Links Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex

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Links at Rolleigraphy: Photography with a Rolleiflex
For general Rollei(flex) links like factory, dealers, optics, clubs, photography, film, etc, see the main Rolleigraphy site.

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Factory

• Camera Production at the Rolleiflex Factory
  The German PhotoScala Magazine made this short film not so long ago. Note the mixture of really old style and high-tech production tools. Anyway it is clear that all cameras are hand-made. Watch the TLR that is undergoing final testing of the film transport. It is held on a small wooden box lined with dark red velvet to protect the lenses. The velvet is so worn and its colour so ancient that the box could be pre-World War II and it was still in use. In 2003 a senior member of staff jokingly told me that the thing was a DIY job by old Mr. Heidecke himself (Reinhold Heidecke, 1881 - 1960, one of the founders of the company).

Technical information

• Chris Perez et al.
  Testing Four Cameras
  Rolleiflex 3.5E (75 mm Xenotar), Rolleiflex 2.8E (80 mm Planar), Hasselblad 500 C/M (80 mm Planar C T*), Mamiya 7 (80 mm Multi-Coated).
  Medium Format camera/lens testing.
• Richard Urmonas Homepage
  Brochures, manuals.

Rolleiphiles

• History of Rolleiflex models
  Siu Fai´s webpage on the history of the Rolleiflex and the Rolleicord.
• Jan Böttcher
  Jan’s Museum.
• Mike Elek
  Mike’s page on classic camera’s. Also links to his pages on Rolleiflex camera’s.
• 127 Format
  The ‘127 Format’ group at Flickr.
• Anthony Oresteen
  Rolleiflex 4x4 "Baby" Models.
• Anthony Oresteen
  Using the 1957 Rolleiflex 4x4 "Baby" Models.
• Jan Böttcher
  Jan’s Museum.
• Rolleiflex 4×4 - The ‘Grey Baby’ Rolleiflex
  at Photo-Analogue.

Price lists classics

• Antique & Classic Cameras
  D. Colluci’s price guide for Rolleiflex TLR and other cameras.

Reviews, Instructions

• The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Rollei’s Camera Systems
  Review by Aaron Stennet, Casual Photophile.
• Rolleiflex 3.5C review
  Tobias Key’s review of the Rolleiflex 3.5 C (3.5 E).
• Six months with the Rolleiflex 2.8 D
  Review by Josh Solomon, Casual Photophile.
• 5 Best Medium Format Cameras for Beginners
  by James Tocchio, Casual Photophile. Rolleicord, etc.
• Rolleiflex 2.8 FX Medium Format TLR
  Review by Laura Murray at Photography Life.
• So, you want to buy a TLR Rolleiflex? Good choice!
  Martin Reekie at Film’s Not Dead.
• Rolleiflex Buying Guide
  Colton Allen at Film Shooters Collective.
• Buying a used Rolleiflex TLR
  The Wonderful World of Rolleiflex TLR Photography. Dan Wagner at B&H Explora.
• Loading Film
  The Wonderful World of Rolleiflex TLR Photography. Dan Wagner at B&H Explora.
• Street Photography
  The Wonderful World of Rolleiflex TLR Photography. Dan Wagner at B&H Explora.
• Shooting 35mm film with a Rolleiflex Automat
  Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley.
• Shooting 35mm With My Rolleiflex Automat and the Rolleikin 2 Adapter – Part 2
  Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley.
• Rollei and the Rolleiflex
  Editorial at The Independant Photographer.

Film

• Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory
  See how film is made. Take a look inside the HARMAN technology factory in Mobberley, England where they manufacture the ILFORD and Kentmere ranges of black and white film, photographic paper and chemicals. Find the Rolleiflex.

Miscellaneous

• 2016 Summer of Sport on ITV
  ITV commercial with Rolleiflex T.
• “Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville” (The Kiss, 2000). In the year 2000 the maker of an advertisement for a Peugeot car was inspired by Robert Doisneau’s 1950 photograph. See a photographer holding a Rolleiflex Automat (1949) and then the original image by Doisneau in the last seconds of the film.