Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] Where the Rolleiflex shines...
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:15:41 +0200
References: <43d2b9bb0909171657v7b848a2bs832e51c50566a889@mail.gmail.com>

I remember some one has said me "Rolleiflex Rocks" when I've showed  
some pics, these one are really good, very good scanns and very good  
images.

It is always a pleasure see these pictures with Rolleifex and Agfapan  
100!

Saludos
Lluis


El 18/09/2009, a las 1:57, Jan Decher escribi?:

> Dave,
> I feel just the same about Rolleiflex images.  See some stuff on my  
> Flickr
> pages:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mittelformat/sets/72157600205838879/
> Still have to upload this summer's stuff from England and Germany.
> Are you on the Rollei Users Group?
>
> For me B&W is clearly all about 6x6 Rollei.  With color negs &  
> slides Leica
> brilliance wins.
>
> I use digital mostly for my (zoological) work and from a price- 
> performance
> reasoning it will most likely be the new Canon 7D.  Canon got a lot of
> things right with that one (finally a decent viewfinder & built in  
> external
> flash slave control all at 18 MP!).
> Don't really need video in an SLR but it's nice for the occasional  
> animal
> action sequence.
> Jan
>
> ====From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers at casefarms.com>
> ...
> Every time I use a Rolleiflex I mutter how "only 12 frames per roll"  
> can
> be limiting." (No 220 for me!). Then I look at the results and  
> wonder if
> it's just the opposite. There's a mysterious beauty in square BW negs
> that are just big enough you can appreciate the contact prints without
> the aid of a loupe. Not to mention enlargements, which shouldn't stand
> up to digital prints, but somehow do and then some.
> Maybe it's the level of effort it takes to get the end result that  
> makes
> me appreciate them so. Either that or Leica doesn't have a monopoly on
> mystique :-).
> ...
> Dave R
>
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