Maxwell Focusing Screen on Rolleiflex

[Timothy Hyde]

I'm wondering if the Bill Maxwell focusing screen I have for my 2.8F will also work on the 3.5F camera? I have an extra and am considering offering it to another phototherapy with the 3.5F. Thank you

Tim Hyde

 

[Dan Daniel]

Yes, it will fit.

 

[Timothy Hyde]

Thank you.

 

[Dan Daniel]

To flesh this out- the screens on Rolleiflex TLRs with removable hoods are all the same size. Including the T, and also the Rolleicord Vb. The screens on Rolleiflex TLRs without removable hoods are all the same size (back to the Automats, at least) but not the same size as on removable hood models.

I don't know about the FX and GX models. I also don't know about the screens on the Rolleiflex SLRs except that they are very high quality screens- bright, snappy focus, etc.

 

[JPD]

The screens for the GX/FX are a little thicker. I remember having to adjust the focus of the viewing lens when I mounted one in an old Rolleiflex Standard. The earlier glass ones had the same thickness as glass plates. I suspect that they were bought by Franke & Heidecke from a manufacturer of glass plate substrates. Voigtländer did that for their VAG, Avus and Bergheil cameras, and their groundglasses even had the same dimensions as the glass plates used for these cameras.