With a Rolleiflex do you really need anything else?

Dave Jenkins said:
Roger, I know exactly what you mean. I struggled for 40 years to work with rangefinders and just couldn't seem to get them. I gave up just a year ago and sold my last Leica M3.
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Dear Dave,

Sad, innit? You suddenly realize, HEY, THIS IS NOT FOR ME. WHY HAVE I WASTED SO MUCH TIME?

Cheers,

R.
 
After meeting Lem in Berlin and seeing what brilliant stuff he shoots with only two Leicas and two 50's, I decided to continue my selling spree.

Besides the three Leicas listed in my sig, I now own and use a Yashica Mat-124G, a Horseman 6x7 and two Nikkormat FTns only.
Those stayed because I could not decide on any one of them to go, and because it helps to have both RF and SLR, both TLR and view camera: versatility.

If one would consider optical quality alone: nothing touches those portraits of your lovely wife, they are brilliant! Congratulations are in order!
 
Thanks for all your comments and ideas. I might choose the best of each and sell what's left - one 6x9 folder (Bessa II), one TLR (Rolleiflex), one SLR (Pentax MX), one RF (Leica CL), one compact (Olympus RC).

Makes sense, but the Rollei is the go-to camera for sure.
 
I've had a Rolleiflex for a long time. I just can't get excited about it. I prefer my folders to it. I used to have a Yashica 124 MAT G that I liked. But as I have said before, after getting a 6x7, 6x6 doesn't have the allure it used to, except in a small folding camera. There it is the size I am after.
 
Great Shot of your wife on the canal. What dilution do you use for the Neopan 100 pushed to 200 with Rodinal for 8 minutes. How is the grain for enlargements? Thanks
 
Koni Kowa said:
Need ?! Only pleasure.
I own the same Rollei and it's not as good as my Autocord for example, but it would not be easy to sell the Rollei. Like for the Leica M, it's unreasonable, it's a feeling when you have your hands on the Rollei. Weird but true.
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I support this view. The feeling comes first and the reason follows.
/H
 
ZivcoPhoto said:
Great Shot of your wife on the canal. What dilution do you use for the Neopan 100 pushed to 200 with Rodinal for 8 minutes. How is the grain for enlargements? Thanks
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Thanks for the feedback. It was 1:25 at 20C, inversion every 30 secs., the same as for 100 but with an extra couple of minutes to push the under-exposure and more contrast. Sadly, I do not do analogue enlargements anymore, so cannot comment on grain on paper, but I can do a high-res scan and post a 100% crop.
 
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River Dog said:
. . . Sadly, I do not do analogue enlargements anymore. . . .
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This is not a criticism, but if you feel sad about it, why did you quit? Of course there are plenty of cast-iron reasons, such as you moved and no longer have access to a darkroom, but if you will forgive the nosiness, why did you quit?

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
This is not a criticism, but if you feel sad about it, why did you quit? Of course there are plenty of cast-iron reasons, such as you moved and no longer have access to a darkroom, but if you will forgive the nosiness, why did you quit?

Cheers,

R.
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Not nosy at all Roger. No time nor space for a decent set-up. I am rather fussy about wet and dry areas, storage etc.

I can also spend so many hours in a darkroom that I am not sure I would have a wife when I came out ;)

It was the evolution and lower costs of flat-bed scanners that got me back into film for the first time since 1994. I do store all my negs carefully for any future opportunities.
 
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