For sale is a Rolleiflex 2.8F Planar in marvelous user condition.
This is a very well used body, there are numerous scratches, scuffs and nicks on the body. The leatherette is shrinking and lifting in a few places, the bubble over the light meter needle is broken and the meter is presumed dead.
The glass is in reasonably good condition. There is one small nick on the front taking element, about 1mm across and pretty light, right next to that there is a light mark in the coating, less than hair thin and about 3mm long. Neither of these should have significant affect on your image IQ. Perhaps some extremely slight loss of contrast when shooting into the sun. There is some light dust inside and some very light cleaning marks on the viewing lens.
The mechanics of the camera are in good shape, focus is smooth, shutter speeds sound good and the aperture moves smoothly. This was previously owned by a small wedding studio which had their Rolleis maintained regularly. The focusing screen was replaced by a cut down RB67 screen and the focus has been recalibrated for the new screen. This is much brighter than the stock Rollei screen and makes the camera a pleasure to use.
The Prism has some wear and some light dings on the top. There is two strips of slight desilvering on the top of the prism which appear as slightly darker strips in your viewfinder but do not prohibit use. There are also some slight cracks on the edges of the prism but these are not visible when using. I would suggest finding a waist level finder.
So there you have it, possibly the worlds ugliest Rollei but one which is ready to continue its life taking marvelous photographs.
-$500 including shipping in the US
This is a very well used body, there are numerous scratches, scuffs and nicks on the body. The leatherette is shrinking and lifting in a few places, the bubble over the light meter needle is broken and the meter is presumed dead.
The glass is in reasonably good condition. There is one small nick on the front taking element, about 1mm across and pretty light, right next to that there is a light mark in the coating, less than hair thin and about 3mm long. Neither of these should have significant affect on your image IQ. Perhaps some extremely slight loss of contrast when shooting into the sun. There is some light dust inside and some very light cleaning marks on the viewing lens.
The mechanics of the camera are in good shape, focus is smooth, shutter speeds sound good and the aperture moves smoothly. This was previously owned by a small wedding studio which had their Rolleis maintained regularly. The focusing screen was replaced by a cut down RB67 screen and the focus has been recalibrated for the new screen. This is much brighter than the stock Rollei screen and makes the camera a pleasure to use.
The Prism has some wear and some light dings on the top. There is two strips of slight desilvering on the top of the prism which appear as slightly darker strips in your viewfinder but do not prohibit use. There are also some slight cracks on the edges of the prism but these are not visible when using. I would suggest finding a waist level finder.
So there you have it, possibly the worlds ugliest Rollei but one which is ready to continue its life taking marvelous photographs.
-$500 including shipping in the US
