Need help identifiying this Rolleiflex

Emanuel Schi · Saturday at 7:21 PM

Hello, I have used this Rolleiflex 3.5f the last couple of months. I now switched to a 2.8f and want to sell this one.
BUT, I have trouble finding out what type it is.
Based of the serialnumber, this should be a Type 1 Model, it also has the EV coupling. The odd thing is, that I can switsch between a 12 and 24 exposure setting, which came (from my research) with the type 3 model.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advanced!

Pieter12 · Saturday at 9:01 PM

According to https://tlr.rolleigraphy.eu/sn75.php#f it seems to be a model 1.

beemermark · Saturday at 11:54 PM

It's 3.5F correct. Don't beat yourself up on which variation. It's late and I can't find my Rollei book. Being a 12/24 I'd say it's the last of the line i.e. a model 3. Then again it might have been retrofitted by the factory.

Kodachromeguy · 2025-08-24T01:01:24-0400

Your camera is not a so-called White Face model. Those were the last production, but I am not sure of the dates. Another clue: does your focus knob show one scale (Meters)? Or does it show dual scales, Feet and Meters? The later production had dual scales.

Emanuel Schi · 2025-08-24T10:24:41-0400

Pieter12 said:
According to https://tlr.rolleigraphy.eu/sn75.php#f it seems to be a model 1.

Yeah, thats what I also found. Its just that the 12/24 switsch came so much later.

Emanuel Schi · 2025-08-24T10:25:21-0400

Kodachromeguy said:
Your camera is not a so-called White Face model. Those were the last production, but I am not sure of the dates. Another clue: does your focus knob show one scale (Meters)? Or does it show dual scales, Feet and Meters? The later production had dual scales.

The focus knob is only in meters

Emanuel Schi · 2025-08-24T10:26:33-0400

beemermark said:
It's 3.5F correct. Don't beat yourself up on which variation. It's late and I can't find my Rollei book. Being a 12/24 I'd say it's the last of the line i.e. a model 3. Then again it might have been retrofitted by the factory.

So, was this usuall to have your camera retrofitted? Seems like a big change.

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