Lens provides excellent negatives that are sharp and contrasty.ДЄn optional accessory, known as a Rolleikin kit, was available for the Rolleicord to enable it to accept 35mm film. Performance of the Rolleicord Va is outstanding. The only downside (if you can call it a downside) is that you must manually cock the shutter. This camera has the 75mm Xenar f3.5 lens (coated), MX flash sync, EVS, self timer, etc. This Rolleicord Va possesses the legendary Rollei quality and many of the features found in later RolleiflexвЂ™s, but missing the exorbitant price tag. If you donвЂ™t print bank notes yet insist on quality, Rolleicord is the answer. Famed for rugged construction and top-notch optics from Schneider or Carl Zeiss, they are truly excellent options to consider for the вЂњdeep-pocketedвЂќ. Rolleiflex has always been the benchmark of quality in the TLR category. This shutter has more blades, which if I understand correctly is one reason many people seek the 2.8 C.вЂќ The Ricoh also has a unique shutter quite like the Rollei 2.8 C. I think that with good skills applied from start to finish your pictures could be so good that whether you used a Ricoh or a Rollei could be of very minor concern. For what its worth the person who makes my prints (which are not cheap) once told me that the Diacord was in her opinion very sharp and contrasty. I have quite a few 11Г—11 inch matted and framed black and white prints shot with Ricoh Diacord G, Rollei 2.8 E and a Yashica 124. I doubt they were a strong competitor thus less often seen, but the Diacord ainвЂ™t no inferior performer. The Ricohflex вЂњDiamondвЂќ Series, renamed вЂњDiacordвЂќ outside Japan, was released in the mid 1950вЂ™s in an attempt to compete in the Yashica (mat) and Rollei (cord) market.

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