Flash for Rolleiflex

[gedra]

I am looking to do some flash work with my older Rolleiflex which has only a sync cord connector and no hot shoe. I have a Metz 20C2 which works well, but wonder if there are any other more powerful units which use a sync cord and are not hot shoe dedicated. Thanks.

[R.Gould]

I have 2 rolleis, an automat from the fifties and a cord from around 1960, and I have been using an old viviter 283 which for me has power in plenty, you an pick them up for a song today, or even better the 285.
Richard

[Jeff Kubach]

I also have an Viviter 285 which works great on my Rolleiflex 2.8.

Jeff

[ic-racer]

On my twinlens I use the e36re because it attaches to the pistol grip. The e36re is also nice because it lets you use a synch cord that locks at both ends.
I also can say the Nikon SB-28 works well as a conventional non-TTL auto flash. I use that one more with the Rollei SLRs because the SB-28 has an adjustable field of coverage that works well with the 50 and 40mm lenses.

[hidesert]

I have a SunPak auto 555 "potato masher" to use with my Rolleis. I don't think you can get much more powerful than that. I even managed to get a Rollei locking sync cord to use with it.

[olleorama]

I've used a norman for my seagull 'flex clone. Why? Cause the silver parabolic reflector makes it looks more periodic.

[Chan Tran]

I have the Metz 60CT4 and it would use sync cord and is quite powerful

[Eugen Mezei]

On my twinlens I use the e36re because it attaches to the pistol grip.

I don't own the E36RE, just saw it in images on the net.
How is the bracket of this flash different from a normal bracket so it can go between rolleifix and rolleigrip?

[desertratt]

If you nose aroud a bit there are all kinds of connectors/gizmos that will allow you to hook up any kind of a flash unit to your Rollie. A nice pc-to-hot shoe would work. Porters Camera in Iowa should have some of these things. I had a Rollieflex 3.5 in the 60s and 70s and I loved it dearly. I am still printing photos taken with it back then. Cameras may change but my Hollywood stars of that vintge never get any older in my negatives.

[TheFlyingCamera]

Another vote for the Vivitar 283 as a great match for the Rolleiflex.