Franke & Heideck were a well-known producer of stereo cameras. In 1928 the idea came up to develop a twin lens reflex camera based on the stereo camera. It looked quite simple: cut one third of the stereo camera off and you are nearly done. This is exactly what Mr Heidecke did, but he soon found out that things were more complicated and a lot more work had to be done. At the end of the day he used his cut-up stereo camera to convince his commercial partner Mr Franke that more funds were needed to develop the TLR.
From the beginning it was clear that the camera had to be small. Not as small as the Leica but as small as roll-film allowed. That determined the choice for a roll-film with a small diameter spool. The B 1-6. It allowed only 6 exposures of 56 by 56 mm. A few clever ideas were realised in the design. The basic design consists of two camera parts: on one hand the viewing camera with the focusing screen, reflex mirror and viewing lens and on the other hand the taking camera with the taking lens and film aperture. The reflex mirror was sunk into the taking camera as far as possible and the film chambers were located in unused space. The un-exposed film resides in the bottom of the taking camera near the lens, while the exposed film is stored behind the reflex mirror in the viewing camera.
***SOLD OUT*** Microfine Bright Focusing Screen.For focusing over the entire image frame area and undisturbed, creative ...
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***SOLD OUT*** Charger D for Rolleiflex 6000 and Lens Control batteries with NiMH cells #98451.These are the newest char...
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***SOLD***Rollei 35 LED. Prototype of a camera in Prochnow book, which never came to market....
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***SOLD***Prototyp of a transparent Rollei Rolleiflex 6003 Professional (only 1 piece ever made !!) and also a "regular"...
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***SOLD***Rollei X-Act 2 camera with normal bellows and nice systainer case.X-Act 2 Bellows camera is an innovative syst...
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*** SOLD ***ROLLEI SUPER-ANGULON XL 5.6/90MM INCL. ELECTRONIC SHUTTER NO.0 (99051)...
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***SOLD***Rollei SLX PR 903 with Planar 2,8/80 and 6x6 back. Camera used in Ponchow book 5 on page 1204....
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***SOLD***Rollei SLX # 4.800.055 and planar 2,8/80 and 6x6 back. Camera out of first 100pcs for test and introduction. ...
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***SOLD***Base adapter for Rolleiflex X-Act2.This is a part that allows you to mount digital backs and other things stra...
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***SOLD***Rollei SLX # 1 with 4,5/6 Polaroid back. Used in the Pronchnow book 5 at page 1215...
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***SOLD OUT***Rollei back adapter Hasselblad # 98959....
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***SOLD***Rollei 6006 #1 with Planar 2,8/80 and 6x6 back. Camera listed at page 1217 in the Prochnow book 5....
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***SOLD***Total Rollei set used by American photographer Ralph Nelson. Cameras Rolleiflex Wide Angle, body # 2493658...
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***SOLD***Rollei 6008 Professional #1 with Planar 2,8/80PQ and 6x6 back, 4,5/6 back & polaroid back. Camera used on pag...
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***Sold Out*** Rollei Original/Genuine Black Neck Strap for Rollei Rolleiflex TLR'S // FX, FW and FX-N....
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***SOLD***Rollei Makro-Apogon 120/4.0 HFT for SL66 serial: # 00001 ...
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***SoldOut***45 Degree Prism for Rolleiflex TLR Cameras.Fits all versions FX, FX-N, FW, FT and may also fit older TLR mo...
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*** SOLD *** Rollei (Carl Zeiss) Tele Tessar 1000mm/8.0 which comes in a aluminium case as you can see on the pictures w...
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Rollei Rolleiflex & R35 Prototypset Silver/Blue. ***SOLD***...
View productRolleiflex Hy6 Model 2 with AFD 80mm Apogon or AF 80mm PQS f/2.8 lens and 6060 film back.Kit also includes battery charg...
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*** Sold Out *** A medium format SLR camera for the discerning user, the Rollei Hy6 was developed in Germany with full c...
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First concept of the first Twin Lens Camera ever made by Rollei from the 1920's. ***SOLD***...
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Rolleiflex 2,8FX J-O-C-K set with serial number 00/25. Jock Sturges (born 1947) is an American photographer, best k...
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*** SOLD OUT ***Rollei AF Super-Angulon 50mm f/2.8 PQS lens # 54080.Focus: Auto FocusWorks with: 6008AF, 6000 Series, Hy...
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Rolleiflex 2,8FX J-O-C-K set with serial number 01/25. Jock Sturges (born 1947) is an American photographer, best k...
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*** SOLD OUT *** Rollei APO-Symmar Makro 90mm f/4 PQS lens # 63348.Focus: Manual FocusWorks with: Hy6, Hy6 Mod2, AFi, 60...
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Rollei Makro-Apogon 120/4.0 HFT for SL66 serial: # 00002***SOLD*** ...
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*** Sold out *** AF 180mm PQ Tele-Xenar (Schneider) lens for Rolleiflex Hy6 and 6000 systems. # 54701....
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*** Sold Out***Rollei AFD Apogon 80mm f/2.8 HFT PQS # 58002.Focus: Auto FocusWorks with: Hy6, Hy6 Mod2, AFiFilter size: ...
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***SOLD***Rollei 35 S Gold + Flash + Leather bag....
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***SOLD***Rollei 35 Urushi Swarovski/Green Prototyp...
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***SOLD***ROLLEI 35 SPECIAL EDITIONS COLLECTION (ALL ITEMS COMING FROM ROLLEI MUSEUM) :- 10 original proto-types of the ...
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***SOLD*** R35 Black Magic Prototyp Silver/Blue...
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