MPP Microflex

[and36y]

Are there any Microflex users out there?.. If so what are they like, what is the picture quality compared with an equivelent aged TLR (rollei, Minolta). I am toying with trying to hunt one down, Just wondered whether I would be disappointed

Thanks


Andy

 

[Helen B]

I used a Microflex for a while in the early eighties until it became unreliable. The lens was OK – neither unusably bad nor stunningly good – and I was very happy with it. The problems were with the film transport. I did give it some fairly heavy use though.

Best,
Helen

 

[stark raving]

Andy-

Just wondering. Do you mean Microflex or Microcord? I'd heard MPP only produced a few hundred of the Microflexes, good luck finding one.

Jonathan

 

[and36y]

I mean microflex. I have a microcord, that give lovely crisp images (the viewing screen is a bit dim though). The flex had a different lens and winding mech. I have just seen one go today in ebay for £89, they appear quite frequently..


Cheers

Andy

 

[David H. Bebbington]

In good condition, the lenses deliver reasonable results, but the shutters are fragile. For about the same money, I'd take a Rolleicord every time.

 

[stark raving]

Andy,

You might want to get in touch with these folks: http://www.mppusers.freeuk.com/index.htm There's an e-mail address for this club listed on the site.

Jonathan

 

[Brac]

The Microcord which appeared in more than one version is the earlier camera and has a Ross taking lens. The camera was replaced by the Microflex which had a taking lens by Taylor Taylor Hobson. This was reputed to be slightly better than the Ross. By the time the Microflex came on the market restrictions on German camera imports to the UK had been eased and so it had to compete against the Rolleiflex which for various reasons it was not successfully able to do. As a result there are less of this model around than the Microcord but they are still reasonably common. As far as shutters are concerned, I think the earliest Microcord used an uncommon make of shutter (was it called an Epsilon - I'm not sure) but later the Prontor was used so that shouldn't be a problem. I think the Microflex's weakest point is its lever wind which I understand can give problems. Mine is OK but then I've not used it much.