rolleiflex...film loading

[snowqueen]

Hi guys, having trouble loading the rolleiflex....

you load bottom to top .....so why does the silver spindle thingy behind the take up spool go the other way?

the counter doesnt seem to be working when film is in there? if i run my finger over it it works.....

does that make sense?

help help help

[Malcolm_Stewart]

Hi guys, having trouble loading the rolleiflex....

you load bottom to top .....so why does the silver spindle thingy behind the take up spool go the other way?

the counter doesnt seem to be working when film is in there? if i run my finger over it it works.....

does that make sense?

help help help

Hi Snowqueen,

I've just loaded an old backing paper into my Rolleicord Vb to observe what goes on. The "silver spindle thingy" is the film spacing counter, and is rotated by the other side of what collects on the take-up spool. After setting the start of film marker - the broad arrow running from side to side across the backing paper - against the two red marks at the side of the film chamber, you then wind on, and quite a long length of backing paper is wound through before the start of the film proper is in place. Several turns of the knob on my 'cord, and probably a few rotations of the lever on the 'flex.

(It goes the the other way round because of basic geometry.)

Hope this helps.

Have fun.

[snowqueen]

Hello

It does help, thank you, i was winding the film on so the two arrows were at the bottom!

so will try again tomorrow

thank you

[Benchista]

You say "Rolleiflex" rather than "Rolleicord", which is important - loading a Rolleiflex (apart from very early ones) is a bit different to any other 120 camera including all the Rolleicords, as there's a patent "automatic" loading system ("Automat"). Basically, you have to pass the film between the first set of rollers before fitting it to the take-up spool, then the camera sorts everything out for you - you just close the back and wind on to shot one. There's a very fumbly video here - it's easier than he makes it look - a guide here and a manual here.

[snowqueen]

Morning, thank you

not knowing much about these cameras .....

It says rolleiflex on the top, i have run some paper through it, with the back open this morning and the counter worked.

will try and take a pic of it later and the inside.

will have a look at your links, thank you

[snowqueen]

This is the camera in question .....

[Malcolm_Stewart]

Taking the lead from Nick (I was thrown by your description of the "thingy" which aligned all too easily with what I could see in my 'cord Vb), here's two illustrated web-pages to follow.

Part1

Part 2

[snowqueen]

You say "Rolleiflex" rather than "Rolleicord", which is important - loading a Rolleiflex (apart from very early ones) is a bit different to any other 120 camera including all the Rolleicords, as there's a patent "automatic" loading system ("Automat"). Basically, you have to pass the film between the first set of rollers before fitting it to the take-up spool, then the camera sorts everything out for you - you just close the back and wind on to shot one. There's a very fumbly video here - it's easier than he makes it look - a guide here and a manual here.

Thanks for the link ...... i wasnt putting the film through the first set of rollers

im off home in a minute to give it a try

thanks again nick much appreciated

[snowqueen]

Taking the lead from Nick (I was thrown by your description of the "thingy" which aligned all too easily with what I could see in my 'cord Vb), here's two illustrated web-pages to follow.

Part1

Part 2

Thank you for the links ...

film loaded ok quick nap and then im off out to shoot a roll

[Zou]

From Diana to Rolleiflex in what, a month? I'm deeply jealous! Does this mean my Holga will evolve into a Horseman 612 given time?

[parisian]

Here's mine. There's lovely boyo

[huwevans]

Are we about to have a medium format camera-porn thread? If so, I'm going to grab a cup of tea and some nibbles, and make myself comfortable!

[snowqueen]

weve shown you ours

so lets see yours!

[snowqueen]

lovely ..... I can see me getting addicted

can you give me abit of info on your camera, maybe a pic you've taken with it?

[huwevans]

weve shown you ours

so lets see yours!

Okay, I'm game - I'll get my tackle out.

Here's my beloved Mamiya 6, with a couple of its lenses:




And here's something a little less modern - my 1934 Zeiss Super Ikonta C (picture's a little too big for the forums).

[snowqueen]

Im drooling .............

[Rhys]

Fond memories...



Hardly used it so sold it (miss it a bit but better off being used and looked after)

[snowqueen]

This is the camera in question .....

Can anyone help, ive been trying to find out the year and make of this model but seem to be able to only find one with planar lenes ....this has a jena lense .....

[snowqueen]

now i like that

[huwevans]

Can anyone help, ive been trying to find out the year and make of this model but seem to be able to only find one with planar lenes ....this has a jena lense .....

Well, Nick is your source for information on Rolleiflexes. My guess is that it's probably during or just shortly before WW2. The lens is a Carl Zeiss lens of Tessar type, but it's coated, which means it could be no earlier than the late 1930s, and it was made at the Jena plant - Jena was in East Germany after the war, and although they carried on making lenses, I don't suppose Rollei (in West Germany) were still sourcing them from there rather than from the hastily re-established Carl Zeiss company in the west. They may have had some residual inventory, of course. But as I say, Nick should be able to help.