The problem with the Tele-Mutar for portraits is that the minimum focusing distance is magnified along with the focal length, so it's a little more than five feet. And that is not close enough for a head shot.
On Apr 16, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
I can assure that the Rollei TLR camera with the Rolleikin is more comfortable to take _vertical format_ portraits than any 35mm camera provided with tele lenses; things change for the horizontal format, the TLR becomes uncomfortable for this case. BTW I agree with you about the 6x6cm film area, it does not make sense to have a MF camera to use it for 35mm, however the Rolleikin is a funny and useful accesory to use sometimes.Tele Mutars are a bit rare and expensive, Rollei recommended to use them at f 5.6 or smaller f stop, I have seen some very good portraits taken with the Tele Mutar, most of them using tripod.-Carlos --- El jue 16-abr-09, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> escribió:De: Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Bloviating, Part 2: 2/85 Zeiss Sonnar Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fecha: jueves, 16 de abril de 2009, 9:11 am But by using the Rolleikin, you might as well be shooting a Contax, Nikon or any other small format camera. The whole point of the 'flex is the wonderful 6x6cm film area to capture the image. How often to Tele-Mutar's show up, and what do they generally run? I have the close up adapters, but they don't do the flattering foreshortening that a true tele would for portaits. Cheers, Thor On 16. april. 2009, at 13.46, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:--- El mié 15-abr-09, Marc James Small<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:... We Rolleiflex TLR users frequently note that the sole drawbackto thecamera is that it is not a decent portrait takerdue to itsnormal-lens format. Of course, a Tele-Mutar orDuonar helpsthis out quite a bit!...I agree if you are trying to take a portrait on theminimal focusing distance point or very close to this point, otherwise normal Rollei TLR lenses are very good for portraits if you are not looking for a head study IMO.BTW, the Rolleikin converts Rollei TLR normal lensesinto terrific -superb-short teles for portraits.Carlos Yahoo! Cocina Recetas prácticas y comida saludable http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'subscribe'in the subject field OR by logging intowww.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR bylogging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_listYahoo! Cocina Recetas prácticas y comida saludable http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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