surf_digby
journeyman
Reged: 04/04/2008
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I have a (black Singaporean) Rolleiflex SL35 passed to me by my father. He picked it up in a junk shop because it had a curious lens with it, but he's never got round to actually using it. I've never seen that kind of lens before, and with so few markings on it, I'm having no luck finding information on it.
From what I can tell, it's some sort of close up lens. There's no aperture control, and the focus ring is numbered 1 to 8, but with no marking to signify what they are 1 to 8 of.
The lens cap is held on by 4 ball bearings in the lens housing, which retract by means of a lever that doubles as a support for the end of the lens when you set the camera down.
On the mount, it says "Made by Rollei Singapore", and on the top of the barrel is the reference "5203/05". That's all.
I'm also curious of the significance of the dog with a nail through it's nose.
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
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Weird!
What does the fitting on the front end fit? It looks to me as though the "lens" may be some sort of variable magnification projection adapter used for e.g. photographing through a telescope ... but if it's a standard Rollei filter/hood bayonet fitting I'm obviously way off target.
OTOH if I'm right it may be useless as a macro lens as the focus point will probably be inside the barrel at the front.
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
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I have a suspicion that although the mount is an original Rollei item, the lens itself isn't. Odd looking thing!
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surf_digby
journeyman
Reged: 04/04/2008
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Focussing distance is about 12 inches (at 1) to 24 inches (at 8).
Would the ball bearings be a secure enough mount for attaching to a telescope?
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beejaybee
Marvin
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Focussing distance is about 12 inches (at 1) to 24 inches (at 8).
Would the ball bearings be a secure enough mount for attaching to a telescope?
No, that's blown my idea; in any case the focusing would be wrong.
Given the further information about the focusing I think you are missing something - a white dome or tent construction into which you place the object to be photographed, then attach the lens to it, for making nice photos of shiny objects like silverware without having to touch the image up too much.
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Dave_Cox
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Could this be a Rollei version of something like the Yashica medical/dental lens? There are some similarities between the two. The mount on the outer end could mate with a flash unit?
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