Rollei XF35 - 40mm f2.3 Sonnar - Special Brassed with Grey Lizard skin

Rollei XF35 Rangefinder Camera with 40mm f2.8 Sonnar Lens - Brassed with Grey Lizard skin
 
About this Camera
The camera is dismantled, completely overhauled and put back together by a Rollei trained technician. The top and bottom are beautifully brassed. Approximately a quarter of these cameras are of brass construction so are fairly hard to find. The camera is then reassembled, dressed in beautiful grey lizard skin from the USA and is working flawlessly.
 
A beautiful camera in beautiful brassed condition, the lens is clean and clear, working well with functioning meter. It comes with the original lenscap, strap, and original case and a 36 exposure roll of Rollei film
 
The camera has been serviced and comes with a 12 month guarantee. 
 
Serial Number: 7237905
 
About the Rollei XF35
 
Solidly built and with a quality feel in good clean working condition offering exceptional value. 
 
Released in 1974, the XF35 was a more conventional design than the Rollei 35 camera. Whilst it may be more conventional than that camera (film advance on the right for instance) and it is automated (which makes it more of a point and shoot than the fully manual Rollei 35), it is very nicely built and has a solid and quality feel to it.
 
The real jewel is the Carl Zeiss designed 40mm F2.3 Sonnar lens. It produces extraordinary images. It is a compact rangefinder camera with the lens as its unique selling point. 
It is a fully automated camera with manual focus. Being automatic, the camera will choose exposure between f/16 at 1/650th of a second, to f/2.3 at 1/30th of a second. Bulb is also available and ISO is selectable between 25-400. With the Modern 1.5v battery there is plenty of opportunity to push and pull the film if that is your thing. I do recommend buying an ND filter for even greater latitude. 
 
Specifications:
 
Filter size  46 x 0.75mm
40mm f2.3 Lens - 5 elements in 4 groups and multicoated
Coupled rangefinder, with a bright spot.
Automatically chosen Aperture and Shutter speed are indicated by a metering needle, situated on the right side of the very clean nice looking bright
Hot shoe, with flash sync at 1/30 s.
Cds light metre, with a range from 20 to 16 000 cd/m² (with ISO 100 film).
Dimensions and weight: 112x71x32 mm, 355 g.
 
Unbiased Reviews: YouTube & 35mmc.com Review (copy & paste link)
 
If you want to see a very useful video or read a very helpful and interesting review with sample images then go to You Tube and 35mmc.com.
 
see the links below:
Your Tube:
https://youtu.be/_AfeCU8-Erc?si=R0GqVNQOmqhBTy95
35mmc:
https://www.35mmc.com/06/11/2024/rollei-xf-35-first-impressions/