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Todd.Hanz
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Nice gear, I found a 'cord for a good price the other day. I think I'll add it to my collection of TLR's (Rollei 3.5F, Rollei2.8E, Yashica 124G, Yashica 635).
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Any Rolleiflex TLR users here?
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Pherdinand
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That Mamiya looks like Goliath between the Davids, Roman! Nice set
One day i will get the mamiya as well. The close-focus + wide angle is tempting me alot.
Being in a melancholic mood, i will add a photo of my two former TLR's. The yashica went to south, it was too rainy for him up here. The rolleicord is MIA. Or, missing in non-action, in fact.
One day i will get the mamiya as well. The close-focus + wide angle is tempting me alot.
Being in a melancholic mood, i will add a photo of my two former TLR's. The yashica went to south, it was too rainy for him up here. The rolleicord is MIA. Or, missing in non-action, in fact.
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Bertram2
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GeneW said:
It's really great ! At the time I am going back and forth with a 35mm scanner and each time I watch good MF scans or even prints the sweet poison of the larger format is running through my vains again and I ask myself damn !!!, why do I torture myself with expensive 35 mm gear and the expensive scanners ??
Wasn't this tiny 35mm format a deadly mistake in photo history, similar to digital nowadays ?
I have gone through this hell so many times, but always decided to stay with 35mm , fom reasons of usability, but what is usability compared to a heavely precision and tonality ? Wwill I surrender one day ?
Aaarrrghh !!!!!Bertram
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Todd.Hanz
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Give into the urge Bertram, it's only money
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Bertram2 said:It's really great ! At the time I am going back and forth with a 35mm scanner and each time I watch good MF scans or even prints the sweet poison of the larger format is running through my vains again and I ask myself damn !!!, why do I torture myself with expensive 35 mm gear and the expensive scanners ??
Wasn't this tiny 35mm format a deadly mistake in photo history, similar to digital nowadays ?
I have gone through this hell so many times, but always decided to stay with 35mm , fom reasons of usability, but what is usability compared to a heavely precision and tonality ? Wwill I surrender one day ?
Bertram
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Bertram
Different tools for different results. I love larger formats. But for my style and subject matter, the 35mm format is perfect. Keep in mind that the lenses and films of the last couple of decades, are so much better than the days of old. With proper technique, film & lenses, you can achieve very nice results with the smaller formats. I can't imagine doing all the street & wedding shooting that I do, with a larger format. My style is to be mobile and spontaneous, which the clients really like. However, I do like to pull out the Yashica at times, and years ago, I really fell in love with the 4x5" Velvia trannies that I made....
Russ
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i have a rolleicord vb. got a maxwell screen for it; very nice. i like the weight and balance, but the controls and handling are awkward. it's got push and slide levers, the focus knob on the left side, and non-automatic shutter cocking. oh well.
Bertram2
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Russ said:
Russ,
you are right of course, at ALL points. BUT watching a good MF scan or print I feel like having stuck a finger in a electrical output, this is a kinda Viagra overdose for my eyes if you know what I mean.
I really don't give a damn if I got a J8 or a 50 cron, I can make with both lenses perfect pics . But MF is another world, you know, a world where the pics LIVE !
Sometimes they look as if you could make one step forward and you were IN the middle of the story.!That's all VERY different, another world, as I said.
I'll concentrate on the 124 for a while, hoping this attack passes by without a change of system
)Best,
Bertram
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Bertram
The first time I slapped my Velvia 50, 4x5" trannies on the light table, I almost tossed out all of my 35mm gear. I know what you mean....
Russ
The first time I slapped my Velvia 50, 4x5" trannies on the light table, I almost tossed out all of my 35mm gear. I know what you mean....
Russ
Bertram2
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Russ said:
Russ, I don' t DARE to imagine what impact such a trannie could have on my gourmet eyes!!!!!!!
Format can get some kind of addiction, it DRAWS you up and up agin to the next size.
I've seen amateurs going this way, most of them came back to MF an 35mm, but none of them ever gave up the large format completely .
Regards,
Bertram
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Roman said:
Roman,
the older Mat looks a bit larger than the 124G , is that real or an effect of the photo ? I'd prefer it to the 124, the metal wheels are so much nicer...............
But also the 124G is a sturdy brick, it once fell on the concrete 2 meters hhigh, and survived. New front plate, all adjusted at Kyocera, 120,- DM in 1986, shot better than ever before after the rep
Best,
Bertram
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i'd like to start by laying blame at the feet of all who have posted to this thread!!!
i just won a yashicamat 124g on ebay.
only 75 bucks and it looks to be in good shape, recently overhauled and has a working meter.
now, if you will excuse me i have to go and roll some quarters...
joe
i just won a yashicamat 124g on ebay.
only 75 bucks and it looks to be in good shape, recently overhauled and has a working meter.
now, if you will excuse me i have to go and roll some quarters...
joe
Pherdinand
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Joe, make sure you have some $ left for film. For lotsa film. There's no way back. Congratulations, anyway.
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thanks pherdi!
i'm thinking of breaking with my routine and maybe shooting transparency film.
not sure yet...
joe
i'm thinking of breaking with my routine and maybe shooting transparency film.
not sure yet...
joe
Pherdinand
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backalley photo said:
You should definitely try it. I traded some filters for transparency film (via RFF); got some Ektachrome E100SW and Velvia 50... Only shot one roll of the E100SW so far, in the rolleiflex/tessar, but the results are amazing. The accuracy of the street scenes; catched some sunflower-action on the central marketsquare, the colours are really beautiful. And, it's not even true that you need a mumbo jumbo high-tech meter in your camera. I've metered once w a handheld, very dull day, was 1/125 s at f/5.6 to f/4, kept it like that while walking in downtown and the shots are really nicely exposed.
The only annoyance is that I can't scan them, can't post them, i can't project them - i only can watch them with a loupe (an old tessar 105/4.5 lens I have).
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The only annoyance is that I can't scan them, can't post them, i can't project them - i only can watch them with a loupe (an old tessar 105/4.5 lens I have).
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i'm thinking for the really 'great' shots that i will have them scanned by the pro lab i use for prints.
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i'm thinking for the really 'great' shots that i will have them scanned by the pro lab i use for prints.
joe
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Bertram2 said:
Nope, they are exactly the same size, probably did not line them up at the same distance... The 'cord is a bit smaller and lighter than the others.
BTW, sure, the old-fashioned 'Mat looks nice, but I also like the stealthy ninja look of the 124G (and I especially like it's much brighter screen.)
ROman
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cp_ste.croix
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Roman said:
Ninja's are sweet and by sweet i mean totally awesome!
chris, ninja in training.
Bertram2
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backalley photo said:
Joe, even the oldest projector would be worth the invest, 6X6 slides are a new experience..
On fleamarkets and Ebay sometimes there are cheap old projectors with no mag offered, just a pull-push holder fo two slides, if they have good lenses they are as good as anything else. You don't shoot such a mass of slides and you will need time anyway to watch these wonder slides ...
))I must use my Rollei projector manually too at the time, the transmission belt got too long after all these years ( 35), no friction. Maybe Rollei will send me a spare part, they are always good for such a surprise, great company, like Leitz..
Happy shooting and take care, Pherdinand is right, there is no way back !
Bertram
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Todd.Hanz
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Allright Joe! Yashica 124G, "Black Beauty", are very good performers, much lighter than the metered Rollei's, one reason I tend to carry mine around more.
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