General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FILTER: GLASS AND METAL/ CASE: LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE/ BOX: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.5 cm

Width

5.4 cm

Height

2.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROLLEI

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Brunswick

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950'S AND 1960'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO SOFTEN SUPER-CRITICAL CAMERA FOCUS DEFINITION PRODUCTING STRIKING FLUFFY HALO-EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY WITH BACK LIGHTING WHEN PHOTO IS TAKEN. USED ESPECIALLY FOR PORTRAITURE. [REF 1]

Technical

THE LENS CONSISTS OF A PLANE PARALLEL GLASS DISC WITH A FEW CONCENTRIC GROUND-IN GROOVES. AT THE GROOVES THE LIGHT RAYS AREDIVERTED WHICH SUPERIMPOSES AN ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF SOFTER DEFINITION ON THE FILM ON TOP OF THE SHARP DEFINITION PRODUCED BY THE REST OF THE LENS. BOTH TOGETHER PRODUCE THE SOFT HALO EFFECT.[REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FILTER: 'Rolleisoft 0 R 11 GERMANY'/ CASE: STAMPED: 'Rollei/ F & H [LOGO]/ GERMANY'/ BOX: 'Rolleisoft 0/ PLANAR-XENOTAR 3.5/ MADE IN GERMANY/ Rollei/ F & H'/ HANDWRITTEN: '1295'

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

FILTER: UNCOLOURED GLASS; BRUSHED METAL RING WITH BLACK PRINTING AND INSIDE/ CASE: BROWN/ BOX: YELLOW, GOLD AND RED

Decoration

CASE: LOGO ON FRONT/ BOX: YELLOW BACKGROUND COVERED WITH GOLD SCROLLS AND RED BAR AROUND CENTRE