I just purchased a rolleiflex, and the thread for the tripod mount is 3/8". There is an accessore called a rolleifix which replaces the current hole, but wouldn't it be cheaper and equally workable to get a new 3/8" plate?

Just buy an adaptor?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRIPOD-BUSH-THREAD-ADAPTOR-4/dp/B00131LE1O
Mark

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/503797-REG/General_Brand_ST651_3_8_to_1_4_20_Tripod.html

The Rolleifix is preferable. Not only does
it give you a quick-release mount, but it
is also designed to provide support to the
Rolleiflex when mounted in it, to reduce
stress to the camera back. Sanders

I ended up finding the bushing today. Works well enough for what I need. After-all, one of the advantages of the square format is not having to move the camera to the side.

Just got a Rolleifix in the post yesterday. My Rolleiflex 3.5f is MUCH more stable on a tripod now than just using the tripod hole.

I have a Rolleiflex, Rolleicord and Yashica and the fact the Rolleis can use the Rolleiflx is more important than the small differences in lens quality in my opinion. The Rolliefix is a great device! The way the feet extend below the Yashica makes it difficult to put on a tripod.

IMHO the Rolleifix is the most useful accessory a Rollei-TLR owner can buy.
Can´t think of living without it when the T-Model needs a tripod. As Rolleiflexible
already mentioned, it avoids damage on the thin camera back which sometimes
occure when people tighten the tripod-screw too much.

Qusetion: Can the Rolleifix attachment on the Rollei pistol grip be used as a tripod mount? If so, I am a very foolish person indeed. :rolleyes: I was offered a free pistol grip at Photostock last month. I declined, because the pistol grip style of shooting does not appeal to me. It occurs to me now that the pistol grip incorporates the Rolleifix, but I don't know if the two are separable.

Cheers,

I agree with Sanders (post 4) and the others recommending Rolleifix... but that's perhaps because a Rolleifix served me well for about 20 years and my pen-name ought to be "Rolleifanatic" -- but it was too close to Rolleiflexible and I thought I might be tempting a trademark infringement!

... It occurs to me now that ...

I don't like the pistol grip style either but, yes, you should have accepted the gift!

I don't like the pistol grip style either but, yes, you should have accepted the gift!

Ya... I wasn't thinking.

So... are you saying the Rolleifix and pistol grip can be separated?

So... are you saying the Rolleifix and pistol grip can be separated?

Yes.

Yes.

Aw nuts!

<<<are you saying the Rolleifix and pistol grip can be separated?>>>

I've had the Rollei pistol grip, which I've never used, for several years.

Last night, while watching the Home Run Derby, I took it apart and, yes, the Rolleifix can be easily separated from the grip, and appears to be complete unto itself.

Since my tripod uses Arca-Swiss QR plates, I'll mount a small plate on the bottom of the Rolleifix and go from there.


Regards,

Gary,
East Snook, TX

I remember reading in some Rollei book that at some time, a while back, the used Rolleifix had a market value more than the Pistol Grip. Enticing people to just buy the Grip and remove the Rolleifix from the top.

Now you've done it... let the secret out. Darn. :)