Rolleiflex 2.8F

November 23, 2021 Lieblingsstücke Rolleiflex, Rolleiflex 2.8, Mittelformat

There are legends in photography that include the two-lens Rolleiflex medium format cameras, especially the Rolleiflex 2.8F with the powerful Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8 and the built-in exposure meter that was coupled to the timing and aperture wheel.

Rolleiflex and Leica were the cameras and brands that had a decisive influence on photo history and photo technology. Professional photographers used these cameras, and reportage photography was shaped by these brands and models for decades.

The "two-eyed" Rolleiflex cameras were called TLR cameras ( TLR stands for twin lens reflex), the taking lens and the viewfinder lens were separate, so there were two lenses, the taking lens with standard focal lengths of 75mm and 80mm and speeds of 3.5 and 2.8 from the manufacturers Carl Zeiss and Schneider-Kreuznach. There was also a wide-angle (50mm) and a telephoto version (135mm).

Many versions of the two-eyed Rolleiflex were built between 1929 and 2014, the last one The model series was the Rolleiflex 2.8 FX.

In today's second-hand market, Rolleiflex cameras are interesting, today's used prices for well-preserved copies reach or even exceed the original price at the time . We have information on purchasing "two-lens" Rolleiflex cameras here compiled.

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