Many authors on ‘the web’ and from days before the internet wrote interesting articles about Rollei Equipment. Some of them remained anonymous , while others left their ‘footprint’.
Over the years I secured as much as possible of this knowledge base. It is like other sections in this web site a work in progress. Growing as we go , if you come across an interesting Rollei / Rolleflex / Rolleicord article please feel free to submit it.
Rolleiflex SLX & 6000 system Article preserved from the now defunct web site: www.photographical.net (re-edited). Introduction At Photokina 2002 Rollei presented the first autofocus 6×6 medium format camera in the world – the Rollei 6008 AF. This is the most sophisticated camera in the 6000 series from Rollei. The 6000 series actually started with the(…)
Interesting Post [edited] found on Freelists.org , About the Pin Layout on the Rolleiflex 6000 series as described by the late Claus Prochnow – ‘Rollei Report 5’ (SLX/6000) The pins are: (not that I know what the abreviations mean but someone may…..?) 1 – MCA – in/out 2 – ATA – in/out 3 – FB(…)
Rolleiclub is the hub to many Rollei resources The list is growing as we write. Links to international Rollei or related web sites / Companies / Individuals as possible. Feel free to contact us to suggest a listing !
Rolleiflex 6008 Review by Philip Greenspun, 1997 in photo.net Surveying new medium format cameras, one finds the following: ancient mechanical mechanisms controlling things more accurately and reliably done electronically; no exposure meters unless one is willing to use a prism finder; cumbersome dark slides and film loading; pre-War industrial design. The Rollei 6008 (and its sibling,(…)
