Rolleiflex is the name of a long-running and diverse line of high-end cameras originally made by the German company Franke & Heidecke, and later Rollei-Werke.
A Rolleiflex 2.8 F
Swiss writer and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach holding the Rolleiflex Standard 621 (1938).
The camera is held at the waist, with the viewfinder mounted on top (here, a Rolleiflex SLX).
Rolleiflex Original with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/3.8
Rollei was a German manufacturer of optical instruments founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras. Later products included specialty and nostalgic type films for the photo hobbyist market.
Rolleiflex medium format camera.
Rollei in Braunschweig (Salzdahlumer Straße)
Advertisement from 1920s
Rolleicord