[LRflex] Re: Red-brick Gothic....shifting tides to Black Gondolas
- From: LEICAFLEX <leicaflex@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:41:51 -0700
Hi Douglas,
Enjoyed your series too! I'm a great fan of the Rolleiflex 3003 and
CZ lenses. In fact, I have a converter to use these CZ Rollei "QBM
mount" lenses on the Canon DSLR. My past experience with
Velvia/Sensia/Ektachrome loaded onto the 3003 leads me to never want
to sell my Rollei 3003 kit even though the convenience of digital
erodes away on the "quality time" that I used to spend with this
camera. As an engineer, I just love the modular design of this system.
I've actually shot more with this 3003 system than any other SLR
system.
Allow me to share some pleasant memories with the list. Here are
examples taken in Venice in 1999 with a Rolleiflex 3003 camera and
25mm Distagon lens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecky/331476658/in/set-72157594435520065
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecky/331485858/in/set-72157594435520065
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecky/331485681/in/set-72157594435520065
and here are 2 taken with the 85mm 1.4 HFT Planar:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecky/331485723/in/set-72157594435520065
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecky/331485814/in/set-72157594435520065
The monochromes were scanned from Tri-X neg.'s then tinted in Corel
Photopaint.
Cheers!
Eric
> On 19/03/2008, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi, David, and thanks for taking a look.
> > The shots are taken more or less straight of the CD I got back from the
> > lab - of course they don't tell you what scanning parameters they used
> > in the way of shapening (I suspect they did a lot of that - a little too
> > much for my liking) and possibly tweaked the contrast too. I'm thinking
> > of running them through my own scanner when I have time to see if
> > there's a difference. In fact, on one scan on the CD the tarmac of the
> > road was violet, even though the scans of the neighbouring negatives
> > were ok as far as the colour is concerned - I reckon the predominant red
> > of the shot (bricks) screws up their automatic processing.
> > If I get a chance, the big Rollei (6006) will get taken out for a walk
> > soon - I'm looking forward to seeing some BIG slides again.
> > Cheers
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> > David Young wrote:
> > > Hello again, Douglas!
> > >
> > > A few minutes ago, I wrote:
> > >
> > >> /However, on my monitor it appears that the contrast is a wee bit
> > >> high, in all of them. I suspect this is a consequence of
> > >> over-ripened (out of date) film. There also seems to be a fair bit
> > >> of grain ... particularly in the last one ... imm030_31A. This, too,
> > >> may be because of the beyond date film. I just didn't expect that
> > >> much grain/ from any 6x6 negative.
> > >
> > >
> > > It turns out that the Rollei 3003 is not a 6x6 but a rather rare 35mm
> > > camera! I've been reading up on it, and it's quite a toy! I'd never
> > > run across such a camera, or even heard of it. Looks to be a very
> > > interesting device! For those who also do not know this camera,
> > > Steven Gandy's Cameraquest site has a good blurb on it. ...
> > > http://www.cameraquest.com/rol3003.htm
> > >
> > > However the format explains the grain, so I withdraw my comments about
> > > the grain. My mistreak!
> > >
> > > (Still a nice series of photos!)
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > ---
> > >
> > > David Young,
> > > Logan Lake, CANADA
> > >
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