Rolleiflex I (original model)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Franke & Heidecke
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Braunschweig
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1929
PRODUCTION DATES: 1929-1932
FILM TYPE: 117 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 2¼in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $75.00 (US)
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 120 TLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  75mm Zeiss Tessar f/3.8
  75mm Zeiss Tessar f/4.5

NOTES:
  "1929-32. (#?-199,999). The "little sister" of the already well-
  known Heidoscop and Rolleidoscop. Readily identified by the Rim-set
  Compur shutter, 1-300, B, & T, and the film advance system, which, on
  this early model was not automatic, hence, no exposure counter. With
  Zeiss Tessar f4.5/75mm, or more often, f3.8/75mm lens. This first
  model was made to take 6 exposures on No. 117 film, but some were
  converted to the standard 12 exposures on 120 film. Film winding knob
  not lever. The earliest version of this model had no distance scale
  on the focus knob, and the back is not hinged, but fits into a grove.
  The second version has focus scale and hinge." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F829.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 31

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 171.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 202.//