[Leica] More with the Rolleiflex

[Ted Grant]

Hi Dan
I used mine so often with camera lenses pointing in a different direction than what I looked like I was shooting!
The two lenses were pointing to the right at my subject. But as my head came up looking to the real world with my eyeballs I would look straight ahead and the subject would never realize I had been looking at them all the time while looking down on the ground glass!
Well that is/was if the subject didn't happen to be a photographer and saw/realized what you were doing with your rollie! :-)
So I could see the subject and shoot the action as it happened without ever physically looking in the direction the camera lens was pointing.
Did I ever capture an image that near made me wet my pants with excitement???? NOPE! But a snap or two that were close.
cheers,
ted grant O.C. 

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan Khong via LUG
Sent: May-02-18 2:34 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Cc: Dan Khong
Subject: Re: [Leica] More with the Rolleiflex

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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