Re: [Rollei] Rolleikin for the 2.8 model cameras

["David Seifert" <dseifert >]

As Marc has pointed out there are two different naming conventions, Europe
and USA.  Prochnow refers only to the European names.  I apologize for any
confusion my confusion may have caused.  See Marc's post on this topic for
clarification.

Regards,
David Seifert

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Lehrer" <jerryleh  >
To: <rollei  
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Rollei] Rolleikin for the 2.8 model cameras


> David
>
> Why do you say there was no such thing as a 3.5E?
>
> I think that Evans and Parker will disagree with you.
>
> I KNOW that I will, as I owned 2 of them.
>
> If Prochnow says there were no 3.5 Es, he is wrong
> also.
>
> Jerry
>
> David Seifert wrote:
>
> > The hallmarks of the E2 ARE the presence of the removable WLF and the
> > absence of the Rolleikin counter knob.  According to HPBB (Herr
Prochnow's
> > Black Book) the E2 and E3 models were produced concurrently with the F
> > models which never had the Rolleikin counter as standard features.
Probably
> > a production consistency decision.  Curiously, there was no such thing
as a
> > 3.5E.  At the time the 3.5 nomenclature was not synchronized with the
2.8
> > models so the feature comparable 3.5 was the 3.5C.  Things were made
> > consistent in the E2, E3 and F series.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > David Seifert
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Andrei.Calciu  >
> > To: <rollei  
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 9:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rollei] Rolleikin for the 2.8 model cameras
> >
> > >
> > > I think there was a gap for the Rolleikin knob right when Rollei
changed
> > > the 2.8e from a fixed WLF to a removable WLF. Why? I have no clue. The
> > knob
> > > does not make any difference to the new finder styles. Go figure.
> > >
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