[Leica] More with the Rolleiflex

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

A guy told me many Leica shooters had a Rolleiflex in the bottom of their 
camera bags for when that kind of thing was what you'd want and it would 
happen often. 35mm does not always cut it.
I sat next to a photographer from Japan in a Denny's he had a huge canvas 
camera bag and they told me that everyone he knew over there had a Pentax 
6x7 in the bottom of their camera bags.
No way I can carry around 20 or 30 pounds like all those guys did. I?m 
getting one of those rolling camera bags for when I'm taking along more than 
one thing. As in more than one lens or camera body.

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

?On 5/3/18, 2:08 AM, "LUG on behalf of Ted Grant via LUG" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at 
leica-users.org> wrote:

    AND ALL US ROLLIE SHOOTERS REMEMBER REAL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH A REAL 0NE 
LENS CAMERA.
    Well OK two lenses
    1/ lens to look through and one to expose the film and give us fabulous 
photos!   :-)
    AAAAaaaahhhhh yes! That was a fantastic camera that allowed us to 
capture incredible images time after time.
    And in so many cases the subjects never knew we took their pictures!
    Dang sometimes I miss them! Not much, but a little sometimes!! :-)
    cheers,
    Dr.ted grant O.C.
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
Behalf Of Mark Rabiner
    Sent: May-02-18 6:59 PM
    To: Leica Users Group
    Subject: Re: [Leica] More with the Rolleiflex
    
    And the film has 3.5 x more acreage. And is square.
    And the shutter is more quiet.
    
     
    -- 
    
    Mark William Rabiner
    Photographer
    
    ?On 5/2/18, 5:34 PM, "LUG on behalf of Dan Khong via LUG" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at 
leica-users.org> wrote:
    
        The nice things about using Rollies are:
        1. You look down and that's not so invasive.
        2. It's such a quirky looking camera and by the time your puzzled 
subjects
        figure you out, you got your shot already
        3. Subjects find the Rollie such a beauty that they gladly pose for 
you.
        
        Dan K.
        
        
        On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
        wrote:
        
        > Hi Aram,
        > Well rollie or Leica there was a time as magazines and weekend 
colour
        > newspaper sections required "colour film==later" than 35mm. So 
quite a
        > number of published photojournalists switched to using 2 Rollies. 
1 colour
        > film and one B&W film. And you learned how to focus & clicked to 
still
        > capture the ultimate moment. It was either learn how OR??? Not 
have paying
        > assignments! But once you as the photog got into the routine it 
was a piece
        > of cake to click & capture great moments of action from stock car 
racing to
        > political images.
        > Lluis does the "quick click routine" when it was called for or the 
only
        > method at the moment.
        > Using a Rollie compared to a Leica was hardly given the situation 
a second
        > thought, when you made your day to day living 24 hours a day!
        > cheers,
        > Dr.ted grant O.C.
        >
        >
        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] 
On Behalf
        > Of Aram via LUG
        > Sent: May-01-18 3:05 PM
        > To: lug
        > Cc: Aram
        > Subject: Re: [Leica] More with the Rolleiflex
        >
        > Nice set.  Do you prefocus your Rollei and then just snap or do 
you take
        > the
        > time to focus and rely on your invisibility cloak?  I don't see 
how you
        > could take the time to focus and get a shot like Three Ladies.  
The Rollei
        > is so big and you would have to stop, bend over and look through 
the
        > viewfinder before anyone would notice?   I don't think I could do 
that.
        >
        > Aram
        >
        >
        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Lluis Ripoll
        > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 3:14 PM
        > To: Leica Users Group ; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
        > Subject: [Leica] More with the Rolleiflex
        >
        > Similar dressed (I have added this one on the album of my already
        > published
        > project ?Double-Double?)
        > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Double-Double/
        > 2018F040201.jpg.html>
        >
        > Three Ladies in Pl. Catalunya
        > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/
        > 2018F040204.jpg.html>
        >
        > Alone in a Bar
        > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/
        > 2018F040210.jpg.html>
        >
        > Rolleiflex E, Zeiss Planar 2.8/80mm, Ilford FP4, Xtol Stock, the 
two first
        > with Yellow Filter
        >
        > Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
        >
        > Saludos cordiales
        > Lluis
        >
        >
        >
        >
        >
        >
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