Here is my Rolleiflex 2.8 F with Rolleinar 1 attached to it...





Absolutely love it... :dance:

My baby, Yashica 635

Here is my new Rolleiflex 2.8F with working meter. Just got it today! The film transport is a bit sluggish. So its off to Krikor tomorrow. The camera has the 12/24 switch allowing me to use some of my 220 stash in the freezer. Please pardon the quick noisy, snaps.

My new arrival:



...Mike

Zeiss Ikoflex 3
 

I was really surprised not to see one of these in the gallery of TLR portraits. The Zeiss Ikoflex 3 was made briefly, 1938-40 I think, and with its complex and rather fragile mechanism and its softish uncoated f2.8 Tessar, it may not be the most practical of TLR's, but I think it is easily the most beautiful.:) The huge Von Albada finder glass is the most obviously striking feature, and it gives an excellent framed image.



This uses the old 1/400 Compur Rapid shutter, with self timer but no sync. I just cannot get the B setting to work, and it appears there may be a missing part that is needed for that function. If there is anyone out there who could give me some pointers, it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Dez

My recent purchase, Rolleicord IV K3B from the most recent Toronto Camera Show.

Hey Uncle Bill, nice Rollei! How was the show? I had to skip it to pick someone up at the Buffalo Airport. :( Pfft. I argued that Buffalo was walking distance, but she didn't buy it.

Hi Leigh, thanks for taking a look around my site! I do come from the digital age and have had a lot of fun so far with my FED-2 rangefinder (both color and b/w), but I just upload the straight scans from that camera. Comparatively, my first shots from the Rollei looked flat and dull.

Here's a link to the gallery, since it's private right now.

I dropped the Rollei off for a CLA yesterday so it'll be about two weeks until I can shoot with it again. I've been told that it may have been a combination of the overcast weather and my underexposing a little too much. I'm sure a hood would help. And it may also just be a case of me needing to do some digital post-processing after all. :)

Ok Thanks. Had a look. I see a number of possible causes.
Firstly, I'm not sure that T-Max is necessarily the best film to start out on. It's a modern T-grain emulsion and, like Ilford's Delta, they have a reputation for being less tolerant of exposure errors than traditional emulsions like Tri-X (whatever it's called these days - I think it's TX400) and HP5+.
Secondly, it was overcast so the lighting is going to be flat anyway and there is some underexposure in some of the shots. Probably picked up too much sky when metering. I usually tilt my meter a little towards the ground.
Third, the statue and portrait shots are against the light and they're going to be very tough to get right anyway. Trav's shot of you is out of focus and your shot of him shows a bit of flare which could be haze on the lens (you'll know after the CLA) or it could just be that you need that lens hood. My Rolleiflex flares if I shoot against the light without the hood. The amount of flare depends on how bright the light source is.
Last suggestion - do you do your own developing? If not, I'd recommend it as you can fine-tune the contrast of the negatives and the shadow detail (when you shoot in sun). It's an easy thing to do and fun to learn.
I don't recommend Rodinal for ISO400 films as it accentuates grain (it's hard to find anyway) but Kodak's D-76 or Ilford's ID-11 (same formula in both) is an excellent all round developer to use.

Leigh, yer awesome. Thanks for that great input... particularly about the film. I have used Tri-X with the FED and loved it, so I'm happy to try it out in 120 size, too.

As for haze, that would be pretty bad but we'll see. Thanks for the tip about the hood. I would like to pick up one of those as well as a Rolleinar in the near future.

No, I don't do my own developing because I would like to shoot in color, plus at the moment I do not have the equipment for good medium format film scanning. But hey everyone's gotta have goals, right?

Many thanks again for your advice!

Rolleicord III, soon to be re-assembled...:cool:

Cheers,

Russ Pinchbeck

My Rolleicord Vb has arrived!
 

My Rolleicord Vb from CollectCamera has arrived. Received this morning, a little earlier than expected. It appears to be exactly as described and as expected - a delight to the eye and to handle. A good job I had already ordered some film. Guess what I will be doing this weekend :)

Fantastic 2.8E with Planar. Check out my Flickr set for first mono and colour photos. No complaints.

It was a good show, I was in the market for something completely different but having seen this Rolleicord, I could not resist.

My other TLR is a 3.5 planar E Rolleiflex

Rolleiflex and Americano by Bill Smith1, on Flickr

Well, this will probably get me banned, what with all the nice 'flexes and such here. This is a Rolleiflex Tessar 2.8, from about 1949-50. Often referred to as the 'A,' but Rollei never used that letter, only B and beyond. It was given to me recently, with no focus screen or viewfinder/hood of any sort. I finally figured out how to scab on part of a Yashica-Mat hood and a Kiev prism.

Yep, that's duct tape.

Some cleaning of the shutter and wind mechanism ,adjusting the film sensor mechanism, and it is working. The first roll looked fine, but it will take more time to see what the lens is really up to.

Some day I'll get a shot of my 2.8C Xenotar. For now, enjoy one of the few Rolleis held together with duct tape on this forum, I imagine?

^^ Enough to freak out any modern-day digital camera enthusiast! They can go batty at a mote of dust on the reflex mirror, much less a duct taped camera.

This is my Mamiya C220 made to look spiffier than it actually is by resting it on my lightbox. Picture taken with a 5D2 (now sold).

New/Old Late Model 2.8F
 

Received my late model 2.8F back from Krikor today. Can't believe it's the same camera. He may be a bit pricy, but when you send a camera to him, you get it back in incredible condition in less than one week frequently. Mr. Fleenor and Mark Hansen both do great work, but you wait. I've had my Primo Jr. at Mark's for almost a month. He says he'll be getting to it this week. I'm taking the new Rolleiflex to Chanticleer tomorrow AM, a local site I've been photographing for years. Anyway, here's some quick snaps:





My other rolleiflex is an Automat 3.5 Xenar MX-EVS Type 1.

This made me smile! :)

Awesome that you've put so much creativity and elbow grease into this guy to get it working, despite the cosmetic issues.

A Frankenstein & Heidecke product? :-)

Glad people got a laugh from my duct taped Rolleiflex. I actually first put a Hasselblad NC-2 prism on a Yashica-Mat a while back:



And PMCC, I refered to it as my Franken-Mat. Now that I have 'moved up,' your name is perfect!

The Hasselblad NC-2 can often be found for cheap, especially when it looks as bad as the one I have. The optics in mine are still excellent. The prism has a plate for mounting that can be removed and then it slides right into the Yashica viewfinder piece (after the movable parts are removed). I have since moved the prism to an Autocord; same fit. And then I have an Autocord with a Hasselblad chimney finder, where I had to grind away the mounting tabs.

schmoo, most of the mess you are seeing is the leather and shellac left after removing the leather from a camera that has been stored in a workshop for decades. If the coverings had been in better shape, I would have taken the time to remove them more cleanly. As it is, if the camera works out I can remove the brown ugliness and put new coverings on down the road. I'll also drill out the viewfinder mount and screw it down- less duct tape!

How you adjust the film sensor mechanism? Could you explain or point me to a tutorial?

Thank you,

Eugen

Hi everybody,

My latest acquisition for a mere USD60.00

Rolleiflex Automat 6x6 Model K4B aka Rolleiflex MX-EVS, 1954-1956

Here are my two Rollei's.

Glad to see those puppies up here on the TLR forum. Your Nikons inspired me to take my own Nikon F out for a shoot today with a 35 Nikkor-O f2. What a treat!