[rollei_list] Re: Best/Worst Rollei accessory was Re: Google Rollei archive search
- From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:53:35 -0400
Try the pistol grip with the sports finder... the nicest way to shoot
a rollei off a tripod...
Eric Goldstein
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On 8/1/07, Robert Meier <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use the prism with the pistol grip to get steadier handheld shots than I
> can get with the waistlevel finder and pushing the shutter release with my
> finger. The trigger on the pistol grip really works well for me in keeping
> it steady. Last year Todd Belcher sent me a new cable release for the
> pistol grip and that helped too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Zak" <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:26 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Best/Worst Rollei accessory was Re: Google Rollei
> archive search
>
>
> > Actually, until a few years ago, I used one quite often, interchanging
> > with the WL finder depending on subject matter or whim. I never really
> > liked the weight and poor balance, though, and eventually sold it off.
> > Later, I thought better of it and acquired a replacement. That happens
> > every time I ignore one of my home-made Rollei rules: never sell off the
> > accessories. Lately, I like it for tripod use, seldom anytime else, but
> > that could change.
> >
> > Allen Zak
> >
> > On Aug 1, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Robert Meier wrote:
> >
> >> It's interesting that noone has mentioned the prism as a most useful
> >> accessory.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Zak" <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:29 PM
> >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Best/Worst Rollei accessory was Re: Google
> >> Rollei archive search
> >>
> >>
> >>> Since the category has been stretched, my most useful accessories are:
> >>> lens hood, light meter, Rolleinar 1, neck strap (when hand held),
> >>> Rolleifix (for tripod), medium yellow filter for B&W, small electronic
> >>> flash, tripod, all but the latter stuffed into an elderly grey LowePro
> >>> Mini-Magnum bag, along with Rolleiflex and film. There are a few other
> >>> things I sometimes use, but this has been my basic outfit for decades.
> >>> I'll give it up when I'm done with photography.
> >>>
> >>> Allen Zak
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 1, 2007, at 1:10 PM, dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> No doubt some like the strap since they sell for so much money.
> >>>> However I
> >>>> don't like the way a Rollei hangs on my neck and I have a very nice
> >>>> Lowepro case that holds the camera and also essential accessories. If
> >>>> I
> >>>> was to switch to wearing the rollei as a neckless, which I won't, I
> >>>> would
> >>>> have a wide pad made to fit the strap.
> >>>>
> >>>> I got your postcard in the mail to you yesterday by the way. Thanks
> >>>> for
> >>>> the exchange.
> >>>> Dennis Purdy
> >>>>
> >>>>> The strap useless??? Only if you keep the Rollei on a tripod its
> >>>>> whole
> >>>>> life, and then the most useful accessory becomes the Rolleifix.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In my shooting, the three most essential accessories are the lenshood,
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> strap, and the Maxwell grid screen.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: <dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:06 AM
> >>>>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Best/Worst Rollei accessory was Re: Google
> >>>>> Rollei
> >>>>> archive search
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A lens shade is a must have accessory as well as a number 1 or 2
> >>>>> Rolleinar.
> >>>>> the most useless accessories I find are the everyready case and the
> >>>>> strap.
> >>>>> Dennis
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Rollei made most useful: lens hood.
> >>>>>> Rollei worst: viewing lens-mounted flash. When they were current, I
> >>>>>> thought them a bad idea, and these days a useless bad idea.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Generally most useful: for Rolleis with no or disfunctional light
> >>>>>> meter, a Gossen Luna Pro, or another almost as good hand held unit.
> >>>>>> Even with a working inboard meter, they are good to have.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Generally worst: a spoon.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Aug 2, 2007, at 2:21 AM, Marvin Wallace wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If I may, I'd like to ask one question maybe two to the group. What
> >>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> most useful accessory for Rolleiflex and what would rank as the
> >>>>>>> worst?
> >>>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>>> Marvin.
> >>>>>>>
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