easyrider
Photo addict
John Guttman
John Guttman
Another inspirational Rolleiflex user was John Guttman. Here are some links:
http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/index.php#mi=222&pt=1π=10000&s=0&p=0&a=14&at=1
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]From his biog . . ."He bought a Rolleiflex, read the instruction manual, shot three rolls, had them store-developed and contact printed, and fobbed himself off as a globetrotting photojournalist at the Berlin agency Presse-Photo, which promptly contracted him . . ."
[/FONT][/FONT]http://www.masters-of-photography.com/G/gutmann/gutmann_articles1.html
I still have a Rollei I bought in 1955..cannot think of an easier camera to use.
John Guttman
Another inspirational Rolleiflex user was John Guttman. Here are some links:
http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/index.php#mi=222&pt=1π=10000&s=0&p=0&a=14&at=1
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]From his biog . . ."He bought a Rolleiflex, read the instruction manual, shot three rolls, had them store-developed and contact printed, and fobbed himself off as a globetrotting photojournalist at the Berlin agency Presse-Photo, which promptly contracted him . . ."
[/FONT][/FONT]http://www.masters-of-photography.com/G/gutmann/gutmann_articles1.html
I still have a Rollei I bought in 1955..cannot think of an easier camera to use.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
I'm in trouble here.
I got myself a Mamiya C330f earlier on, to replace the one I foolishly sold. It's still in the mail and I am really looking forward to shooting a Mamiya again. Big and heavy, but I'm tough
But, as I was enthousiastically showing shots of it at my parents place, a friend of my fathers remarked he had an old Rolleiflex that he planned to sell bt did not know how.
Since meeting fellow RFF-er Robbeiflex in Luxemburg city last month (Hi, Rob!) I have this lingering itch for a Rolleiflex, and now I have had that beautiful Rolleiflex 3.5F at home for two weeks already.
Can't afford them both though...
I got some handling and thinking to do, talk to ya later
I got myself a Mamiya C330f earlier on, to replace the one I foolishly sold. It's still in the mail and I am really looking forward to shooting a Mamiya again. Big and heavy, but I'm tough
But, as I was enthousiastically showing shots of it at my parents place, a friend of my fathers remarked he had an old Rolleiflex that he planned to sell bt did not know how.
Since meeting fellow RFF-er Robbeiflex in Luxemburg city last month (Hi, Rob!) I have this lingering itch for a Rolleiflex, and now I have had that beautiful Rolleiflex 3.5F at home for two weeks already.
Can't afford them both though...
I got some handling and thinking to do, talk to ya later
Mablo
Well-known
Johan, either you ruin yourself financially and keep them both or sell another one only to regret it later. Tough situation. Please let us know what your decision will be.
shyoon
Well-known
I've only had my Rolleiflex for a couple of days (having only handled a friend's TLR on one other occasion) but the 'feel' of the camera seems very natural to me. Holding it down around my chest and cradling it with both hands, looking down at the ground glass just feels...good.
I still get tripped up with the reversed image though!
I still get tripped up with the reversed image though!
ianstamatic
Well-known
Try holding your elbows in tight to you sides and move your body as one unit with the camera. After a little while the orientation will become transparent, but keeping the camera movement 'locked' to you body will help a lot at first.
Also before you press the shutter get in the habit of making a quick check that the camera is totally level and even
caila77
Well-known
easy solution:.....
sell to me your rolleiflex for 20$ and leave happy with another camera.....
sell to me your rolleiflex for 20$ and leave happy with another camera.....