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- sebastian -
I actually did buy UV filters for all 3 lenses - still I did not feel confident putting them inside the bag I was using without a lens cap. When nothing than dust collects quickly on lenses/filters and needs to be removed prior to shooting.
- nksyoon -
Yes I know - I manage to expose and have developed 2 slide films before I left for vacation and tested the metering (direct versus AEL or hand shading) and found that it was necessary for many shots to shade the viewfinder or to meter without sky in the image. Now I hope for the best and keep my fingers crossed.
- Armoured -
It was a sad day when I sold the Rolleiflex T (to the other side of the world, but should be in good hands), but I needed to raise some cash and also wanted to keep number of cameras down to reasonable leve. I also have and use fill 4x5 setup. But you are fully correct - TLR offers very different perspective - especially with portraits. Its design makes it also less "aggressive" when shooting somebody from close distance resulting in more relaxed subject. I do miss the Rolleiflex, but now I have to make it without one. Should the time come I will get one again. Most probably the "T" again as it draws so beautifully. Mechanically it will outlast the Mamiiya 6 I guess ... However size wise Mamiya 6 with collapsed 75 mm lens is only 75mm thick (!) so not bulky at all and easy to put in a bag.
I actually did buy UV filters for all 3 lenses - still I did not feel confident putting them inside the bag I was using without a lens cap. When nothing than dust collects quickly on lenses/filters and needs to be removed prior to shooting.
- nksyoon -
Yes I know - I manage to expose and have developed 2 slide films before I left for vacation and tested the metering (direct versus AEL or hand shading) and found that it was necessary for many shots to shade the viewfinder or to meter without sky in the image. Now I hope for the best and keep my fingers crossed.
- Armoured -
It was a sad day when I sold the Rolleiflex T (to the other side of the world, but should be in good hands), but I needed to raise some cash and also wanted to keep number of cameras down to reasonable leve. I also have and use fill 4x5 setup. But you are fully correct - TLR offers very different perspective - especially with portraits. Its design makes it also less "aggressive" when shooting somebody from close distance resulting in more relaxed subject. I do miss the Rolleiflex, but now I have to make it without one. Should the time come I will get one again. Most probably the "T" again as it draws so beautifully. Mechanically it will outlast the Mamiiya 6 I guess ... However size wise Mamiya 6 with collapsed 75 mm lens is only 75mm thick (!) so not bulky at all and easy to put in a bag.
