Rollei Magic TLR Repair Help Learn How to Fix It Yourself.

Rollei Magic. Rollei magic II camera, 75mm, f/3 The ROLLEI MAGIC I (very ugly/sick, sick) and the MAGIC II (ugly) are really just a Rolleiflex chassis in which F&H tried to get closer to a point and shoot device and meet the competiton of the NIP SLR units then hitting the street - the market thought they were crap - total production of about 35,000, impossible to repair even back then (for 1 1960- 1961 and for II 1962-1968) - the meter, a. The Rollei Magic seems to have these woes pretty covered, with some interesting features that make it well worth a look even today

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The reason for having both taking and viewing lenses identical is the Rollei Magic doesn't focus. This was the first TLR camera to use an automatic exposure

Rollei Magic Catawiki

This was the first TLR camera to use an automatic exposure It was Rolleis answer to the desire at that point in time for a TLR with an automated exposure control The Rollei Magic (1960-1962) is a delicious TLR with super powers including automatic exposures and incredible portrait-taking abilities

Rollei Magic II Etsy. The Rollei Magic (1960-1962) is a delicious TLR with super powers including automatic exposures and incredible portrait-taking abilities The front cell focussing slightly softens the sharpness of the Schneider Xenar taking lens

Lensmanship Rollei Magic. The Rollei Magic was and is a path-breaking camera with automatic exposure and manual focussing The camera can be adapted to shoot 16 4x4cm or 4x5.5 images on a roll of 120 film using a special mask