[Leica] More with the Rolleiflex

Dan Khong dankhong at gmail.com
Thu May 3 02:04:51 PDT 2018


Just read the latest B&W Magazine from UK. They ran a small article on TMax
3200 film. Feeling is that there is a resurgence on film but in B&W. In
them olden days, we had more items to talk about and the variety of films
enriched our lives. Then various lenses and their fingerprints was good for
conversation. I hope films come back to some extent. There is a lot of play
in films. I don't think films will replace digital and they should not.
Although I shoot digital more than film, conversations surrounding digital
photography is by comparison "boring".

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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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