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Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras. Rollei's cameras use Carl Zeiss and Schneider Kreuznach optics.
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Classic examples - medium format
Rolleiflex SL66 and SL66E SLR with rise and fall lens plane and exceptional close-up abilities - as used by Brett Weston.
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Classic examples - 35 mm
Rollei 35 compact original viewfinder (Germany) with 40 mm F3.5 Carl Zeiss Tessar.
Rollei 35S compact camera (Singapore) with 40 mm f2.8 Zeiss Sonnar made by Rollei.
Rolleimatic compact camera with unique film transport mechanism.
Rolleiflex SL2000 (or 3003) SLR - a 35 mm SLR with interchangeable magazines - not the first, but now unique for a modern 35 mm SLR.
Rolleiflex SL35 range - 35 mm SLRs produced from the 1970s though to the late 1980s, using Carl Zeiss optics. Other lenses, like the Schneider, and the Rolleinar (manufactured for Rollei mainly by Mamiya) were also available. German-made models are still desirable, but the ill-fated Singapore models had sub-standard electronics which made them chronically unreliable.
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Modern examples - medium format
Rollei 6008 integral - advanced SLR with fast handling.
Rollei 4.0 FW TLR with 50 mm F4 Super-Angulon - classic reissue.
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Modern examples - digital
Rollei Mini Digi - digital camera styled like a miniature Rolleiflex TLR.
Rollei Prego series - a line of 18 consumer digital cameras with resolutions up to 8.1 megapixels (as of August 2006).
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Accessories - TLR
Some accessories manufactured for Rollei TLRs:
Rolleinar: A set of close-up lenses, in three magnifications (Rolleinar 1, Rolleinar 2, and Rolleinar 3). A pair of Rolleinar lenses are placed on both the viewing and taking lenses.
Rolleifix: Instead of screwing the camera body to a tripod, this tripod head clamps down on the TLR.
Rolleipol: Rollei's polarizing filter.
Rolleikin: Allows the use of 35 mm film.
Rollei panorama head: Attaches the camera to a tripod, and enables the photographer to take a series of aligned pictures to create a panoramic photo in an arc up to 360°.
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