Kit Version of Rolleiflex T (02)
Rolleiflex T in Kit Version.
Which is of course a joke. Rollei never produced this model in a Kitted Version ;-)
This TLR came from a discontinued repair shop. Because the former owner didn't get the chance to put it propperly in a working state again it ended up in some plastic bags.
This was (and probably still is) a common situation with professional repair shops. They just cannot spend too much time on a camera repair because that would make the repaircosts simply too high and/or the profit too low.
So in some cases the camera is send back unrepaired or ends up as a source of spareparts.
In this case the trouble seemed to be putting the fascia (front lens covering) back again.
And because i'm not a professional repair man i can put some extra hobby hours in and try to get it working again :-)
Finally found some time to unpack the plastic bag and had a look at the individual parts. Except for the diaphragm/shutter dial bands which are a tiny bit scratched everything else seems Ok.
One of my dear internet friends did send me the service manual so first task will be checking if everything is complete.
btw This Rolleiflex T was for sometime owned by the British Ministry of Defense which bought about 5000 pieces of this type T in several batches from Franke & Heidecke. The fact that it only has X flash synchronization shows that is was not produced before 1966 when Rollei changed the Compurs from MXV to only XV.
Kit Version of Rolleiflex T (02)
Rolleiflex T in Kit Version.
Which is of course a joke. Rollei never produced this model in a Kitted Version ;-)
This TLR came from a discontinued repair shop. Because the former owner didn't get the chance to put it propperly in a working state again it ended up in some plastic bags.
This was (and probably still is) a common situation with professional repair shops. They just cannot spend too much time on a camera repair because that would make the repaircosts simply too high and/or the profit too low.
So in some cases the camera is send back unrepaired or ends up as a source of spareparts.
In this case the trouble seemed to be putting the fascia (front lens covering) back again.
And because i'm not a professional repair man i can put some extra hobby hours in and try to get it working again :-)
Finally found some time to unpack the plastic bag and had a look at the individual parts. Except for the diaphragm/shutter dial bands which are a tiny bit scratched everything else seems Ok.
One of my dear internet friends did send me the service manual so first task will be checking if everything is complete.
btw This Rolleiflex T was for sometime owned by the British Ministry of Defense which bought about 5000 pieces of this type T in several batches from Franke & Heidecke. The fact that it only has X flash synchronization shows that is was not produced before 1966 when Rollei changed the Compurs from MXV to only XV.