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Revision as of 16:29, 19 January 2007
This is not the Rollop by Lipca.
The Roll-Op II is a German folding camera using 120 film, made by Plaubel in the 1930s.
General description
The body is based on the Balda Baldax (for #0 shutter size). The Roll-Op II mainly differs by the addition of a coupled rangefinder, separate from the viewfinder. This rangefinder unit is the same as the one mounted on the Makina.
The lens is a Plaubel Anticomar 7.5cm f/2.8 with helical focusing. The same lens was used with the name Plaubel Makinar. The shutter is either a Compur to 1/250 or a Compur-Rapid to 1/400. The body has an automatic exposure counter, the position of the first frame being set via a red window. This exposure counter is similar to the device mounted on the rollfilm backs made by Plaubel. It was copied by Chiyoda for the Auto Semi Minolta.
Two versions
The Roll-Op II exists in two versions, taking 4.5×6cm exposures or 6×6cm exposures. The versions differ by the finder size, the exposure counter and the red windows. The 6×6 model has a single red window in the middle of the back, protected by a pivoting cover mounted in a round plate, whereas the 4.5×6 model has two red windows at the top of the back, protected by a rectangular sliding cover.
Viewfinder-only model
It seems that the Roll-Op was initially a version of the Roll-Op II without the rangefinder, but the rangefinder version was eventually sold as Roll-Op in short, sometimes written Rollop.
Links
In English:
In French:
- Medium format rangefinders by Daniel Herlent, scroll down for pictures of both the 4.5×6 and 6×6 versions of the Roll-Op II
