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500 000 RrrttEISThe i ngen ious i dea o f tw in - l ens "V i sua l Pho tog raphy " embod ied

in a camera o f unexce l l ed p rec i s i on , smoo th ope ra t i on and e l e -

gance o f des ign has a roused en thus iasm the wo r l d ove r . Ha l f

a m i l l i o n R O L L E I F L E X a n d R O L L E I C O R D c a m e r a s - e a d r a t e d r -

n i ca l mas te rp i ece - a re i n use i n a l l pa r t s o f t he wo r l d , and

m i l l i ons o f peop le a re s t i l l l ook i ng f o rwa rd t o possess ing one .

L i k e e v e r y g r a n d i d e a , t h e R O L L E I f i n d s u n i v e r s a l a p p l i c a t i o n

i n E n g i n e e r i n g a n d 5 c i e n c e

in P ress and Po r t r a i t u re

i n Na tu re , A r t and Eve ryday - l i f e .

W i t h i n t hese bound less f i e l ds , bo th ROLLE IFLEX and ROLLE I -

CORD a re seeke rs a f t e r t r u t h , pacemake rs o f p rog ress and "Open

Sesames" t o a l l t ha t i s beau t i f u l i n l i f e .

Rank ing f o remos t i n i n t e rna t i ona l compe t i t i on , t he ROLLE I i sp re fe r red by eve ry se r i ous ama ieu r , wh i l e t he d i sc r im ina t i ngp ro fess i ona l wou ld no t be w i t hou t i t .

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ROILEIFLEX ond ROTLEICORD5 i x s a l i e n t f e a t u r e s s t a n d o u t l i k e m i l e s t o n e sa long t he Ro l l e i r oad t o n ' o r l d -w ide success :

IMAGE PREVIEWEDEven pho tog raph ing w i t h " sense " means do inga i ob b l i nd fo l ded . No t so w i t h t he wv in - l ensref lex system, the v iew-f inder of whidr proiects

a b r i l l i a n t u p r i g h t i m a q e u p o n t h e f o c u s i n gsc reen . Th i s makes i t poss ib l e t o j udge andde te rm ine t he p rope r ang le , f r am ing andsha rpness o f t he p i c t u re bo th be fo re anddu r i ng t he exposu re . The ROLLE I i s t he cameraw i t h t he bu i l t - i n " pho to - coad r " ass i s t i ng you

no t on l y i n by -pass ing nondesc r i p t p i c t u res ,

bu t mak ing you v i sua l i ze - be fo re ac tua l l yexpos ing - t he rea l l y wo r t h wh i l e sub iec t .

V i sua l concep t i on has a lways p receded t r uea r t i s t i c ad r i evemen t and t he ROLLE I pho to -g raphe r has t he added advan tage o f no t on l ysee ing h i s sub jec t bu t a l so o f p rev i ew ing i t spho tog raph i c r ep roduc t i on .

App l i ed t o p rac t i ca l pho tog raphy , t h i s means :

i ud i c i a l d ro i ce o f sub jec t , ma t t e r and compo-s i t i on , wh i l e mak ing t he f u l l es t use o f t he en t i r ep i c t u re a rea .

THE NATURAI VIEWThe human eye t akes c i r cu l a r v i ews o f t heou t s i de wo r l d . I n con t rds t t o t he up r i gh i andhc r i zon ta l image , t he squa re p i c t u re o f t heROLLE I i s mos t c l ose l y adap ted t o humanv i s i o n . T h a t i s w h y R O L L E I p h o t o s a p p e a r s orea l i s t i c .

Bes ides , even t he mos t expe r i enced pho to -g raphe r w i l l f i nd i t d i f f i cu l t t o dec ide i n advanceupon t he f i na l shape o f t he p i c t u re . The squa res i ze o f t he RO lLE l , howeve r , r ead i l y pe rn r i t s

bo th up r i gh t and ho r i zon ta l en la rgemen tsa t w i l l .

A p p l i e d t o p r a c t i c a l p h o t o g r a p h y , t h i s m e a n s :a sav ing o f t ime on ead r exposu re r f o r t he rei s no cumbersome d to i ce o f t ak i ng e i t he r ave r t i ca l o r ho r i zon ta l p i c t u re .

