[rollei_list] Re: Best/Worst Rollei accessory was Re: Google Rollei archive search
- From: dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:53:33 -0400 (EDT)
I wouldn't call it a favorite accessory but for me the prism has become
almost essential. I went to using a prism because of age related failing
near vision. I could no longer look right down on the image with out
reading glasses and the prism solves that problem. You don't need your
glasses at all (if you can set the controls well enough by squinting). I
was afraid when I switched to using the prism that my compositions would
get stiff and I think they have. Nothing quite as nice as just gazing
comfortably at the image on a screen. As my eyesight worsens I can see I
might go back to the WLF due to needing glasses all the time anyway.
What I do like about the prism is that for hand holding you are not
restricted in the orientation of the camera. You can hold it sideways
like binoculers or upside down to give you and extra bit of height. I
find it more stable when looking straight down to hold it sideways. When
holding the prism in the normal orientation I put my left hand on top of
the prism when about to shoot. It is very stable that way.
I suppose the pistol grip might be useful but it just looks too goofy for me.
Dennis Purdy
> 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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