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The '''Rolleiflex Automat, model 2''' is a [[medium format]] [[TLR]] camera manufactured by [[Franke & Heidecke]], Braunschweig, Germany.
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The '''Rolleiflex New Standard''' is a [[medium format]] [[TLR]] camera manufactured by [[Franke & Heidecke]], Braunschweig, Germany.
  
  
 
==General==
 
==General==
This is the second model in a very succesfull line of [[Rolleiflex]] 6x6 Automats.
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[[Franke & Heidecke]] did perceive that there was a big price gap between the [[Rolleicord]] and the  [[Rolleiflex]] Automat at that time (1938).  
Highly appraised by photographers because its "automatic" functions enabled a faster workflow.
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To fill that gap they decided to design and produce the '''Rolleiflex New Standard'''.<br>
* Automatic stop at the first frame of the film, no red window needed anymore. Possible by a patented film start sense mechanism which detected the tape that fixes the film to its backpaper.
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To cut costs the automatic film start sense mechanism was abandoned and instead the earlier way used, a red window at the bottom to visually search the first film frame on the films paper backing. <br> Also The front mechanisms was simplified and no longer showed the aperture/speed wheels as used on the '''Automat''' but used levers alongside the shutter as on the '''[[Rolleicord]]'''.
* Automatic tensioning of the shutter during the film transport.
 
* Double exposure prevention.
 
* Blank exposure prevention.
 
  
Main difference with the [[Rolleiflex Automat Model 1]] is a security cap to cover the release button.
 
 
   
 
   
 
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Revision as of 08:44, 10 December 2014

UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY Hanskerensky (talk) 00:33, 10 December 2014 (PST)


The Rolleiflex New Standard is a medium format TLR camera manufactured by Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, Germany.


General

Franke & Heidecke did perceive that there was a big price gap between the Rolleicord and the Rolleiflex Automat at that time (1938). To fill that gap they decided to design and produce the Rolleiflex New Standard.
To cut costs the automatic film start sense mechanism was abandoned and instead the earlier way used, a red window at the bottom to visually search the first film frame on the films paper backing.
Also The front mechanisms was simplified and no longer showed the aperture/speed wheels as used on the Automat but used levers alongside the shutter as on the Rolleicord.



Specifications

  • Rollei internal name : K4, build 631
  • Production period : 1938 to 1939
  • Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
    Furthermore a Plate adapter for sheet film and a Rolleikin adapter for 35mm film cartridges can be used.
  • Taking lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar 1:3.5 f=7.5cm
  • Viewing lens: Heidoscop-Anastigmat 1:2.8 f=7.5cm
  • Filter Bayonet : Taking lens, size 1.
    Sometimes also added on Viewing lens by an after-sales factory service
  • Parallax error correction.
  • Shutter: Compur-Rapid CR00 leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/500 sec. and B.
  • Flash synchronisation : None
    Sometimes X synchronisation added by an after-sales factory service
  • Selftimer
  • Double exposure prevention
  • Color Laqcuer : Black
  • Color Leatherette : Black
  • Dimensions WxDxH: 92 x 95 x 140 mm
  • Weight: 920 grams



Bibliography

  • Claus Prochnow, Rollei Report 1, Braunschweich, Lindemanns Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-89506-105-0.


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