Deliberate1 Posted September 28, 2011 Share #21 Posted September 28, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) My 6008i and Schneider 90mm made me "square." The box is a mechanical work of art. The lens, a stunning piece off glass. And together, with the 45 degree finder, like a bazooka - at least that is how an IDF solder described it when he passed by me in Jerusalem a few years back.. I scan those Kodak chromes with a Scitex Eversmart Pro scanner and print with a 24" Epson 7800. I love this camera, and will likely part with it soon. I just got an M9 with Summicron 50mm. When I nail the focus, I think the images are as detailed and are even more lush than the Rollei files. And no neck crick. And when film beckons, I pull out the Toyo 45 4x5 rig. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Hi Deliberate1, Take a look here Leica users also using Rollei. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
antistatic Posted September 28, 2011 Share #22 Posted September 28, 2011 I have a 2.8F with the Zeiss Planar lens. I have taken many of my favorite photos with this camera. As an added bonus I've had many more young women ask me about the camera than I ever have with my Leicas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted September 28, 2011 Share #23 Posted September 28, 2011 Brent, sorry, I should have mentioned that it's Fairfield Connecticut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olav1966 Posted September 28, 2011 Share #24 Posted September 28, 2011 I own a Rolleiflex 2.8 F and a Tele-Rolleiflex. These are my good addition to my Leica equipment. Personally I prefer the full negative format, if I make enlargements and are very reluctant to prune a picture. There are motives for my taste, which require a rectangular format, and just those that require a square format. Therefore complement each other perfectly for both my equipment. Greetings from Hamburg Olav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphoenix Posted September 28, 2011 Share #25 Posted September 28, 2011 I am now starting to feel inadequate with my humble Rolleicord Va and my (dare I mention it) Rollei B35. They are both magical cameras and the TLR is great for "sideways" photos. By the way, I do also own a few Leicas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted September 28, 2011 Share #26 Posted September 28, 2011 I shoot a Rolleiflex 2.8F and a Hasselblad SWC alongside the Ms... I love the square format and the big negative. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted September 28, 2011 Share #27 Posted September 28, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) How about some images? Hasselblad SWC. A little street photography with the Rolleiflex 2.8F. When shooting portraits I always bring the Rolleiflex. Hasselblad SWC. Rolleiflex 2.8F. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted September 28, 2011 Share #28 Posted September 28, 2011 How come my images are showing as links? Has anything changed in the forum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeplanter Posted September 28, 2011 Share #29 Posted September 28, 2011 Rolleiflex 6006 with several lenses. Jim B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcorton Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share #30 Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks for the images, Riccis. Images, that's what we're lacking here. I'll see if I can dig a couple up later today. I too, as several others have mentioned, do love the square. When I look down into that viewfinder, I find it difficult to think of cropping. There is just something zen about the way the square opens up its space. The visual tensions between boarder and subject become easy to compose with, and difficult to violate. Brent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcorton Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share #31 Posted September 28, 2011 On the other hand, maybe posting images not taken with Leica equipment would be a violation of forum rules. ???????? Brent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted September 28, 2011 Share #32 Posted September 28, 2011 How come my images are showing as links? Has anything changed in the forum? Possibly the answer is here? http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/about-leica-forum/174303-new-rule-about-linking-external-images.html If so, the change was last March. Somewhere I read that Rollei SLRs had a much larger % of the market in Europe, while the U.S. market tended to favor Hasselblad. Perhaps because Hassy had a 15-year-lead in building a system SLR, and that included a decade (1950s) when the US economy was booming, while Europe was still digging out from WWII. So when the Rolleiflex SL66 appeared in 1966, most US pros were already heavily invested in Hassy - while European photographers were open to either marque. Anyway, my Leica rep has chided me whenever I mentioned experimenting with Hassy - she thinks the Rollei lenses are much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted September 29, 2011 Share #33 Posted September 29, 2011 On the other hand, maybe posting images not taken with Leica equipment would be a violation of forum rules. ???????? Brent I hope this is not the case Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcorton Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share #34 Posted September 29, 2011 Somewhere I read that Rollei SLRs had a much larger % of the market in Europe, while the U.S. market tended to favor Hasselblad. Perhaps because Hassy had a 15-year-lead in building a system SLR, and that included a decade (1950s) when the US economy was booming, while Europe was still digging out from WWII. So when the Rolleiflex SL66 appeared in 1966, most US pros were already heavily invested in Hassy - while European photographers were open to either marque. Anyway, my Leica rep has chided me whenever I mentioned experimenting with Hassy - she thinks the Rollei lenses are much better. Andy, That sounds like a viable theory for the dominance of Hassy here, and Rollei there. One person asserted to me that if the Rollei SL66 had come out a decade or two earlier, no one would have heard of Hasselblad. I'm only repeating . . . . As far as the Rollei lenses being any different, it would be interesting to know if there is anything in it. I do know that in a shootout I did, controlling as many variables as I could, the 6008i w/80mm Rollei HFT Planar did give a sharper negative than the 503cw w/80 Zeiss T* Planar. Of course this might have been a result of things other than the lens. Maybe I could focus more critically on the Rollei's screen. Maybe the film plane was flatter on the Rollei. Maybe the Rollei produced less micro vibration. Who knows? I did decide that for whatever reason, if I was getting better results with the Rollei, I'd do well to stick with it. So sold a most excellent Hasselblad outfit. And I still think Hasselblad is a most excellent camera. Oh, also on the lens issue, I do know that many claim the Schneider lenses for Rollei easily beat their Zeiss counterparts. I've no way of comparing myself. So for me it's just hearsay. Cheers, Brent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted September 29, 2011 Share #35 Posted September 29, 2011 First Rolleicord Va in 1972 and Rolleiflex since 1976. Great partners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulnacco Posted October 1, 2011 Share #36 Posted October 1, 2011 I've got a pair of Rollei TLRs: a 2.8F Planar, which looks a bit of a beater but takes wonderful photos, and a beautiful grey T that I paid 65 quid for in a second hand shop. Definitely enjoy using them - and my M3 - much more than the digital kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted October 1, 2011 Share #37 Posted October 1, 2011 SL66 and SL66SE with 40, 50, 75 PCS, 80,120 and 250mm lenses. Although I no longer use them much they're something that I just cannot bring myself to sell. A marvel of mechanical engineering in their time ... and still are. I really hope film will continue to be available, 220 has all but gone . It's about time I had proper drum scans made from negatives some of which (Swiss landscapes) must be more than 40 years old. With the digital darkroom there's no longer any excuse. The good old days of the back pack, Zone system and SEI spot photometer. My trousers never used to stay up after those excursions ... I'd lose so much weight . Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abusa14 Posted October 1, 2011 Share #38 Posted October 1, 2011 I love my Rolleis. I mostly shoot B&W films. I have a 2.8E Xenotar and a Gray Rolleiflex T. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardgb Posted October 2, 2011 Share #39 Posted October 2, 2011 My post needs an introduction... I cut my photographic teeth on 120 film and this (while I could afford it) was my format of choice. My first 'professional' camera was a Mamiya C330f, then a Hasseblad 500C/M, and even later one of the Fuji rangefinder models. Then, about 20 years ago I was 'paid' for a job with the subject's Rollei 3.5F, complete with the Mutar 0.7x and 1.5x adapter lenses. The camera was one of the finest pieces of equipment I've used. The ease and tactile pleasure the camera gave in use put the other cameras listed to shame. Optically, the prime lens was superb (though not so the Mutars...). Mechanically smooth - to focus, load and wind - and with an almost silent shutter. The built-in (Gossen) meter was accurate enough for transparency shooting. Today, sadly, the camera lives in the cupboard a long way from where I'm sitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted October 2, 2011 Share #40 Posted October 2, 2011 Perhaps because Hassy had a 15-year-lead in building a system SLR, and that included a decade (1950s) when the US economy was booming, while Europe was still digging out from WWII. So when the Rolleiflex SL66 appeared in 1966, most US pros were already heavily invested in Hassy - while European photographers were open to either marque. Anyway, my Leica rep has chided me whenever I mentioned experimenting with Hassy - she thinks the Rollei lenses are much better. The dealer who sold me my first M decades ago owned a small mom and pop camera shop. He promoted only Leica and Rollei, and had little interest in anything else. The shop was in the US, but his roots were Hungarian, so perhaps that had an influence on his preferences. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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