[Leica] Medium Format Rolleiflex vs Super Ikonta III

[Lluis Ripoll]

Don,

Thank you very much for your kind words! 

It is true, the preparation on a camera like the Rolleiflex is slower than with an M, that is why I bought the Super Ikonta which is a rangefinder camera faster to use, but it does not have the quality of the Rolleiflex, in medium format 6x6 there is not much choice of rangefinder cameras, only Mamiya, Plaubel , Fuji that I remember, but these are quite more expensive cameras.

Regarding the images, I prefer the quality of the Rolleiflex, I find the Ikonta ones very soft.

Thank you very much again!
Lluis


> El 31 ag 2022, a les 1:13, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> I actually prefer the Ikonta roots image; I like the imperfections compared
> to the Rollei.   Some days I fall into an older vision.
> 
> Your medium format images are impressive in the slightly increased
> composition thought: probably due to slightly slower controls compared to
> an M.
> 
> Then there is the tonality of medium format and FP4.  Ilford was always
> more of a stretch in the US compared to Plus X.
> 
> It is a pleasure to see your images.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022, 5:34 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I have compared photographs from two 6x6 cameras Rolleiflex with a Planar
>> 80mm f 2.8 and Zeiss Super Ikonta III 531/16 with a Tessar 75mm f 3.5. In
>> both I have used the same Ilford FP4 E.I. 100 film, both films have been
>> developed together in the same tank. The photo that best shows the
>> different performance is in Roots. Anyway the Zeiss Super Ikonta requires a
>> calibration of the rangefinder, today I have taken it to the seller's
>> workshop to adjust it.
>> 
>> In the Cofee Shop
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080412.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Rolleiflex E, Zeiss Planar 80mm f 2.8, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Light geometry
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080411.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Rolleiflex E, Zeiss Planar 80mm f 2.8, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Roots
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080505.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Zeiss Super Ikonta III 531/16, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Roots bis
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080402.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Rolleiflex E, Zeiss Planar 80mm f 2.8, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Resting on the shadows
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080509.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Zeiss Super Ikonta III 531/16, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Resting on the Park
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Medium+Format/2022F080504.jpg.html
>>> 
>> Zeiss Super Ikonta III 531/16, Ilford FP4, D-23 1:1
>> 
>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are wecome
>> 
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
>> 
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