Minolta Autocord
 

RG, 1st version I believe, from around 1961

That is one of my straps. It's a double attach point string neck strap

Awesome! Will this work on a rolleiflex 3.5f?

Of course it will. But you would want the original alligator clip strap sooner or later anyway. :p

Yea I have the original strap but the leather is very dried out and it seems a little pricey to have the clasps reattached to new leather like the ones offered by leicatime

you can try these annie barton strap made specially for the TLRs
www.anniebarton.com
works very well for me

got it as a valentines present. put two rolls of fuji 160s through it and dropped them off at walmart today. cannot wait to get them back, shooting with this has been a blast.

Ricoh Super Ricohflex VII
 

(5) Super Ricohflex in Color by br1078phot, on Flickr

PF

Ah yup -- that's the model I have on the left. 75/3.8 Triotar.

I must take a photo of it. Mine is very worn out! Obviously was used a lot. Unfortunately it seems to be taking a back seat a lot of the time to my other medium format squeeze: my 6x9 Agfa Record III. Maybe I am a rangefinder fellow?

The uncoated triplet taking lens has lots of circular scratches, but takes fairly unique and (to my eyes) beautiful low-contrast images. Lots of flare though, if you have some sun! Example: here.

I replaced the mirror but the screen is still fairly dim. Maybe I should try a fancy new screen from Rick Oleson.

One thing that I find intriguing is that the taking lens is f3.8 (not f3.5 because they couldn't get a big enough shutter); however, the viewing lens -- a Heidostat Anastigmat -- is only f4! So, a fair bit of luck in focusing the old girl wide open. Using the magnifier is obviously imperative here, to even get in the ballpark. Still, I've been on the money so far.

I promise a photo of it soon.

The lens on mine is perfect, but it is the softest of all Triotars I have. Zeiss must have improved the Triotar for the 3,5 version. The 3,5 is much contrastier. I wouldn't say that the Rolleicord I is bad, though. It has it's own personality and is one of a kind in the Rolleicord family. The soft lens is very usable for romantic pictures. Clinical sharpness and contrast isn't everything! :)

Rolleiflexes
 

My Rolleiflex 3,5B (MX-EVS) and 3,5F.

The 3,5B with Tessar was my first Rollei. I was VERY happy with the quality of both the camera and the pictures it produced. A few years later, an older gentleman at work told me he had a 2,8E I could buy from him for $15. It needed a shutter repair and the meter window was cracked. I bought it and had it repaired, and later sold it and bought the 3,5F for the money I got. That made me hooked on Rolleis.

My first TLR was a Yashica A that I got from my grandfather to play with in the mid 70's. It wasn't in a good shape after I had played with it, so my father made a new focus knob for it in the late 80's, and I made a viewing screen of plexi glass with matte tape. I was amazed by the grain free pictures it took, and a year after I found the Rolleiflex 3,5B at the photo shop in town...

The old Yashica A now sits on a shelf, not in use. I bought another one to my father as a gift a couple of years ago. :)

More Rolleis
 

Three Rolleiflex Standard with 4,5, 3,8 and 3,5 Tessar, and one Automat from 1938. Rolleicord Ib from 1938 and the Art Deco model.

I know of a little shop not far from here that one of the guys here told me about, and the owner has a bunch of old cameras lining the shelf, including some of these TLR's that you guys have. Just beautiful cameras.

RolleiflexRolleiflexRolleiflex
 

There are some fantastic pictures of TLRs in this thread by some obviously very talented photographers. Makes me want to send my cameras off to get their portraits taken by one of you guys.

Here's how I do it, with my three Rolleiflex TLRs : on the left is a 2.8C with a Carl Zeiss Planar, in the center is a 3.5A with a Carl Zeiss Tessar, and on the right is a 2.8E with a Carl Zeiss Planar.


Photo op with the Rolleiflexes by sreed2006, on Flickr



RolleiflexRolleiflexRolleiflex by sreed2006, on Flickr

I'd like to see that shot that is in the back window of that Canon. That's a cool shot in itself.

The second picture in my post is that shot shown on the Canon LCD. I know the green glow didn't show up, and I am not certain why it even shows up on the LCD in the first picture. I didn't see it when composing or taking the pictures. Maybe viewing the LCD on the back of the Canon at an angle causes that color shift?. Anyway that gives me an idea - cover the Rolleiflex focusing screens with a colored transparency of some sort and then light the cameras from above, and you should get some neat colors coming out of the viewing lenses. It's worth a shot.:D

Mamiya C33 taken by Yashica MAT 124G
 

The tank camera. Mamiya C33. 2.3 Kg but wonderfull. Please check out my prob with the 135 mm lens set on " Repair forum"

Bought this yesterday 35F Type 4 for $250 with leather case, yellow filter, and Lens hood.

Has not been use since 1979 but well kept condition.

I wonder how much will it cost for a mint Rolleiflex 3.5F now?

=)

My TLRs:

Lubitel 2 (with my eos 5DII and the Zeiss planar T* 50 1.4):



And my Seagull 41B (with my eos 300D and the Auto Revuenon 50 1.4 50 1.4)

I've been meaning to get a shot or two of my YashicaMat 124...so today I did...
I came up with the lens shade simply because I had the parts...so my head and hands went to work and this is what I came up with...They work great and no vignetting at all...
Top hood is a Tiffen Series #5 and the bottom is a Tiffen Series #6...plus I get to use Series 6 filters in this too...

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My newly-acquired 2.8F. Meter not working but comes with complete set of Rolleikin. Gonna try the Rolleikin next weekend :p


Untitled by therightword !, on Flickr

Taken by 2.8C

Rolleicord III w/ Xenar

My Rolleiflex T and 3.5F

Untitled by therightword !, on Flickr

I picked up a Yashica-Mat EM over the weekend. The meter isn't working, but I don't think that will be an issue.


Yashica Mat-EM by VTHokiEE06, on Flickr