Catalogue information
The German Rolleiflex 6x6 TLR cameras, built since 1929 by 'Francke & Heidecke' in Braunschweig, have undoubtedly had a major - and perhaps decisive - influence on photographic history. Many world famous photos were taken with these fine mechanical works of art and there are few camera manufacturers in the world who can boast such a long success with only one camera as a basic design and improve it regularly without leaving the original concept. In order to get a piece of success, the two-eye Rolleiflexes were imitated by many manufacturers. This Rolleiflex is a 'Rolleiflex Automat model-2 K4B' and with its Ser.Nr: 903045 it comes from the production period 1939-1945, (Ser.Nrs: 805000 to 105000). A characteristic detail of this Automat-2 K4B version is that the factory name 'Francke & Heidecke - Braunschweig' is placed between the Heidosmat 1: 2.8 / 75 viewfinder lens and the Tessar 1: 3.5 / 75 recording lens. Automat models 1 & 3 have the factory name under the recording lens. The Tessar 3.5 / 75mm recording lenses were uncoated at the time and gave the photos a rather soft contrast and woolly sharpness. The shutter is a Compur Rapid 500 shutter.
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