Rollei 35 - one year

Roll 558

Just editing some rolls from 2010
Roll 124

Roll 121

Roll 119

Roll 278

Roll 211

Impressive on so many levels.

600+ rolls? That camera actually lasted all these rolls? Wow

What is your conclusion to this rollei experiment thats been lasting over 15 years? What did you learn? Did you grow? Was it worth it?…

Ororaro said:

Impressive on so many levels.

600+ rolls? That camera actually lasted all these rolls? Wow

What is your conclusion to this rollei experiment thats been lasting over 15 years? What did you learn? Did you grow? Was it worth it?…

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Thank you for your interest!

I actually used four Rollei 35 cameras during these years, but all of them still work. One was serviced to get the long times working, but apart from that I had only one minor problem with the transport in the Made in Germany model, that I could fix myself.

My main conclusion is the realisation, that a forced one camera project does not work for me. The Rollei is nearly enough, but sometimes I like to do closeups or shallow DOF pictures, or tele-shots or go fully automatic in film or digital.
I learned that it is completely OK to do what I want to feel good while taking photos. I don´t care about "growing" as a photographer. If that happened should be judged by others.
I still love shooting film with all these wonderful machines and I´m feeling the thrill when I roll the film from the reel after 47 years of developing. So yes, it was and is still definitely worth it!
When I´m looking through the folders, I sometimes think that I´m shooting the same stuff since 1979, but then I realize that many things from the early years are shot slightly different from the newer ones.

I don´t know if all this makes sense for anyone, but it does for me. Feel free to ask more questions.


And that´s why I keep shooting! Above 2010, below 2025. Always trying to turn my head in the cave;-)

Your post #728 is greatly inspiring to me, and I'm sure to many others.

This is a 'conundrum' we have all experienced. In working one's way through it to a new vision, it helps to remember the Buddhist saying - time passes, all things change.

As you have so aptly commented, change is renewing yourself, looking at scenes you photographed in the past with a new eye and new viewpoints.

The one year project you started way back when, has stretched itself into sixteen years, and still you keep on making so many exceptional images.

Kudos to you, from one who floats equally between admiration and envy.

This is one of my favourite threads, one I return to regularly, and am never ever disappointed by what I see.

May you keep on keeping on for many more years.

Bolo Kukus said:

Your post #728 is greatly inspiring to me, and I'm sure to many others.

This is a 'conundrum' we have all experienced. In working one's way through it to a new vision, it helps to remember the Buddhist saying - time passes, all things change.

As you have so aptly commented, change is renewing yourself, looking at scenes you photographed in the past with a new eye and new viewpoints.

The one year project you started way back when, has stretched itself into sixteen years, and still you keep on making so many exceptional images.

Kudos to you, from one who floats equally between admiration and envy.

This is one of my favourite threads, one I return to regularly, and am never ever disappointed by what I see.

May you keep on keeping on for many more years.

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Thank you very much for your kind words! The best thing that happened to me during these years is, that I can use now any camera as my "Rollei" (admttedly, some less, some more; after all, I´m still far away from Satori.