Weird Rolleiflex hood!

[ChrisR]

This appeared on the front page of the evil bay for me:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rollei-Ro...on-hood-/201212014916?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Definitely not subtle!

 

[Asha]

lol maybe it was owned by someone 9ft tall with an unbendable back who owned a tripod max height of 6'6

 

[Kevin Allan]

i once started to fashion something similar out of cardboard for my Yashicamat, but never finished the task. The purpose would be to get a brighter screen image.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

That was a standard rollie accessory.

 

[medwaygreen]

i once started to fashion something similar out of cardboard for my Yashicamat, but never finished the task. The purpose would be to get a brighter screen image.

Spot on Kevin,for use instead of a Black cloth when shooting in bright light.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

More like a medium format version of this type of hood
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Graflex-R-B...078?pt=US_Vintage_Cameras&hash=item4d27727056

This and other Rollei accessories can be seen here
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rollei/rolleiflex_acc/rolleiflex_acc.htm