Rolleiflex 4,0 FT

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The Rolleiflex 4,0 FT is a medium format TLR camera manufactured by Rollei and later on by DHW Fototechnik from 2003 till present.

General

In 2007, the Rolleiflex 4,0 FT was released as a modern re-design of the tele twin-lens reflex camera, the Tele Rolleiflex from 1959. The camera was later distributed by DHW Fototechnik in 2010 after the closure of Rollei.

It features a newly designed Tele Xenar 135mm f/4 HFT lens by Schneider Kreuznach with a size IV filter bayonet. The new lens has a reduced minimum focusing distance, from the 2.5 meters of the old Tele Rolleiflex to just 1.5 meters. This was achieved by a complete re-design of the focusing mechanism.

It is designed using the Rolleiflex 2,8 FX as a base.

The qualities of this lens together with the shorter focusing distance makes this suitable for portraiture.

Specifications

• Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
• Taking lens: Schneider Tele-Xenar 1:4 f=135mm, HFT coating.
  The lens name was later changed in Tele-Apogon by DHW Fototechnik.
• Viewing lens: Heidosmat 1:4 f=135mm.
• Filter Bayonet : Both lenses, size 4.
• Shutter: Copal leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/500 sec. and B.
• Flash synchronisation : Accessory shoe with system contacts. X-sync socket.
  On film flash measurement with a single SI photo element.
• Lighmeter system : Coupled, Centre-weighted average metering by two SI photo elements
  behind the finder mirror, Five-LED display in viewfinder.
• Film speed settings : 25 to 6400 ISO.
• Dimensions WxDxH: 109 x 136 x 147 mm
• Weight: 1390 grams

Bibliography

• Claus Prochnow, Rollei Report 2, third edition, Braunschweich, Lindemanns Verlag, 2008, ISBN 3-89506-220-0.

Links

• Rolleiflex FT 135 - 4.0 Standard at Rolleiclub
• Rolleiflex 4,0 FT page at DHW Fototechnik GmbH