[rollei_list] Re: Limit of Rolleicord Triotar
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:47:03 -0700
Eric,
As a H'blad user, I would NOT shake my head in disbelief. My old
Xenar equipped Rolleis produced 6x6 slides that certainly equaled
those from the H'blad with its 80mm Planar.
I did find though, that the projector made a world of difference. Nothing
equaled the best Leitz or Rollei 6x6cm projectors. The lenses on lesser
projectors had chromatic and/or spherical aberration. (showed up as
color fringing and unsharpness in corners) The slides were bound in
glass.
Jerry
Eric Goldstein wrote:
> Jim -
>
> I have a Rolleicord III just like you had. Mine has a Xenar; most that
> I've seen do. I have covered the inside with black velvet flocking
> cloth; Harry Fleenor keeps in in tune for me. It is a wonderful,
> ergonomic camera with a really fine lens. Back when Kodak used to
> mount 66 Kodachrome slides in cardboard mounts, I would show them on
> an 60's vintage Polaroid MF Projector (got it NOS for $50). The impact
> of the all the detail this crazy old system produced used to make
> people gasp (maybe it was just my bad photography). Mr friends with
> Hassies would shake their heads in disbelief...
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> On 10/11/06, Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In 1952, when I was fourteen years old, I bought a new Rolleicord. I
> > have no idea, at this time, which lens it had. I do know that it was
> > the newest Rolleicord, directly from the distributor.
> >
> > I photographed lots of stuff back then. But one thing in particular
> > sticks in my mind.
> >
> > I belonged to the Santa Cruz Camera Club. That's Santa Cruz
> > California. Every year I helped the local photo company (Webber's
> > Photo) photograph the Miss California contest. One year (I was around
> > sixteen), I photographed one of the contestants (Dina Stearns - she
> > was a local girl and we all knew her) sitting on an old piling, along
> > the beach. It was a bright summer day, I had a white reflector to
> > fill in the harsh shadows. I don't remember the film or developer,
> > but I was using my Rolleicord on a tripod.
> >
> > Later that month, there was a Camera Club meeting, the contest theme
> > being 'still life'. I printed my photograph of Dina to 16x20 and
> > mounted it on a 20x24 white mount board. I took it to the club
> > meeting even though it did not qualify as a still life - hey, she was
> > 'still', and she was full of 'life'... ;-)
> >
> > Anyway, my photo was put up on the display board, to the left of all
> > of the fruit bowl and flower still lifes. At the end of the judging,
> > the judge (the club president) said, and I've never forgotten this,
> > "everyone needs to come up here and look at this photograph of Dina.
> > Jim Brick took it with his Rolleicord and printed it to 16x20. Come
> > see how sharp, crisp, and clear this photograph is. And after seeing
> > this, I don't ever want to hear any excuses for unsharp photographs."
> >
> > I still have the box to my original Rolleicord. The price marked on
> > it is $149.50. I wish I still had the camera. I got the camera at
> > cost, $99, as my uncle's drug store had a photo counter and he was
> > able to buy directly from the distributor.
> >
> > My point is, a 16x20 print from my 1952 Rolleicord caught the
> > attention of the Camera Club president. I still have the print,
> > stored somewhere, and the negative, which is stored with a lot of
> > other negs from back then, in the Rolleicord box.
> >
> > If anybody knows what model Rolleicord, and possibly the lens type,
> > for a new 1952 Rolleicord, I would be grateful.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > At 07:50 PM 10/11/2006 +0100, karqvlsg wrote:
> > >What is the largest enlargement the memeber of this list would have
> > >found the Triotar of the Rolleicord II to be capable of?
> > >Mine is approx 1948, a coated version.
> > >I am aware that often you may crop the image and not always print
> > >the whole neg.
> > >Would the best definition be around f8-11?
> > >My previous experience has been the triplet lens used in the Chinese
> > >Seagull and Pearl River cameras.
> >
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