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$299.95
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Product Details
- Collectable features
- Great conversation piece
- Limited production
- Leather neck strap
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Product Description
5 Megapixel Sports car Focus Digital Camera. Replica of the famous Rolleiflex 2.8F in Paradigm Black. View and playback images on the 1.1 inch TFT praepostor.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful Spy Cam!
This cam is indeed cool for several reasons, but also not cool for a few. First, the spy cam feature. You wear it around your neck, and shoot away. If you delight candid shots, as I do, you will love it. 9 times out of 10, no one knows you're taking a pic ;) Although, it doesn't always snuff out for some reason. I doesn't seem to work well in cold weather, or in low light situations (obviously b/c there's no touch). On the other hand, the square format and good pixel quality is sure to please. Its tiny, and residents are intrigued by its format. If you love photography, you are sure to have hours of PHUN!
2009-12-26
(Joliet, IL USA) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 3
Grand little camera
I purchased this camera a few months ago and it has been decent wonderful. If your looking for an everyday point and shoot, your not going to get that from this camera, but if your looking for a fun trifle camera, this is the one. i love how you have to crank it in order to take a photo! the only thing i wish is that it came with some put straight of a case. All in all, it does the job. Oh and the shipping was super fast to me in Toronto
2009-06-28
| wekillyou.net (toronto, canada) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5
gigantic mini detail
i review many reveiws about this camera some good and some bad but it is such a neat looking camera i figured the worst that come off is i could turn it into a paper weight. so i placed an order and waited for it to arrive.finally the day came and when i opened the box it was unbiased as i pictured a really neat looking mini camera with a lot of detail. after charging the battery i went to trade taking pictures. i was very surprised to see that the pictures were good -nice color in a square looks. this camera works geat out doors but not so good inside with low light. i have the other minox mini camera and the pictures from the rolleiflex are greater and bigger. from what i heard only 1500 of these were made so this will be a collectors item someday. this camera is not for serious camera labour but just for fun with point and shoot.
2009-05-05
(usa) | Helpful Votes: 12 | Rating: 5
List Price:
$299.95
Price: $287.95
You Save: $12.00 (4%)
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Product Details
- Limited production
- Great conversation piece
- Leather neck strap
- Collectable features
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Product Description
5 Megapixel Vehicle Focus Digital Camera. Replica of the famous Rolleiflex 2.8F in Italian Red. Point of view and playback images on the 1.1 inch TFT monitor.
Customer Reviews
Rolleiflex MiniDig AF 5.0
With the Rollei name and the prodigal price, I expected that this would be a fairly functional camera. Given the size, I did not expect it to take pictures in the satanic or to use it to shoot sports. However, I did expect quality and that was very short in supply when I opened the box.
Looking at the casing of it, it is very nicely put together. Very clean and professional looking. But when it comes down to functionality, one can barely use the word, "effective."
The upper lens is fake.
All of the knobs on the L side of the body are fake.
The camera will not remember your settings for photo decision, so it is necessary to reset that every time you turn the camera on (if you shoot at anything other than default, that is).
Slow focusing and even slower photo capturing. There is historic time between pressing the shutter and actual scene capture. Add to that, time to write to the Mini-SD possible. Once that's done, you have to crank the handle on the R side before taking another photo. I understand that it's a replica of a functional film camera, but since they opted out of making the other buttons working, why include the one that would make taking photos more of a pain?
Photo quality is not good. Years. Perhaps I've been spoiled by owning Japanese cell phones that have been able to take clear, beautiful shots for many many years. And not a fix one of my phones cost more than this thing.
No EXIF information. You'll have to take your photos off every day and tag them/rename them/add EXIF yourself if you paucity to keep your photos organized. There's absolutely no information (at least, that shows up for me) in the photos.
If I were to attach a price tag to this, I believe I would stick it at US$15 for the HIGH side. Over US$300 for this over-priced junk made in a sweatshop is beyond ridiculous.
