[rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip
- From: "Richard Sintchak" <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:34:57 -0800
While it may sound awkward try using the left hand to advice, just
tilt the whole rig over slightly reach the left hand over and crank,
never taking the right hand off the grip. I believe that how it was
designed to work. It's very capable and ergonomic that way. Try it.
--
Richard S.
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks to all who chimed in on my inquiry into the pistol grip. I've got a
> pretty good kit put together now.
> You can see it with a Canon speedlight 199A to the grip
> here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3124302150_48b558c797.jpg.
> I've run roll through with an even older Sunpak 3400 (hammer style). Big
> rig, but looks even more impressive, and a little faster to use as the
> flash's column is sturdy enough to hold with the left hand while the right
> lets go of the pistol grip to advance. Flash photography with Rolleiflex
> adds another dimension, and about six more orders of difficulty, but it's
> fun.
> Elias
> On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
>
> Elias, I repeat the URL for the equipment setup photograph, my message
> apperead in the list, perhaps you did not receive it (please let me know if
> you could see the image).
> It's the third photograph, I wrote it's not a good scanning due to I used my
> old scanner:
> http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com/2006/10/some-rollei-tlr-cameras.html
> Carlos
>
>
> --- El dom 7-dic-08, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> De: Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip
> Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fecha: domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2008, 9:50 pm
> Hi Carlos,
> Mark and I mean a photo of the camera with the pistol grip
> and the
> flash - I found the URLs for the two photos you took
> (beautiful), but
> I could not find any URL for a photo of the camera. Is
> there one?
> Jerry - I don't mean I want a photo posted to the list,
> I mean a link
> to a photo posted elsewhere.
> Elias
> On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
>
> If you read my first answer to your post, I wrote the
>
> URL for two
>
> photographs taken using the set-up and I also wrote
>
> the URL about
>
> the setup photograph.-
> Carlos
> --- El dom 7-dic-08, Mark Rabiner
>
> <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> De: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip
> Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fecha: domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2008, 9:34 pm
> Lets see a picture that setup takes.
>
>
> mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
> From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:01:15 -0800
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip
> Sorry, but the RUG won't accept photos
>
> Elias Roustom wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 2008, at 5:21 AM, Carlos Manuel
>
> Freaza
>
> wrote:
>
> to use an electronic flash via a flash
>
> bracket
>
> attached to the Rollei
>
> grip.
>
> How does that work? Does anybody have a
>
> picture of
>
> that setup?
>
> E.
>
>
>
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