do i have a 3.5E or 3.5C Rolleiflex ?

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Steven Woody - 18 Jul 2006 16:11 GMT

because i am about to buy a lens cap and hood in the used market such
as ebay.com, i think i have carefully determind Bay-what mount i really
need. but i am not sure my camera is actually a 3.5E or 3.5C. i need
your help.

some info of the camera,

1, the serial number is 1748514
2, a f/3.5 plannar taking lens and a 2.8 heldosmat viewing lens
3, gets a uncoupled meter, film speed can be set by the meter ring.
4, the sutter ring can apperture ring can set to be coupled or
uncoupled by rotate a level on the apperture ring.
5, i am not sure whether the viewfinder hood is removable, but i can
remove it by take of the four screws acound the hood.
6, the distance scale is in feets only, not meets.

my question is

1, is it a 3.5C or 3.5E
2, if that is a 3.5C, Bay-what accessoies should i need ?

thanks in advance.

-
woody

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Neil Gould - 18 Jul 2006 16:15 GMT

Recently, Steven Woody <narkewoody@gmail.com> posted:

> because i am about to buy a lens cap and hood in the used market such
> as ebay.com, i think i have carefully determind Bay-what mount i
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>
> 1, the serial number is 1748514

This is the important information that will determine which lens cap that
you require. There was a very recent discussion about this on this Rollei
users' list:

Rollei_list@freelist.org

Given the number of questions that you have about your camera, I recommend
that you join this list or at the very least search it for some concise
answers.

regards,

Neil

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dadiOH - 18 Jul 2006 16:43 GMT

With that serial # it is 3.5E
http://www.rolleirepairs.com/models.htm

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Steven Woody - 18 Jul 2006 18:01 GMT

> > because i am about to buy a lens cap and hood in the used market such
> > as ebay.com, i think i have carefully determind Bay-what mount i
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> With that serial # it is 3.5E
> http://www.rolleirepairs.com/models.htm

i hope you're right. but it seems the web page you refered don't list
3.5E at all, it might be possible that the serial number range it
listed for 3.5E actually covered 3.5C also. check this page:
http://home.worldonline.dk/rongsted/Rolleisn.htm, you will find,

Start End S/N Prochnow Parker Evans
...
1.740.000 1.787.999 Rolleiflex 3,5 C Rolleiflex 3.5 E Rolleiflex 3.5 E
(type 1)

but i dont understand what the 'Prochnow', 'Parker' and 'Evans' mean
respectively.

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dadiOH - 18 Jul 2006 18:29 GMT

>>> because i am about to buy a lens cap and hood in the used market
>>> such as ebay.com, i think i have carefully determind Bay-what mount
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> i hope you're right. but it seems the web page you refered don't list
> 3.5E at all,

??????????? It's the fifth one listed.
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> it might be possible that the serial number range it
> listed for 3.5E actually covered 3.5C also. check this page:
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> but i dont understand what the 'Prochnow', 'Parker' and 'Evans' mean
> respectively.

They are the sources (men's names) from which the author of the page
gathered his info. Note that two of the three agree that yours is 3.5E. If
you are in doubt, email Rollei...bet they'd know :)

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Steven Woody - 19 Jul 2006 04:18 GMT

> >>> because i am about to buy a lens cap and hood in the used market
> >>> such as ebay.com, i think i have carefully determind Bay-what mount
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> gathered his info. Note that two of the three agree that yours is 3.5E. If
> you are in doubt, email Rollei...bet they'd know :)

and, does Rollei has a email to answer such a question? do you know the
email address? thanks.

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dadiOH - 19 Jul 2006 14:05 GMT

>> They are the sources (men's names) from which the author of the page
>> gathered his info. Note that two of the three agree that yours is
>> 3.5E. If you are in doubt, email Rollei...bet they'd know :)
>
> and, does Rollei has a email to answer such a question?

There is an easy way to find out...write.
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> do you know the email address?

No, but I could/did Google for it. So could you.

http://www.rollei.com/en/index.html

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