Cabinet entry · 35mmcirca 1966–1980s
Rollei
35
Scale-focus Compact
Specifications
- Format
- 35mm
- Year
- 1966–1980s
- Lens
- Tessar 40mm f/3.5
- Shutter
- 1/2s – 1/500s
- Min. focus
- 0.9 m (zone)
- Flash
- Hot shoe (no built-in)
- Battery
- 1× PX625 (1.35V mercury, use adapter)
Notable features
- Collapsible lens
- All-mechanical
- Made in Germany / Singapore
History & Legends
- §1Was the smallest full-frame 35mm camera in the world at launch.
- §2A favorite of Andy Warhol — he reportedly carried one everywhere.
- §3No rangefinder: you guess the distance like a true gentleman.
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