- 1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE FULL
- 1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE PLUS
- 1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE PROFESSIONAL
Krikor Maralian, one of the best Rollei repair people sells cameras:
1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE PLUS
I soon had sold the Hasselblad stuff to my camera repair guy for $600 plus a cleaning and overhaul of the 2 Leica bodies. I got a Rolleiflex, a Leica CL with lens, a Leica M3 with three lenses, a Hasselblad meter prism and 150mm Sonnar (no camera), and a bunch of small accesories. He'd figured that I'd counter with an offer of maybe $300. An hour later he came by my place and without telling me what he'd paid he was surprised that I didn't argue about giving him his asking price of $500.
1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE FULL
As an example an antique dealer friend bid on a "sack full of old cameras" at an estate auction and was high bidder at $25.00. Even thrift shops! In this new digital age a lot of people have no idea about "Grandpa's funny old camera" and there are some real bargains out there. Never drive by a yard or estate sale without taking a look at the "junk". Some people claim that this bend might keep the film from laying flat when it gets behind the lens. Unique among TLR's the film feeds top to bottom so the next frame isn't sitting there taking on a set from the right angle bend that all TLR's subject the film. If you're looking for a shooter consider a Minolta Autocord which has an excellent 4 element Tessar type lens, a focussing lever under the lens panel allowing easy one hand focussing if you're holding a flash off camera in the other hand, and it has a button that allows cocking the shutter for double exposures without winding the film. You might also run into a Rollei equipped with the very excellent East German Zeiss Jena Biometer lens, and so far these don't seem to command the price of the ones with Planars and Xenotars. The Rolleiflex T has a Zeiss Tessar lens (as do some other older Rollei models) and some people prefer the look the Tessar has. Yes, the Zeiss Planar seems to command a higher price than the Schneider Xenotar, but the discussions l've heard and read were more about contrast, color rendition, and bokeh than sharpness, all very subjective qualities. If worn you will need a CLA and that should run about $200. My local camera shop gets them in once and a while.
1931 ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA VALUE PROFESSIONAL
These were professional cameras and could be heavily used and frequently appear with cleaning marks on the lens and dented. Also, it is helpful to know if the camera belonged to a professional who shot thousands of rolls or an amateur who shot very few. the earlier in the run the more use the camera received. If you search hard enough you can find the website that lists production numbers by year which could be helpful, i.e. I prefered the 2.8 because you only buy one Rolleiflex per limetime. Your decision between 3.5 and 2.8 and whether you want that meter, which I venture to add is nice but not necessary. Ignore all the hype on this issue and do not pay more for opinion. No difference between Xenotar and Planar lenses. In really nice condition with meter 2.8f over 1k++ easily. Without a meter and some wear they are close to 1k.
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