Rolleinar Close Up Lenses for Rolleiflex & Other TLR's If you own a classic Rolleiflex TLR (or any other TLR for that matter), you probably wish it could focus a lot closer than 3.5 feet, which is as close as my 3.5F Planar will get. The answer to your prayers is in the Rolleinar, a set of magic little close-up lenses made to fit Bayonet I, II and III TLR's. When you go looking for a Rolleinar, you should be aware of a few things, the main one being that they come in a set of two lenses: one that mounts to the taking lens, and another to the viewing lens. The smaller of the two goes on the taking lens, and the larger one needs to have the red dot at the 12 o'clock position when mounted on the viewing lens. This will be obvious once you've got a set in front of you. Together these two lenses let you focus much closer, as well as correct for parallax error. Be sure you get the correct filter set for your camera, depending on the filter type (Bayonet I, II or III). Rolleinar's come in several varieties, the Rolleinar I, II and III. Each set lets you focus progressively closer to your subject. I don't know exact distances, but as a ballpark figure, the Rolleinar 1 will let you do head and upper body portraits of an adult. The Rolleinar III will allow you to fill the frame with a pair of shoes. The Rolleinar II is somewhere in between in terms of close focus. One thing to note is that while your close focus distance is decreased, you lose the ability to focus outside of the distances prescribed by the lens set. So if I have a Rolleinar 1 mounted, I can do a head and shoulders portrait of someone, but I can't focus on the old barn out on the horizon. Do a search on Google for "Rolleinar", and you can find sites that accurately indicate the focus range of the various Rolleinar sets. Another thing to note is that, especially with the Rolleinar III, depth of field is very shallow. Personally, I only use the Rolleinar III when the camera is mounted on a tripod, because to get adequate depth of field, you need to stop the lens down to at least f/11. The Rolleinar 1, on the other hand, is very useable at aperatures of f/5.6 or greater. I own both the Rolleinar 1 and III. Both are incredibly sharp. Here are a couple examples:   Rolleiflex 3.5f Planar, Rolleinar III, Tripod, f/5.6, 8 seconds Here's an actual pixels crop of some shoes: As you can see from the above crop, the Rolleinars are very sharp. While there does seem to be a slight loss of sharpness at the edges of the image, I'm more than willing to live with it given the benefits for close up photography. Want to read some of my other Equipment Reviews?