[rollei_list] Re: Pistol Grip
- From: "Richard Sintchak" <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 09:45:15 -0800
I'm with Carlos on this one, I never thought it would work well but
then found one cheap, got it, and find I really like it. I does not
exactly replace using it the normal way, just another way that can
often work out well, IMO.
One interesting thing I have found: when using a camera and pointing
it at someone people get self-conscious. However if you use a
Rolleiflex with the pistol grip and "pan" with it people think you're
using some old movie camera and for some reason just think you're a
silly tourist and ignore you. So I'll often slowly "pan" my camera to
give this impression and fire off the pistol grip at the moment of the
framed shot I want. Funny little aspect in using this funky
accessory.
--
Richard S.
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On 12/7/08, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I disagree with you Mark. There is no a better way to shoot with the Rollei
> TLR and automatic electronic flash than the Rollei Pistol grip; there is no a
> better way to use the Rolleimeter and the secondory mirror and sportsfinder
> than the Rolleigrip, there is no a better way to hold the camera over a lot
> of heads around you and to shoot it than the Rollei Pistol grip. The pistol
> grip was not a product of desperation, it was a product to allow a better use
> for the secondary mirror, the flash unit and the sportsfinder for the
> photographic situations where a higher camera point of view is necessary or
> to use an electronic flash via a flash bracket attached to the Rollei grip.
>
> You can change the focusing distance with the Rolleigrip easily using the
> left hand for the focusing knob and viewing the subject through the secondory
> mirror and following it through the sposrtsfinder, even better using the
> Rolleimeter 'cause you do both tasks via the sportsfinder only; to change the
> exposure - the shutter speed is the real problem- again you can do it
> crossing your left arm in front of the camera using the left hand to hold the
> camera against your chest while you change the shutter speed with your right
> hand or you can use your left index finger to change it. In general the
> automatic flash use does not require to change the exposure after you
> adjusted it.
> BTW, I only use the Rollei pistol grip when I need it really: for action
> shots, flash shots and Rolleimeter shots, these are two samples about the
> Rollei Pistol grip use, the first one for flash and subject movement:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/2899898894/
>
> and this one to use Rolleimeter for focusing under low natural light:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/344264153/
>
> Carlos
>
> --- El dom 7-dic-08, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> > De: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > I would recommend against the Pistol Grip.
> > Its a product of desperation not convenience or anything
> > else.
> > 35mm cameras were coming in.
> > The pistol grip did not transform a twin lens Rolleiflex
> > into a point and
> > shoot.
> > It just got your hands off the controls.
> > Its best your thumbs are on the controls. The f stops and
> > shutter speeds.
> > Where they fall naturally if your are holding the camera
> > the way it was
> > designed to be held. In your hands.
> >
> >
> >
> > mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Mark William Rabiner
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reply-To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 22:01:12 -0500
> > > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [rollei_list] Pistol Grip
> > >
> > > Does the pistol grip work with all models? I have a
> > 2.8C, and I see
> > > this grip on eBay: 150276206696
> > >
> > > I've discovered how fast the Rolleimeter, a
> > shutter release cable,
> > > and a pistol grip can make picture taking with the TLR
> > - of course
> > > I'm using the grip from an old Bell & Howell
> > 8mm movie camera.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Elias
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