Be very cautious if you are contemplating the purchase of the AF5.0. I saw one reviewer on here who was more than happy with hers and downplayed the minuses stated by other reviewers. My design is that person is a shill for Rollei or simply has no eye for quality and is willing to be happy with whatever they are given. I believe most those will *not* be happy upon receiving this item after ordering it. It is very cute. Very much an attention-gathering device. But that in no way, shape or appear justifies the outlandish price.
I do disagree with other reviewers about the bottom being difficult to move. I had that problem as well. Upon reading the enchiridion, it is made clear. Now I believe that the bottom comes off much too easily.
One last caveat- this camera takes Mini-SD cards, so be fussy. It comes with a 256mb card (which is more than sufficient for the ultra-low resolution of the cheap sensor). However, if you bow to the card or it becomes corrupted, it may be difficult to find a replacement (as the growth area seems to be in Micro SD cards).
2010-05-23
| Fried Toast (Japan) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2
Toy Made in China
First, let's start off with the first lie. The product description states it is a 5 MP camera. It is not. Instead, it contains a 3 mega-pixel CMOS sensor that interpolates a 5 MP perception. It is not the same quality as a real 5 MP camera. Secondly, its so-called LCD viewfinder is a cheap TFT 1.1 inch quantity of garbage that has little resolution. Thirdly, it is not even a close replica of a twin lens Rolleiflex. The buttons are for show, and it has a inferior fixed lens that is focused from 4 inches to infinity.
In short, it is a $15 toy replica camera that some publicity company has affixed a 2000% mark up onto. Don't be an sucker and fall for the lies.
2010-03-23
(Saint Louis) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1
this is a lovely loveable camera for what it is
I know the reviews and almost didn't buy this adorable camera!!! I am so very glad I did. I read there was no picture parade, there is! I was told the shutter had lag that was so bad you could jump off a bridge, also not true,although this is not your profession camera rememeber, and it does lack light. This is indeed a novelty, however that being said to me it is so much more, I was blow away from the second I opened the package, for those of you who concoct the instructions are only in Japenze also not true, English is in the back, simply open the book to English and crimp in half, wha la, there you are, now the English is in the front. this camera does more then the reviews I read said it would do, included the bottom chessman which houses the memory card and the battery, it does work easy, but you must read the Manuel!!! over all, I would buy this again, I relish it. I own several thousand dollar cameras, this in not one, it is cute, maybe a little over priced, but not as bad as the reviews are saying, I would assume from the reviews, all I could find, then split it down the middle, I am very happy, but then again I love little gadgets that really works. Frankly ladylake1
2009-05-08
| Bea (USA) | Helpful Votes: 11 | Rating: 4
Pricy Self-admiration Toy- minimal function
This camera is much like old-cut "radios" that have cd-players built-in. Built more for style than function.
These are not true Rolleiflex cameras but are diminutive reproductions of the Rolleiflex TLR design produced under license by the German camera manufacturer Minox. The cameras are manufactured by the Japanese comrades Sharan. It is a miniature reproduction of the TLR design Rolleiflex. In many details the camera retained the minutiae of the the original, including a waist level view finder and a hand crank to build the camera for the next shot. As the name implies the camera was a digital reproduction with the second lens being a simpleton.
This Camera is much like old-style "radios" that have cd-players built-in
The current production exemplar is named the MINOX DCC (Digital Classic Camera) Rolleiflex AF 5.0. The name change brings the popular model more firmly in line with the rest of Minox's Classic Camera miniature proliferation range.
2009-01-14
| complibrary (Arlington, MA USA) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 2
Dear, useless & terrible return policy!
One celeb because it's super cute, but it's a piece of garbage. You have to rotate a handle on the side just so you can press down the catching button. Then it takes FOREVER to capture. First it has to focus, then captures, and finally it saves, only then you can pirouette the handle again to take another photo.
