Rolleiflex medium format camera

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modern compact Rollei digital camera

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Classic examples - medium format

• Rolleiflex 3.5F TLR with 75mm F3.5 Planar - as used by David Bailey and Diane Arbus.
• Rolleiflex SL66 and SL66E SLR with rise and fall lens plane and exceptional close-up abilities - as used by Brett Weston.
• Rolleicord Vb - A medium format twin-lens reflex camera designed for non-professional users, like the rest of the Rolleicord line.

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Classic examples - 35mm

• Rollei 35 Compact Original viewfinder (Germany) with 40mm F3.5 Carl Zeiss Tessar.
• Rollei 35S compact 35mm film camera with a 40mm f2.8 Sonnar lens.
• Rolleiflex SL2000 (or 3003) SLR - a 35mm SLR with interchangeable magazines - not the first, but now unique for a modern 35mm SLR.
• Rolleiflex SL35 range - 35mm SLRs produced from the 1970s though to the late 1980s, using Carl Zeiss optics. Other lenses, like the Schneider, and the Rolleinar (manufactured for Rollei mainly by Mamiya) were also available. German-made models are still desirable, but the ill-fated Singapore models had sub-standard electronics which made them chronically unreliable.

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Modern examples - medium format

• Rollei 6008 integral - advanced SLR with fast handling.
• Rollei 4.0 FW TLR with 50mm F4 Super-Angulon - classic reissue.

Accessories - TLR

Some accessories manufactured for Rollei TLRs:

• Rolleinar: A set of close-up lenses, in three magnifications (Rolleinar 1, Rolleinar 2, and Rolleinar 3). A pair of Rolleinar lenses are placed on both the viewing and taking lenses.
• Rolleifix: Instead of screwing the camera body to a tripod, this tripod head clamps down on the TLR.
• Rolleipol: Rollei's polarizing filter.
• Rolleikin: Allows the use of 35mm film.
• Rollei panorama head: Attaches the the camera to a tripod, and enables the photographer to take a series of aligned pictures to create a panoramic photo in an arc up to 360°.
• Rollei Pistol Grip

See also

• List of digital camera brands