[rollei_list] Re: Is your Rollei your only camera ?
- From: Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:15:29 +0100 (BST)
Maybe, Jerry - I consider that a direct vision
viewfinder is more, er, direct, though, and a camera
such as a Leica allows me to be at one with the
subject, whereas a TLR allows me to compose the image
- if you can forgive such a pompous explanation.
Nick
--- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nick,
>
> On the contrary! Having a camera in front of your
> face
> imposes. Having a camera at your waist level is far
> more
> discrete.
>
> Jerry
>
> Nick Roberts wrote:
>
> > I meant to say that I much prefer shooting on the
> TLR
> > for some reason - I think it's the way that the
> > subject becomes abstract in the WLF. It's almost
> > exactly the opposite process to rangefinder
> > photography, where the camera doesn't intrude into
> the
> > picture making process. With a TLR, the camera
> imposes
> > itself on the process - I take different pictures
> with
> > each type of camera - and different again with an
> SLR.
> > But I photograph better with a TLR.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > --- Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have vastly more cameras than I could possibly
> > > need.
> > > The key ones are my Rollei TLRs, my Rollei 35mm
> > > SLRs,
> > > my Canon EOS digital and film system, my
> Contaxes,
> > > my
> > > Leica and "Voigtlander" rangefinder kit and my
> > > Exakta/Pentacon 6 kit. And that is vastly too
> much,
> > > never mind all the rest of my stuff....
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Fred Fichter <ffichter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > I'm thinking about trading all the serious
> cameras
> > > > (japanese SLR + TLR)
> > > > I have around for a Rollei, as I'm getting
> more
> > > and
> > > > more interested in
> > > > medium format and I don't have the money to
> keep
> > > all
> > > > this gear.
> > > > Would probably not loose a lot of abilities in
> the
> > > > process, as 90% of
> > > > the time I use a normal lens with 6x6 or 35mm.
> > > > Nevertheless, I'd like to hear from
> Rollei-only
> > > > shooters... are you
> > > > happy ?
> > > >
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
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