[rollei_list] Re: Quiet here, anyone out there?

  • From: Robert Meier <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:20:18 -0500 (CDT)

B&H lists Portra 160 and Portra 400 in 220 as current film.


On Oct 15, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 11:27 AM 10/15/2012, vick.ko@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Thanks Marc
>> 
>> I'm also hoping a Rolleiwide comes my way soon.
>> 
>> Vick
> 
> 
> We had a phrase for that back forty years ago in the Army.  It is too crude 
> to repeat on a public list but it boiled down to, 'good luck on that'.  
> Better to look for a Weitwinkel-Mutar.  Those can be had for a bit of pelf 
> and work well.  Bear in mind that the Mutars were designed for the 3.5 
> cameras but they do perform well on the 2.8 cameras as well.  I own a 2.8F 
> 12/24 (it is grand to own a camera for which film is no longer made) and a 
> 2.8 GX and a Rolleicord III and an Automat, Typ III, Postwar, as well as a 
> Baby Grey.  I own a Prewar Magnar and a Postwar CZJ Duonar and both Mutars.  
> I am not bragging:  Carlos owns 172 Rolleiflex cameras and Jrrry Lehrer owns 
> 227.  <he grins>
> 
> If you are VERY patient, a Rolleiwide will fall into your hands.  I have zero 
> money in my camera collection through cautious buying and selling over the 
> years.  I spent $200 to buy my first two Leicas and then sold one of them for 
> a thousand dollars.  That sort of thing stirs my blood. I still have the 
> other Leica, and they will peel the IIIc out of my dead hands once I am gone 
> to my reward.  You have proven yourself to be a willing sharer of your grand 
> knowledge of things photographic and that helps.  People come to me as I help 
> them in deciphering some oddball accessory.  I pick up gear that way.  Again, 
> patience works.
> 
> Now, what Rolleiflex gear do you have?  Put your stuff on the table, and 
> someone might be interested in a swap.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> 
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