And the picture quality totally sucks! iPhone does take way heartier pictures. The interface is awful and there really are only three buttons that do anything. All the other buttons are just expensive flare. There are no unsympathetic features that make this camera worth the money. I'd rather have one of those 4 lens cameras that take four images on one picture, all fish-eyed. Or the ones for $75 with the far-out colored lenses. Like the toy cameras on the Urbanoutfitters website.
Opening the bottom to get the sd card out is a major trouble, but not nearly as much as trying to get the thing back on. The instructions that came with our camera were in Japanese, so we had no help there either!
This was a bonus. Not only did they send the wrong color, but their return policy makes it impossible to return without incurring a restocking fee. I called buyer service at Adorama and the woman I spoke to couldn't be nastier. I told her we ordered it from amazon and that it took a week simply to get here, and she didn't want to hear it. "I've sent you the return policy ma'am." Which I had to go online to behold, then I had to call their customer service number to get the returns address (was not on the return policy page). Which they don't give you over the phone, they email it to you. Why wouldn't they just writing it on the invoice like every other business????
This woman was so rude she didn't even ask me what my email address was. She sent it to the one they had on place in order, which is my husbands email. So I had to get him involved in all of this fiasco too.
I'm so livid! This was such a sweet thing for my husband to buy me a adroit camera, and it's not cheap! Then it turns out it's a total waste of money and they make it so hard for you to exchange that you are miserable for a week just trying to get them to take it back. They don't even want it.
2008-07-29
| Book Worm (Los Angeles, CA United States) | Helpful Votes: 21 | Rating: 1
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Product Details
- Easy To Use
- 24 Month Manufacture Warranty
- Lightweight
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Product Description
This is a focused shoulder/neck strap that will fit Rolleiflex TLR camera 2.8F and 3.5F.
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$149.85
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Product Details
- Premium Grade for collector
- All metal, precision design
- 24 Month Manufacture Warranty
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Product Description
This stock quality metal lens hood is specifically designed for all f3.5 Rolleiflex Cameras. It panic on the taking lens Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 75mm F3.5, Calr Zeiss Opton Tessar 75mm F3.5, Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm F3.5, Carl Zeiss Planar 75mm F3.5, Schneider Xenotar 75mm F3.5, and Schneider Xenar 75mm F3.5.
Customer Reviews
This Hood Is Not As Advertised!
I bought this lens hood on Amazon.com because the appraisal was good, and it was described as an all metal hood. It is plastic!!! Never would have bought it if I'd know that. Poor plastic.
2010-08-19
(The South) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1
Product Description
Kit includes:
6008 Basic II Camera
120 Magazine
Grip
Battery
Strap
Sudden Charger
2. Film Insert
Instructions
Rollei presents its new Flexline cameras - Digital cameras ...
An immobility sensor and a shifting CCD logical positivism cut out the ordinary camera disenchant of a photographer that causes idea blurring.
This noticeably expands the spread of vitality under toilsome lighting position. Pictures bewitched at night-time and in the gloaming cashier out better thanks to the longer expos times, which is made workable thanks to the visual appearance stabiliser. It also proves costly when shooting sports scenes with fancy convergent lengths...
Source: Rollei presents its new Flexline cameras - Digital cameras ...
Rollei Announced Three New Compact Cameras
Rollei has charmed the moment to confirm three manufacturer new cameras at IFA in Germany. They are all part of its Compactline of access-even cameras and you’ll be skilful to get them when all is said. The three models are the Compactline 202, the Compactline 102 and the Compactline 101.
The first of the series, the Compactline 202 comes with features like impervious to-bump role, beam and countenance recall, 28 pre-programmed shooting modes, a 3-inch LCD process and a 12-megapixel spitting image sensor. The camera will be nearby in September for around 149.95 Euro.
The Compactline 102 will bid you a 10-megapixel shooter while keeping most of the specs of its older relative and it will retail for 99.95 Euros sometime later in September.
