[rollei_list] Re: The Tragedy of the SL66
- From: Mike Kovacs <mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:10:04 -0400
Thanks. I am not familiar with that nature work that you cite. Its
amusing when a certain piece of equipment or photographic approach
causes us to unwittingly repeat the past work of others.
I use a Gossen Luna Pro F incident meter and a Soligar Digital 1 degree
spot meter for all of my work.
Mike
Jan Decher wrote:
Excellent work Mike!! Quite reminscent of Edeltraud and Othmar
Danesch's nature photography who use the SL66 extensively in the 60s
and 70s.
What meter do you use outdoors with you meterless SL66? Did you try
the awkward chimney meter of the original SL66? Makes me want to get
my SL66SE back... ;-(
Marc: IMHO I think it's quite inconceivable that Rollei would have
produced a 6x6 SLR in the 50s given the strong professional prejudice
against SLRs that lasted until the Nikon F succeeded. Zeiss of course
made a similar mistake by waiting too long to come out with the fully
modular Contarex until 1960 (61?). And what a beast it was compared
to the Nikon.
The SL66 was way to costly in 1965 and the meter finder came out
somewhat later and was too large. Expensive or not, I know of at
least two advanced amateurs in my (mid-size) home town in Germany who
owned SL66s in the 70s. One was an artist (Paul Seuthe) whos SL66 I
bought from him shortly before he passed away in the early 1990s.
Jan
On 17 Apr 2007, at 02:29, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:20:27 -0400
From: Mike Kovacs <mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: The Tragedy of the SL66
A very nice post Marc.
The SL66 is a first-class professional tool. ....
Let me help Charlie Barringer with his teeth gnashing and turn that into
some positive action :)
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Marc: IMHO I think it's quite inconceivable that Rollei would have produced a 6x6 SLR in the 50s given the strong professional prejudice against SLRs that lasted until the Nikon F succeeded. Zeiss of course made a similar mistake by waiting too long to come out with the fully modular Contarex until 1960 (61?). And what a beast it was compared to the Nikon. The SL66 was way to costly in 1965 and the meter finder came out somewhat later and was too large. Expensive or not, I know of at least two advanced amateurs in my (mid-size) home town in Germany who owned SL66s in the 70s. One was an artist (Paul Seuthe) whos SL66 I bought from him shortly before he passed away in the early 1990s.
Jan On 17 Apr 2007, at 02:29, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:20:27 -0400 From: Mike Kovacs <mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mskovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: The Tragedy of the SL66 A very nice post Marc. The SL66 is a first-class professional tool. ....Let me help Charlie Barringer with his teeth gnashing and turn that intosome positive action :)
- [rollei_list] Re: The Tragedy of the SL66
- From: Jan Decher