[rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip...my video clip

That's great Carlos - your video quality is much better than mine - I had the same trouble with the film advance with my empty camera on my video. If you look closely you can see that I turned one too many times.
Do you really leave the advance lever out when shooting? I've found that it causes the shutter release button to stick unless I have it back in the closed position. I must be doing something wrong.
As far as keeping the subject in view, I can actually do it more comfortably with the rig held by the large flash in my left hand. It is a heavy rig though... but the other night I got a really good shot (from 7 frames - the others were still focus and well lit, only the subject was not good) of my brother washing his 1 year old, who would not sit still for a second. With practice, the Rolleiflex with Rolleimeter on the pistol grip with a "Hammer" style flash is a very fast shooter - almost as fast as an SLR, in low light maybe a little faster. But what do I really know, I'm just an amateur with a really cool toy. Enjoying it just the same. Gives me healthy sense of respect for the professionals of yesteryear. 

Elias

On Dec 25, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:


Elias:
I think your method is good and safe if you don't need to maintain the subject framed for other photograph, I did a video clip lower resolution than yours about the way I use the Rollei grip, however I'd like to do the following clarifications:
1)The firsts seconds are supposed to focus the subject turning the focusing knob with the left hand. I forgot to do it. 2)I lose film advance crank "feeling" without film, the crank advance becomes light too much and I lost time paying attention to the crank, I do things more quick with film ( I don't fold -unfold the crank). 
3)I knew I was doing a videoclip and became "nervous".

http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-8568288160046005401&hl=es

Carlos


--- El dom 21-dic-08, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:



Yes, Carlos and Richard it works beautifully. I got the hang
of it right away - quite natural. A little awkward with wool
gloves on while romping through foot deep snow with my dog.

My daughter and I made this very low res video file to show
how the advance is done with the right hand while using the
big Sunpak flash:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1722756263726713433&hl=en

What can I say, school's out for the holidays and
I've got to keep her busy.

You can also see the rig (or kit) with the Sunpak here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/3126687912/

Elias


On Dec 21, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Richard Sintchak wrote:


Sory, "advice" should be

"advance"....


On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Richard Sintchak

<rich815@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.


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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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