Roll-Op - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Roll-Op

Plaubel & Co

Frankfurt a.m.

Germany

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Lens:
f2.8, 75 mm Plaubel Anticomar, iris diaphragm to f25. Serial no. 45649 .

Shutter:
Compur Rapid, speeds 1 - 1/400, B, T. Delayed action. Serial no. 5085206.

Construction:
Leather covered metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
16, 6 x 4.5 cm exposures on 120 roll-film.

Focusing:
Helical to 1 metre.

Attributes:
Coupled rangefinder giving double image, one image coloured orange, swing mirror. Optical eye-level finder.
Auto-stop on film-advance, not coupled to shutter.
Exposure counter.

The film-advance mechanism and rangefinder are similar to those on the Plaubel Makina cameras. The price was £21.0.0. Early illustrations show the camera fitted with a Compur shutter with speeds to 1/250 rather than 1/400.

References & Notes:
BJA 1936, pp. 272, 623.

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