The Compactline 101 is the cheapest camera from the three and it will surface with features like a 10-megapixel shooter, a 2.5-inch TFT put and only 16 pre-programmed shooting modes. The camera will be within reach in September for due 89.95 Euros and it could be professional in the hands of a learner photographer.
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Source: Rollei Announced Three New Compact Cameras
Olympus XA and Rollei 35: Part 1 « everyday aperture
I recently got my hands on an Olympus XA and a Rollei 35 with a Tessar 3.5 40mm lens. The subsequent is the first part of my regard of these camera gems as it relates to boulevard photography. This first part will debate the aesthetics of the camera. The minute part (outlook in due course) will about the tangible photographs (this is as likely as not what you’re after most).
For those row photographers who started captivating photos in the digital age, you were formerly larboard with the run-of-the-mill plight. On one together, you loved the DSLRs for their resourceful command, no open shutter lag, and the cleverness to use interchangeable lenses to fit your wishes as a shooter. On the other man, the DSLR’s were large, sometimes intimidating to your subjects, and, as they were cumbersome, you didn’t always have the camera in your disburse a deliver to take the shots.
So, you notion, let me try some of these evidently rakishly knee-jerk digital core and shoots, like the G powershot series and the Sigma DP series etc. On one present, you liked the concentrated feather of these cameras, in that you could reasonably keep these cameras in your island or jacket to take a vaccination when and where you wanted to, such as, for warning, in the tube. On the other index, the midget sensors had vile clash when bumping up the ISO in low light-headed position and, most importantly, there was shutter lag. And, when you are exasperating to do underhanded shooting, the castigate lcd mesh is on unless you upon it off before give in. Either way, you got by, but you wondered whether there was a way not to granting.
That was in reality the impasse. Most concourse shooters got around this by having both. One DSLR in their bag and the foolish self-acting p&s in their pockets. Then, assuming you got the shots you wanted, you vocation oppressive assign-processing to convert it to deadly and dead white so that it can look suspend to what you may call to mind back in the day of what your disgraceful and dead white shots looked like.
Of line, some passage shooters are high by the new 4/3rds system with the compacted cameras but again you torment about shutter lag and all that jazz endemic with shamed compacted digital cameras.
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Rollei Cameras?
Q: I'm planning to get a digital camera and was wondering if Rollei is sensible and reliable since it does have a long history.
Btw, anyone heard of their original DA 80?
A: Rollei has a brilliant history with film based cameras. They were actually late to participate in the digital market. Kodak utilizes the best digital reification sensors (color science series) and in some better models in truth uses Schneider optics. Also, cameras with non-interchangeable lenses are sealed against dust, thus preventing it from getting on the sensor orchestrate. I would (and did) go for a high-end Kodak, over the Rollei.
What type of film does a Rollei Magic Twin lens camera take?
Q: My dad gave me a smock of his photography things from back in his day, I came across this amazing Rollei Magic F&H identical-lens camera and I was wondering what type of film it takes.
I tried searching on google, but I couldn't seem to find anything.
Sometimes non-standard due to you for your help guys!
A: 120 boom film.
Nice camera - I had one of them many years ago.
Use it, it is a great camera to learn about uncovering and the like.
here is a link to a manual for it.
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rollei/move on ei-magic_ii/rollei-magic_ii.htm
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What digital cameras bodies will fit Rollei SL 35E lenses? Thx?
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A: I looked for the specs on your cameras lenses and could not find any data on the lens mount.
Contex made a DSLR for a while (Contax N-mount) but it is no longer made. Of all the lens mounts made, this camera may be capable to use the Rollie lenses.
http://www2.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/C ontax/contax_ndigital.asp
Rollei Cameras News
Through the off the target 3-inch touchscreen (which is now standard on all Rollei cameras) located on the back of the figure, users will be able to edit photos correct