Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

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The only SLR I still sometimes use.
 
After touching waters again with analog photography, I was astonished by the results that the Yashica Electro 35 GSN delivered. Camera Collection Disorder surely developed quickly, and I aquired a couple more cameras...

On a recent trip to Germany I couldn't resist buying a Rolleiflex 6008 Integral, which came with tons of extras for a great price. I wanted to get into medium format photography, but when it came to deciding whether a rangefinder or an SLR would be better, I opted for the SLR. I will hate myself for this decision once I go hiking with it, but the "modularity" of this camera just opens up so many more options in photography that I opted for a non-rangefinder.

I will sell a few of my other cameras now, but the Yashica and the Rolleiflex are going to stay with me. The Yashica is just great for vacations when I don't care to shoot all medium format. It's so light, easy to handle, and comes with a fast f1.7 lens. Nine films from my last trip are being processed right now...

P.S.: The blue cast in these images comes from the sunlight that disturbed my home-made lightbox setup 🙂

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In it's most simple configuration, the Rollei is not that much bigger than the Yashica, but certainly weighs a lot more!
 
DrTebi said:
After touching waters again with analog photography, I was astonished by the results that the Yashica Electro 35 GSN delivered. Camera Collection Disorder surely developed quickly, and I aquired a couple more cameras...

On a recent trip to Germany I couldn't resist buying a Rolleiflex 6008 Integral, which came with tons of extras for a great price. I wanted to get into medium format photography, but when it came to deciding whether a rangefinder or an SLR would be better, I opted for the SLR. I will hate myself for this decision once I go hiking with it, but the "modularity" of this camera just opens up so many more options in photography that I opted for a non-rangefinder.

I will sell a few of my other cameras now, but the Yashica and the Rolleiflex are going to stay with me. The Yashica is just great for vacations when I don't care to shoot all medium format. It's so light, easy to handle, and comes with a fast f1.7 lens. Nine films from my last trip are being processed right now...

P.S.: The blue cast in these images comes from the sunlight that disturbed my home-made lightbox setup 🙂

In it's most simple configuration, the Rollei is not that much bigger than the Yashica, but certainly weighs a lot more!
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Your Rollei looks delicious. Here is my Nikon F6 with some Kodachrome. The thing seems to weigh a ton (I certainly noticed it carrying it in a shoulder bag for 3 days on a city trip) but shooting with it is such fun - the shutter and winding is so smooth and refined. If I had to pick between my F6 and FM3a I'd definitely choose the F6.
 

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Your Rollei looks delicious. Here is my Nikon F6 with some Kodachrome. The thing seems to weigh a ton (I certainly noticed it carrying it in a shoulder bag for 3 days on a city trip) but shooting with it is such fun - the shutter and winding is so smooth and refined. If I had to pick between my F6 and FM3a I'd definitely choose the F6.
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Ahh ... the FM3A!

I'm actually a little disillusioned with mine ... it hasn't turned out to quite be the camera I though it would ... I should have bought an F3 or similar! 🙁
 
Keith said:
Ahh ... the FM3A!

I'm actually a little disillusioned with mine ... it hasn't turned out to quite be the camera I though it would ... I should have bought an F3 or similar! 🙁
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I don't think I'm quite as disenchanted with the FM3a. At the time I got it, it was a toss up between that an and F3 and I went for the FM3a due to its smaller size and weight. I still enjoy shooting with the FM3a - especially if hiking - when weight is an issue. Notwithstanding the FM3a's craftsmanship and impressive mechanical operation, it still feels (and sounds) like rather a crude instrument alongside the F6, which I find so elegant - true perfection amongst 35mm SLRs.
 
My second camera, and my first SLR!
Seems to be working fine, but I'll have to wait to see the first roll to be sure...
Focusing will take some getting used to - I've grown used to the split image vf/rf focusing...

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This may not be my best SLR, but in terms of sentiment, it is the most valuable to me. This was my first SLR, bought at a garage sale in 1993. An underrated classic, in my opinion. I may eventually sell all of my other cameras, but this one might literally go to the grave with me.



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yes you're right, very under rated camera. My dad bought one new in '76 I think. It cost £130 then. I used it a lot when I was in the photo society at school through to '82. He's still got it and I recently cleaned the prism and eye piece. Over the years he took it all over the middle east on his travels. He's only stopped using it because I gave him my old Nikon D70.
 
I´ve just gone and done a cardinal sin and bought a camera of the ebay, crossing my fingers its going to turn up and in good working condition. A Kowa Super 66 with standard Kowa 85/f2.8 lens. I´ll post a picture of the actual camera when it arrives, but it should look something like this:

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