[Leica] Medium Format Rolleiflex vs Super Ikonta III

[Don Dory]

Don't kidnap the builder.  Bribes of adult beverages, baked goods, and
cash.  Lots of cash.  Kidnapped builders get kinda sulky and forget
fastners, mis-size openings, forget plumbing lines, and possibly put
electrics in incorrect places.  😉

On Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 3:58 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Lluis,
> You could also try a Voigtlander Perkeo II preferably with the Color
> Skopar len and Syncro Compur shutter. It fits in your pocket and yet
> shoots 6x6 format. You can take multiple images quickly and easily,
> provided they're at similar anticipated light levels. Here's a pic of me
> with it in MOMA -
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/50543475@N00/2656745178/in/photostream/ -
> and an image I took with it -
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/50543475@N00/2590227119/in/photostream/
> It, along with all my other film cameras, currently lies inactive
> awaiting the reawakened pulse of sprocketed celluloid and bursts of
> light through the dormant shutter curtains. Sadly, they might be waiting
> another year yet.
>
> My putative darkroom - a shed attached to my garage - needs a new roof
> as the old one is leaking and causing efflorescence in the blockwork, so
> can't be immediately used. However, due the CoVid hiatus and the
> subsequent renovation/solar panel rush, there are long delays waiting
> for any sort of committed attention from builders, and, during all this,
> I am withering away into decrepitude while my enlarger gently wilts. I
> can't use any other room in the house as they are all filled with my
> children's accoutrements, e.g. grandchild, furniture, a Chomolungma of
> toys, etc., while they wait for their own house renovations to be
> completed.
>
> That said, I am not selling my Voigtlanders or any of my film cameras.
> There's a Perkeo II on eBay right now.
>
> Douglas
> Close to kidnapping a builder.
>
>
> On 02/09/2022 06:23, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG wrote:
> >   On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >
> =====================================================================================================================
> > Lluis, I like the Rollei shots best too.  One 6x6 RF not mentioned is
> one I
> > have - an Ansco Super Speedex (same as the Agfa Super Isolette).  The
> 75mm
> > f/3.5 Solinar is very sharp.  See <
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/19890211_MR_Award_OreBoats_19.jpg.html
> > Another of my favorites (except in the 6x9 format that I like more) is
> the
> > Voigtlander Bessa II.  This one focuses even faster than the Speedex.
> > <
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/19910216_MR_SheridanMan_6.jpg.html
> > (I do love my Rollei with 75mm Planar 3.5 even if it's square.)  Here's
> all
> > three:
> > <
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/19911122_MR_Matanle_Cameras.jpg.html
>
>
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