[Rollei] Heidoscope was Symmar 150/5,6

[Jim Hemenway <jim >]

For those who might not know just what is an F&H  Heidoscop, here's one
I had,
and then sold in 1997.

Small with a little description:
http://www.hemenway.com/Heidoscop/heidoscop-text.gif

Large:
http://www.hemenway.com/Heidoscop/heidoscop.jpg

A more convenient camera was the Rolleidoscop which was similar to the
Heidoscop but which used roll film. 

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Best Regards,

Jim Hemenway
http://www.hemenway.com



Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 10:55 PM 1/12/02 -0500, Eric Goldstein wrote:
> >Here's some Rollei content... I believe that the Unofocal was the only
> >non-Zeiss or Schneider optic to ever be offered on an F&H product... it was
> >if I am not mistaken offered as a lens choice on early Heidoscops. Perhaps
> >Todd, Marc, Jerry, et al can confirm...
> 
> I'm not certain Jerry would be into something as modern as the first camera
> Franke & Heidecke manufactured <he grins!> but you are absolutely correct,
> Eric.  The original Heidoscop offered a choice of 4.5/5.5cm Tessars or
> Steinheil Unofocals or "Heidoscop-Anastigmat" lenses from RÜO;  the viewing
> lenses were, in order, a Steinheil f/3.3 lens or RÜO f/3.2
> Heidoscop-Sucher-Anastigmat lens, an f/3.2 lens from Steinheil, or, with
> the RÜO taking lenses, the f/3.2 RÜO lens again.  So, both Steinheil and
> RÜO provided taking lenses on this camera.
> 
> On the Prewar and early Postwar Rolleiflex and Rolleicord TLR's, Optische
> Anstalt Saalfeld (OAS, a Zeiss subsidiary) provided the viewing lenses up
> to the Automat, Type III, while Steinheil provided the same on the New
> Standard, while both OAS and Steinheil provided the viewing lenses on the
> Baby Black cameras.  On the Postwar cameras after the Automat, Type III, I
> believe all viewing lenses were made by the manufacturer of the taking
> lens, with the sole exception of the 2.8A, whose viewing lens was provided
> by OAS.
> 
> Marc
> 
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