The Original Rolleiflex K1 612

Camera: Graflex Speed Graphic 4x5

Lens: Kalee Bloomed Projection Lens f/1.9

Film: Ilford HP5+ 4x5 Sheet

Dev: ID-11 (3+1) 18 mins

The original Rolleiflex K1 612, this is the grand daddy of all TLR camera's. The very first Rolleiflex K1 612 onl...

I blogged recently on how I had a custom new mirror and focus screen made for my Original Rolleiflex from 1929. Well I have run a roll and here is one of the results!

A real pleasure to use now the screen is at least two stops brighter and focusing is so much easier.

A b...

So, as some of you may or may not know 'I LOVE FILM' :) and I am lucky enough to own a Original Rolleiflex K1 612, there were only 820 of these babies ever made!

First produced in 1929 it has a Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3.8 lens and takes 620 roll film. 620 roll film ha...