Asim
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Back in 1970, my uncle requested my father buy him a Rolleiflex from Germany upon his return to Pakistan from his university studies in England. My father didn't have much money at the time and ended up purchasing a Rolleicord Vb instead using his student allowance. When he presented the Cord to my uncle, my uncle declined and said that he had only wanted a Rolleiflex.
My father already had a professional photography business at the time selling E6 slides to agencies with his 35mm Voigtlander Vito CLR and had no use for the medium format camera. So the Rolleicord got packed away.
Fast forward to the 2000s. My father handed me the Rolleicord and asked if I had any use for it. As I was traveling for teaching assignments overseas, I wanted to travel light and so returned it after only putting two rolls through it. My father packed it away again.
Fast forward to 2019. My father has asked that I sell the Rolleicord or keep it since no one has used it since 1970.
I have been using a Leica MP and Contax T3 for over ten years and have been happy with this 35mm setup. With this Rolleicord now in my hands I have decided to give it another try... remembering how nice the photos were from the two rolls I had shot years earlier.
I have just gotten a roll of FP4+ and put new batteries into my hand held light meter. I'll be driving to a scenic spot in Manotick, Ontario today to take photos.
My father already had a professional photography business at the time selling E6 slides to agencies with his 35mm Voigtlander Vito CLR and had no use for the medium format camera. So the Rolleicord got packed away.
Fast forward to the 2000s. My father handed me the Rolleicord and asked if I had any use for it. As I was traveling for teaching assignments overseas, I wanted to travel light and so returned it after only putting two rolls through it. My father packed it away again.
Fast forward to 2019. My father has asked that I sell the Rolleicord or keep it since no one has used it since 1970.
I have been using a Leica MP and Contax T3 for over ten years and have been happy with this 35mm setup. With this Rolleicord now in my hands I have decided to give it another try... remembering how nice the photos were from the two rolls I had shot years earlier.
I have just gotten a roll of FP4+ and put new batteries into my hand held light meter. I'll be driving to a scenic spot in Manotick, Ontario today to take photos.