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AUTOMATIC SHARP.FOCUSING

The mere t u rn i ng o f a knob pu t s t he g round -g lass sc reen i n t o

c r i t i ca l f ocus , t he same ac t i on au ton td t i ca l l y sha rp - f ocuses f o rexposu re / t hanks i o t he " r i g i d sys ten r " coup l i ng o f f i nde r and

t . r k i ng l enses .

The t ak i ng l ens , mo reove r , has a g rea te r dep th o f f ocus

than t ha t i nd i ca ted on t he g rounc l - g l ass sc reen by t he f as te r

v i e r , v - f i nde r l ens . As a r esu l t , neg , r t i ves o f p i n -po in t de f i n i t i on

w i l l be assu red even i f sha rp - l ocus inc ; was no t qu i t e up t o

the mark . The re i s , t he re fo re , no need t o s t op down " f o r

sa f -e t y " and t he speed o f t he t ak i ng l enses o f bo th ROLLE IFLEX

and ROLLE ICORD may be f u l l y u t i l i zed . Howeve r , whe re

s t o p p i n g d o w n i s d e s i r a b l e i n o r d e r t o i n c r e a s e t h e d e p t h o f

f ocus , t he v i ew- f i nde r i r nage w i l l s t i l l r en ra i n b r i l l i an t and

c le . - t r , pe rm i t t i r r g o f c r i t i ca l app ra i sa l a t a l l t i n res .

A p p l i e d t o p r a c t i c a l p h o t o g r a p h y , t h i s m e a n s : i n s t a n r s n a r p -

f ocus ing coup led w i t h au toma t i c sa fe t y .

AUTOMATIC OPER.ATIONMAKES SHOOTING EASY

A f l i p o f t he f i nge r - and t he f ocus ing hoodsp r i ngs open . Ape r t u re and shu t t e r speed d i a l smay be eas i l y r ead and ad ius ted wh i l e v i ew ingthe g round -g r l ass sc reen . A ha l f - t u rn o f t he c rank(o r a t u rn o f t he knob ) moves t he f i lm f o rwa rd .These au toma t i c f ea tu res a re , howeve r , t aken f o rg r a n t e d i n a p r e c i s i o n - b u i l t c a m e r a . T h e u n i q u eau toma t i c synd r ron i sa t i on , wh i t f i i s f ound i n t heR O L L E I F L E X o n l y , m a k e s i t p o s s i b l e t o S a n g e t h ef l lm i n a f ew seconds even i n comp le te da rknessand t o advance i t w i t h one sw i f t mo t i on o f t hehand , wh i l s t cod< ing t he shu t t e r - ensu r i ng i n t hen ros t pe r f ec t manne r aga ins t doub le exposu res .

App l i ed t o p rac t i ca l pho tog raphy , t h i s means :YOU may l ook f o r t he sub jec t wh i l e t he ROLLE Ileroks af ter i tsel f .

EVER.READINESSFOR SHOOTING

Apar t f r om th i s au toma t i c con t ro l , t he " l i ve " imagei s cons tan t l y unde r obse rva t i on t h rough t he v i ew-f i nde r l ens , kep t i n sha rp f ocus on t he g round -g lasssc reen and snapped on t he f i lm i n p rec i se l y t hemos t oppo r t une momen t , S i nce a l l l e ve rs r ema inunde r cons tan t con t ro l even wh i l e d rang ing t hefocus , t he ROLLE I i s i dea l l y su i t ed t o ca td r t hef l ee t i ng h i gh l i gh t o f a scene , o r a su rp r i se sub lec tsp r i ng ing up f r om a round - the -co rne r . l t i s pa r -t i cu l a r l y f o r

" snap - sho t s " t ha t t he i ngen ioussepa ra t i on o f v i eu , - f i nde r and t ak i ng med ran i smand t he i r au toma t i c synd t ron i sa t i on come fu l l y i n t othe i r own ,

,App l i ed t o p rac t i cd l pho tog raphy , t h i s means :Eve r - r ead iness f o r spo r t s and t he t hea te r , i neng inee r i ng and p ro fess i ona l wo rk .

UNIVERSAL USE

The op t ima l w id th o f ang le o f t he mode rn t ak i nglens recommends i t f o r use i n p tess - repo r t i ng

eng inee r i n g , a rd t i t ec tu re and l andscapes . A t t a&a b l eRo l l e i na r l enses a l so pe rm i t pho tog raph ing sma l l

and t he sma l l es t ob jec t s so t ha t an a l l - r ound

op t i ca l ve r sa t i l i t y i s assu red .

The c r i t i ca l de f i n i t i on o f t he 21 /n x 21 /n ROLLE I

nega t i ve , a lways rende rs l a rge -sca le en la rgemen tsposs ib l e o f even sma l l sec t i ons o f a nega t i ve .

Apa r t f r om th i s un i ve r sa l app l i ca t i on o f t he ROLLE I ,i t s ve r sa t i l i t y i s f u r t he r enhanced by t he f o l l ow ing

cons t ruc t i ona l f ea tu res : I n add i t i on t o t he s tanda rd

No . 120 (82 ) r o l l f i lm , 2 t f , x JL f r " ( 017 , x 9 cm) p l a tes

as we l l a 35 mm m in ia tu re f i lm may be used i n t heROLLE I . The supe rb l y co r rec ted a l l - pu rpose l ens

i s capab le o f p roduc ing co lo r p i c t u res o f t heh ighes t pe r f ec t i on .

App l l ed t o p rac t i ca l pho tog raphy , t h i s means :

a l l - r ound range i n t he sca le o f r ep roduc t i on com-

b ined w i t h a w ide d ro i ce o f neqa t i ve ma te r i a l and

sizes,

Thanks t o t hese d ra rac te r i s t i c s :

S t u r d i n e s s l H a n d i n e s s I

P rec i s i on l o f Des iqn Eve r -Read iness 1 i n L l s "t ' I

E l egance ) Dependab i l i t y J

ROLLE IFLEX and ROLTEICORD rank f o remos t

among p rec i s i on cameras .

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CAMERAS

T h e a u t o m a t i c R O L L E I F L E X i s t h e

ro l l f i lm camera w i t h no red w indow - Ifor the f i lm is merely at tadred to the

take -up spoo l and , by a f ew t u rns o f

t he c rank , au toma t i ca l l y advanced t o

exposu re No . l . Th i s i s made poss ib l e

by t he un ique au toma t i c f i lm f eed .

The shu t t e r i s cod<ed s imu l t aneous l y

w i t h t he t r anspo r t med ran i sm , t he reby

ensu r i ng aga ins t doub le exposu res .

Ead r ha l f - t u rn o f t he c rank , coup led

w i t h t he shu t t e r , g i ves t he "ALL CLEAR"

fo r t he nex t exposu re so t ha t a se r i es

o f p i c t u res can be t aken a t l i gh tn i ng

speed .

Fo r c r i t i ca l f ocus ing , t he v i ew- f i nde r

hood w i t h i t s bu i l t - i n magn i f i e r sp r i ngs

open . A s l i gh t p ressu re on a l eve r

su f f i ces t o t r ans fo rm i t i n t o an eye - l eve l

v i ew- f i noe r .

Bo th ape r t u re and s l r u t t e r speed may be i ns tan t l y se t by two handy beve l d i scs

and can be i ns tan t l y r ead i n a s i ng le w indow when l ook ing down upon t he

g r o u n d - g l a s s s c r e e n .

The up r i gh t lma ! t e on t he f ocus ing sc reen wh id r i s no t a f f ec ted by any s topp ing

down o f t he t ak i ng l l ens , a lways rema ins b r i l l i an t and c l ea r l y v i s i b l e even dL r r i ng

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c reases t he eve r - r ead iness f o r shoo t -

i ng , as a s i ng le l eve r cod<s and re l eases

the shu t t e r i n bu t one oPe ra t i on .

O f cou rse , i n t h i s camera , t oo , t he tw in - l ens p r i nc i p l e has been app l i ed i n a

ted rn i ca l l v pe r l ec t manne r : c r i t i ca l f ocus ing by t he a i d o f t he b r i l l i an t s c reen

image wh id r r e rna ins c l ea r l y v i s i L r l e even d t r r i ng exposu re '

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The Ro l l e i k i n a t t ad rmen t pe rm i t s t he use o [ 35 n l r ] l r n i r l i a t L l r e

f i l n r w i t h up t o 36 expos t l r es p re r l oad ing wh i l e f u l l y r e ta i r r '

i ng a l l t he i nhe ren t advan ta l l es o f t he Ro l l e i f l e x ' r nd Ro l l e i co rd

A f ew s imp le ad i t r s tmen ts w i l l adap t t he ca tne ra t o I n i n i d t t l r e

f i lm . The Ro l l e i k i n i s pa r t i cu l a r l y r econ rn rended f o r co l o r -

wo rk , t he reason be ing l t ha t t he Ro l l e i cameras a re i c l ea l l y

su i t cd f o r t h i s spec ia l f i e l d o f pho tog raphy , as t he f u l l beaL r t y

o l t he na tu ra l co l o r s i s f a i t h l t r l l y r eg i s t e red by t he g round -

g lass sc reen , mak ing i t easy t o f i nd and de te r i r i ne t he mos t

[ avou rab le comPos i t i on .

l n l e l a t i on t o t he reduce -d p i c t u re s i ze , t he 75 t r n t l ens o l

Ro l l e i can re ras p roduces a ce r t a i n t e l epho to e f f ec t wh id r

o f f e r s new pho tog r . r ph i c poss ib i l i t i e s f o r sud ' l f asc i na t i ng

suL r j ec t s i r s po r t r a i t s , c l ose -ups and a r ch i t ec tu ra l de ta i l s '

The a t l van tages o f f e red by t he au toma t i c f i l n r t r anspo r t a l so

a ; rp l y t o t he Ro l l e i k i n . When f u l l y exposed , t he f l lm i s

wound back i n t o t he o r i g i na l ca r t r i dq l e by n reans o f a bu i l t -

i n r ew i r r d knob and rnay be c l r . r nqed i r l day l i gh t i n t he same

way as t he 1 t0 (B t ) r o l l f i l r n .

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ROILEINAR TENSES

The no r r l a l f ocus i t r g r ange o f t he Ro l l e i f l e x

and Ro l l e i co rd ex tends f r om i n f i n i t y down

to 32 i nd res . l t r nay be f u r t he r i nc reased

to i nc l ude t he d i s t ance f r om 32 t o 90 i nd res

w i t h t he a i d o f Ro l l e i na r se t I and f r o rn 20

t o 1 3 i n d r e s w i t h R o l l e i n a r s e t l l .

Ead r se t o f Ro l l e i na r l enses cons i s t s o f 2

i den t i ca l supp len ren ta r y l enses , one f o r t he

f i nde r and o re f o r t he t ak i ng l ens . Th i s

rende rs c r i t i ca l f ocus ing poss ib l e i n t he usua l

m a n n e r .

ROLTEIPAR LENSES

n u t o m d t i c p a r a i i a x c o r r e c t i o n i s a s s u r e d w i t h i n

the no rma l r ange o f f ocus f r om i n f i n i t y t o 39

i r r d res . C lose -ups , howeve r , made w i t h t he

a i d o f R o l l e i n a r l e n s e s , r e q u i r e a d d i t i o n a l

pa ra l l ax co r rec t i on wh id r i s ad r i eved by add i -

t i ona l l y f as ten ing a Ro l l e i pa r l ens t o t he f i n '

d e r I e n s .

R o l l e i p a r l e n s l i s u s e d i n c o n i u n c t i o n w i t h

R o l l e i n a r s e t l , . : n d R o l l e i p a r l e n s l l w i t h

R o l l e i n a r s e t l l .

B o t h R o l l e i n a r a n d R o l l e i p a r l e n s e s a r e a v a i l -

ob le e i t he r w i t h bayone t o r push 'on moun t ,

acco rd i ng t o t he camera mode l used

PLATE ADAPTER

The p l a te adap te r has been des igned f o r t hose cases whe re s i ng re exposu reso r t he use o f spec ia l nega t i ve ma te r i a r a re des i r ed , economy o f ma te r i a r i s ani ssue , o r immed ia te , i nd i v i dua l p rocess ing i s ca l l ed f o r .

Th i s wou ld app l y , f o r examp le , t o t ed rn i ca l wo rk , n i gh t scapes , r ep roduc t i onsand m ic ro -pho tog raphy .

The p l a te adap te r t akes spec ia r p ra te ho rde rs f o r p ra tes and cu t - f i rm s i ze2 t f " x3 ' 1 , i nd res (61 / , x 9 cm) , t he l a t i e r w i t h t he a i d o f cu t - f i lm shea ths .

A g round -g lass -ho lde r pe rm i t s c r i t i ca r f ocus ing d i r ec t r y w i t h t he t ak i ng renswh id r i s a mos t impo r tan t f ea tu re f o r m i c ro -pho toq raphy and rep roduc t i on wo rk ,

Reproduct ion E. Nahrs ted t ( f : 8 ' 40 sec i

F I L T E R S

Given no r rna l co r rd i t i ons , r l ode rn nega t i ve

ma te r i a l can be re l i ed upon t o r ep roduce

ned r t o t r ue t on r l va l ues o f na tu re ' s co l o r s .

O f t en , howeve r , spec ia l l i gh r i n r r cond i t i ons ,

t he d ra rac te r i s t i c s o f a sub iec t o r a p . r r t i cu -

l a r e f f ec t a i r ned a t r equ i r e t l t r - use o f f i , t e r s .

A l l Ro l l e i f i l t e r s a re av . r i l ob l e e i t hc - r r ' . ' r t h

bayone t o r F rush -on t ' t t ! r u r ' t t , dcc r r r d i r l ! l t c ,

t he camera mode l r . r sed .

I E N S H O O D

You a re we l l adv i sed t o use t l r i s accesso ry

a t a l l t i m e s , a s i t w a r d s 6 f f e l i s t c r r b i n g s i d e -

l i g h t , n o t i n c l u d e d i n t h e . r n g l e o f v i e n ' o f

t h e l e n s , l h e r e b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e b r i l l i a n c e o f

t he i n ] age .

Fo r ba&- l i g rh ted sub jec t s and n i gh t exposu -

res , howeve r , t he l ens hood i s abso lu te l y

i nd i spensa b l e .

I t i s mo r , r n ted on t he ou te r r im o f t he bayo -

ne t socke t o f t he t ak i ng l ens and does no t

i m p e d e i n a n y w a y t h e s i m u l t a n e o u s u s e o f

o the r accesso r i es sud r as f i l t e r s , Ro l l e i na r

l enses , e t c .

D U T O R O I t E I S O F T F O C U S t E N S

For back - l i gh ted sub jec t s and po r t r a i t s i n pa r t i cu l a r ,

a so f t en ing o f con t ras t s , a so - ca l l ed so f t f ocus e f f ec t

i s des i r ed , wh id r may be ad r i eved by n reans o f t he

Du to Ro l l e i so f t f ocus l ens .

The so f t f ocus e f f ec t su r rounds t he sha rp con tou rs o f

t he sub iec t w i t h r ad ian t , ye t i l ow ing ha los and shou ld

no t be con fused w i t h l ad< o f de f i n i t i on caused by i n r -

p rope r f ocus ing .

Two t ypes o f Du to d i scs may be supp l i ed : No . 0 ,

t he weake r o f t he two , i s r ecommended f o r s t r ong

con t ras t s and b r i gh t , sh i ny ob lec t s , wh i l e No . I i s

r ecommended f o r med ium and weak con t ras t s .

D u t o m o u n t s a r e s o d e s i g n e d a s t o p e r m i t t h e s i m u l -

t aneous use o f Ro l l e i na r l enses , f i l t e r s and l ens hood .

P A N O R A M A H E A D

Th i s p rac t i ca l accesso ry pe rn r i t s t he t ak i ng o f pano -

ram ic v i ews w i t h t he t r i pod -n roun ted Ro l l e i f l e x and

Ro l l e i co rd , Ten exposu res g i ve a comp le te r ound -v i ew .

The i nd i v i dua l nega t i ves ove r l ap somewha t i n o rde r

t o assu re nea t and pe r f ec t j o i n t s o f t he f i n i shed pano -

ram ic p i c t u re ,

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