Yes, Carlos and Richard it works beautifully. I got the hang of it right away - quite natural. A little awkward with wool gloves on while romping through foot deep snow with my dog.
My daughter and I made this very low res video file to show how the advance is done with the right hand while using the big Sunpak flash: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1722756263726713433&hl=en
What can I say, school's out for the holidays and I've got to keep her busy.
You can also see the rig (or kit) with the Sunpak here: http:// www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/3126687912/
Elias On Dec 21, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Richard Sintchak wrote:
Sory, "advice" should be "advance"....On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Richard Sintchak <rich815@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:While it may sound awkward try using the left hand to advice, just tilt the whole rig over slightly reach the left hand over and crank, never taking the right hand off the grip. I believe that how it was designed to work. It's very capable and ergonomic that way. Try it. -- Richard S. San Francisco My Photography Website http://www.lightshadowandtone.com My Flickr River http://flickriver.com/photos/rich8155/popular-interesting/ My Commute Photo Blog http://shootingonthefly.blogspot.com/On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Thanks to all who chimed in on my inquiry into the pistol grip. I've got apretty good kit put together now. You can see it with a Canon speedlight 199A to the grip here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3124302150_48b558c797.jpg.I've run roll through with an even older Sunpak 3400 (hammer style). Big rig, but looks even more impressive, and a little faster to use as the flash's column is sturdy enough to hold with the left hand while the right lets go of the pistol grip to advance. Flash photography with Rolleiflex adds another dimension, and about six more orders of difficulty, but it'sfun. Elias On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:Elias, I repeat the URL for the equipment setup photograph, my message apperead in the list, perhaps you did not receive it (please let me know ifyou could see the image).It's the third photograph, I wrote it's not a good scanning due to I used myold scanner:http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com/2006/10/some-rollei-tlr- cameras.htmlCarlos --- El dom 7-dic-08, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: De: Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fecha: domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2008, 9:50 pm Hi Carlos, Mark and I mean a photo of the camera with the pistol grip and the flash - I found the URLs for the two photos you took (beautiful), but I could not find any URL for a photo of the camera. Is there one? Jerry - I don't mean I want a photo posted to the list, I mean a link to a photo posted elsewhere. Elias On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote: If you read my first answer to your post, I wrote the URL for two photographs taken using the set-up and I also wrote the URL about the setup photograph.- Carlos --- El dom 7-dic-08, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: De: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fecha: domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2008, 9:34 pm Lets see a picture that setup takes. mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mark William Rabiner From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:01:15 -0800 To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip Sorry, but the RUG won't accept photos Elias Roustom wrote: On Dec 7, 2008, at 5:21 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote: to use an electronic flash via a flash bracket attached to the Rollei grip. How does that work? Does anybody have a picture of that setup? 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