Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 17, 2007, at 5:44 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > G'day all, > > As some of you know, I have a small collection of Rolleiflex cameras. > The latest "delivery" (its been a few years) arrived this week: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ > box.jpg.html> > http://www.tiny.cc/6IVil > > Image 2: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ > comingout.jpg.html> > http://www.tiny.cc/dD45u > > Image 3: > <<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ > delivery.jpg.html> > http://www.tiny.cc/vsUPE > > the 1965 post war baby was really a bit of a failure. Of course, > that makes > it all the more collectable. The shutter is a bit "stiff", but that is > probably because it looks like very little film went through it. > 127 was > dying when it came out: the film was more expensive than the larger > 120 > format and there were few new cameras. Rollei of course kept making > them ;-) > > Cheers > > Alastair I had one of the earlier models of this little jewel when I was a sophmore in college in 1949. Mine was in gray and I recall that it had a lever wind. I sold it to pay for the repairs to my '47 Plymouth. a car that was hardly a paragon of reliability. Too bad. I liked that little camera. Larry Z Larry Z