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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/6/2021: testing my new Rolleiflex
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 12:49:23 +0200
References: <914CE8CD-91A6-4C92-BBFD-7889B9DB2FAB@frozenlight.eu>

Nice, the three of them.

The Rollei should be a game changer in your photography, as demonstrated in 
the second one; you won?t have to bend them knees as per Ted to get 
interesting angles. And the lower you?ll hold it, the less you?ll need those 
specs to look at the focusing screen ... ;-)


Amities

Philippe



> Le 8 juin 2021 ? 10:29, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit :
> 
> ?New? is a relative term, this camera was made roughly around the time I 
> was born. But it is in beautiful condition, and it was thrill to have a 
> TLR again after many years, when it arrived in my office a couple of weeks 
> ago. Yesterday I received back from the lab my two test rolls, and here 
> are three images from the first of those rolls.
> 
> Rainy square in the centre of Alicante:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xNm4W5b/A
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> My favourite test subject, Eri, in ugly light:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-g89btKT/A
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> Eri again, in better light, and this is the pose she herself liked best:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-p6MBnNz/A
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> I very much enjoy this camera. I have picked up a couple of filters for 
> it, now I may get a better focusing screen, although my hit rate with the 
> standard screen is pretty good.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> 
> Alicante, Spain
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