3
  • f2.8 Enna Ennagon lens
  • Prontor LX Light Value 5 speed shutter - 1/350 - 1/15
  • Exposure calculator (see photo)


  • Rocca 35 Model 4m - f2.8 Ennagon lens Prontor LK with coupled meter



  • Rocca 35 Model 6
  • The photo is of a Roccamatic which is identical in specification
  • f2.8 Enna Ennit lens
  • Prontor LK 9 speed shutter (1/300 - 1sec)
  • coupled meter & rangefinder



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