Hi Barry (or James), I looked at the site and was impressed with the arisitic quaility of the pictures and your biography. I know little about pinhole photography but would suppose than the process is different and one would have to be interested in that process of taking and developing pinhole generated pictures. I may stand corrected but think that Rollei photography would be excellent for that type of b&w work. It would make the process much easier. For that matter if the process is th fun part of it one could go to the older Rollei 35, have the process and take excellent quaility b&w pictures and not have the film or size constraints. The 35's were discussed and some excellent pictures were posted. Again,the pinhole site was interesting. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: jamesromeo@xxxxxxx To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:22 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rollei or pinhole? Try pinhole Take a look at www,pinholeformat.com I have 4 pages in it James Romeo James On Sep 25, 2006, at 7:21 PM, AardCard wrote: That's not as silly as it sounds... I've just joined this group and need some help with a decision I have to make. I was complaining to some friends the other day that I was getting tired of digital photography - I have a Nikon D70 and after 2 years of almost daily use, it still doesn't live up to my expectations. Half jokingly I said I was thinking of going in the opposite direction and building myself a pinhole camera. One of my friends suggested I'd be far happier with his 1950something Rollei. Alcohol was involved so I can't remember the model number, but I'm meeting up with him in a week or so and I'm sure he'll continue to try to sell me his camera. I don't know anything about Rollei, but I am excited by the prospect of embracing and learning how to use old technology. What do I need to be aware of - what are the good/bad points? I don't know what lenses he may or may not have. Is it a problem finding a good range of lenses. To give you an idea of the kind of pics I want to take, here's a link to some recent images. Thanks for the help... Barry www.AardCard.com