Posted 10 years ago
minicooper…
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This rather rare Rolleiflex was the first to include a flash sync and use a forged crank handle instead of a cut sheet metal crank. It was a massive leap in quality from the Automat I. It also featured a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 75mm f3.5 in place of the old Zeiss Tessar. This is another restoration project. The before photo shows how the camera's leather had degraded beyond help and it suffered from a severe lean. The mirror was also resembling Swiss cheese, so I replaced that, removed some dents, cleaned it out thoroughly, cleaned and relubricated the shutter, and put new vinyl on it from cameraleather.com.
very very beautiful and enjoy seeing your camera collection!!
Thanks Sean!
Your very welcome minicooper :)!!
hey minicooper ive picked up a vintage german camera . ill post tomorrow ,im at a friends house !!
I'll be keeping a lookout for it! What did you snag?