Anybody looking for an affordable Tele-Rolleiflex alternative

[Roman]

Stumbled over this while roaming around Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7508378375&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

- I like the way it looks, never heard of that one before; inexpensive comapred to a 'real' Tele-Rolleiflex, but still not that cheap...

Roman

[taffer]

Or you could grab this one and grab the 135 lens separately :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3352&item=7508241273&rd=1

[hoot]

Hmm, why would anyone want to shoot tele with a TLR, given the parallax issues? Once again I'm clueless...

[Roman]

Oscar,
I do have a C220 with 105 and 135 mm lenses...

Ronnie,
that's not a big problem, unless you are REALLY close (like 1 to 2 m) - usually, there are parallax marks on the screen...

Roman

[hoot]

1 to 2 meters? Would a 150 tele even focus that close?

[taffer]

Oscar,
I do have a C220 with 105 and 135 mm lenses...

Woops !

Do you need a backup ? :p

[Roman]

Hey, I'm not going to buy that one - just saw it while looking for accessories for my YashicaMat on Ebay; it does look nice and interesting, that's why I posted it.
BTW, I rarely use the C220 anymore, I have been thinking about selling it, but it is in rather rough shape, so I would not get a lot for it, that's why I kept it.
BTW, about close-focussing that 150 - not sure about this camera, but on the C220 it is no problem at all, with the 105 and 135 you can get below 1 m, haven't checked how close exactly.

Roman

[kabkos]

The Semflex Tele predates the Rolleiflex by about 1 year. The camera focuses down to 5 feet and the waist level finder screen has 8x10 inch portrait lines etched into it. If you stay within the lines, parallax is no problem. The camera has moderately good lenses but does not compare to the TeleRolleiflex. The quality of the shutter is not up to the Compur shutters in the Rolleiflex cameras, but the shutter speed setting by turning the ring around the viewing lens and the aperture setting by turning a ring around the taking lens is pretty cool.

[Roman]

Thanks for the info!

Roman

[Pherdinand]

It's a very funky-looking camera. How big is it?

[kabkos]

The Semflex Studio is about the same size as a Rolleiflex from the front and from the side it is 5 inches from back to front.