Rollop

This is not the Roll-Op by Plaubel.

Rollop is the name of a series of TLR models made by the German company Lipca.

Rollop I

The first in the Rollop series.

• Production period : 1954
• Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
• Taking lens:Enna Ennagon 1:3.5 f=7.5cm (75mm on later cameras), Coated.
• Viewing lens: Enna Sucher (=viewfinder) or Ennagon 1:3.5 f=7.5cm (75mm on later cameras).
• Filter Size : ??
• Parallax error correction : ??
• Shutter: Prontor-SV or Prontor-SVS leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/300 sec. and B.
• Flash synchronisation : Sync socket on frontpanel. M and X synchronisation.
• Selftimer
• Filmtransport : Knob winder. Red window on the back to display film frame number.
• Double exposure prevention
• Accessory shoe : On left side (only on later cameras).
• Dimensions WxHxD: ?? x ?? x ?? mm
• Weight: ??? grams

back view of Lipca Rollop image by John-Henry Collinson (Image rights)

Rollop II

Lipca Rollop II image by OZBOX (Image rights)

Very similar to the Rollop I but now has a crank for filmtransport.

• Production period : 1954
• Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
• Taking lens:Enna Ennagon 1:3.5 f=7.5cm, Coated.
• Viewing lens: Enna Ennagon 1:3.5 f=7.5cm. Coated.
• Filter Size : ??
• Parallax error correction : ??
• Shutter: Prontor-SV or Prontor-SVS leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/300 sec. and B.
• Flash synchronisation : Sync socket on frontpanel. M and X synchronisation.
• Selftimer
• Filmtransport : Crank winder. Automatic stop.
  
• Double exposure prevention
• Accessory shoe : On left side (only on later cameras).
• Dimensions WxHxD: ?? x ?? x ?? mm
• Weight: ??? grams

Rollop Automatic

Lipca Rollop Automatic image by Hubertus Bendi (Image rights)

The top model in the Rollop series. Called Automatic because the filmtransport crank now also cocks the shutter
Early Automatics are just named "Rollop" on the name shield and have Enna Lithagon lenses.
The camera has a Prontor SVS shutter with speeds of 1–1/300s and B. Both lenses are Ennit 80mm f/2.8 of a four-element Tessar type, made by Enna in Munich. The camera has knob focusing and lever wind with automatic shutter cocking as on a Rolleiflex. The waist-level finder has a fresnel screen with split rangefinder and grid lines for easier composition. The camera has an EVS (light value) system, locking shutter speed and aperture, like that on the Flexaret VII. This can be switched off.

• Production period : 1956
• Format : 12 exposures of 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm.
• Taking lens: Enna S-Lithagon 1:2.8 f=80mm or S-Ennit 1:2.8 f=8cm. Coated.
• Viewing lens: Enna Lithagon 1:2.8 f=80mm or Ennit 1:2.8 f=8cm. Coated.
• Filter Size : ??
• Parallax error correction : ??
• Shutter: Prontor-SVS leafshutter. Speeds 1 to 1/300 sec. and B. With light-value system
• Flash synchronisation : Sync socket on frontpanel. M and X synchronisation.
• Selftimer
• Filmtransport : Crank winder. Automatic stop and shutter cocking.
  
• Double exposure prevention
• Accessory shoe : On left side.
• Dimensions WxHxD: ?? x ?? x ?? mm
• Weight: ??? grams

Links

In English:

• A Rollop description on medfmt.8k.com.
• Rollop / Lipca section at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark

In German:

• A Rollop camera ad at the 1956 Photokina

In French:

• Rollop Automatic on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand