Rolleiflex Old Standard Tessar (1933)

Rolleiflex Old Standard Tessar /1933

This is a very old, and somewhat battered but still working 1930s Rolleiflex "Old Standard". Ir was the hieght of medernity in its day though and Magnum co-founder Robert Capa used the Rolleiflex Old Standard during WWII. The lens is a Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm f.3.8, and whilst it is built to take 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch pictures, it takes 120 film.

　

Rollei

　

Aperture chart

　

Rollei with finder open

　

Carl Zeiss f3.8 lens

　

Rolleiflex No 207090

　

Rollei in B&W