[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35, a camera for trips

  • From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:12:37 -0200

Uwe:
        I use ISO 400 films most of the times with the Rollei 35, for
every purpose; sometimes ISO 200 and ISO 100 rarely. I like to shoot
indoors with natural light if possible, otherwise I use flash; I used
the Rollei 35 with tripod a few times.

The Rollei 35 has the flash hot shoe at the camera bottom and you need
to invert the camera position to take photographs with flash,
otherwise you could get ugly shadows. Anyway, using the right
supplementary hot shoe and flash bracket combo you can solve this
ergonomics issue easily. Electronic flashes were big and heavy when
the Rollei 35 was designed and F&H feared the camera top cover (that
protected some mechanisms) could suffer  damage with the flash on it.
Rollei Fototechnic added a plate on the camera top cover and changed
the flash hot shoe position for the Rollei 35 special editions made
from about 1983.

I use an old manual flash with the Rollei 35 most of the times. It´s a
little and powerful "National PE-204" from Japan, you need to estimate
the distance for the flash to adjust the camera f stop, you also need
to estimate the focusing distance  and then your estimation is useful
for the flash and for the focus.

Carlos

2014-02-15 18:20 GMT-03:00 PaintingWithLenses <paintingwithlenses@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> indeed, cell-phones are very handy, when it comes to shooting a scene that's 
> not worth spending money on it - I also use it for planing a shot with the 
> SL66; very convenient, that all parameters are saved (important for the light 
> condition) and even the GPS-position, so the phone can lead me right to the 
> location.
> The first roll out of my 35er will decide wether my confidence in shooting 
> analog is back or I still have to test a bit.
> At least the last rolls out of my SL66 and 6008AF gave proof to me that the  
> cameras work perfect :)
>
> Which kind of film do you take for indoors - 400 or 800? Or do you fix the 
> 35er to a flash?
>
> Uwe
> 😃
>
>> Am 15.02.2014 um 15:24 schrieb CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hi Uwe:
>>             I´m using this Rollei 35 from 2006 and it works very fine
>> after an initial CLA. It has a Varta 1,35v mercury battery for the
>> lightmeter (the original voltage); I bought some batteries from a list
>> member a few years ago, but they are no longer available. The
>> lightmeter is exact indeed;  I rarely use it outdoors with natural
>> light, but I use it indoors.
>>
>> Rollei 35 cameras and Rollei TLR cameras look very different, however
>> they have three significant common points: Both use wheels to set f
>> stops and shutter speeds, both have similar system for the coupled
>> lightmeter (needle and follower pointer) and both have central leaf
>> shutter with flash sync for all shutter speeds.
>>
>> Last year I almost bought a digital Canon SLR (not your model, a
>> cheaper one), but I found my Nokia Lumia 920 cellphone and its apps
>> are enough for my current digital needs. It even has a Carl Zeiss
>> lens!
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>> 2014-02-15 10:12 GMT-03:00 PaintingWithLenses <paintingwithlenses@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hi Carlos et al Rollei 35 users;)
>>>
>>> You finally made it - now I wanted to try out a 35er on my own.
>>> This first series camera is real great - thinking about the age and 
>>> everything still working, even the light-meter and its battery.
>>> The light-meter shows exact the same values as my Canon 5d Mark II !
>>> I really don't need to take my Sekonic with me - except for ambience 
>>> light...but in 90% it's rliable enough
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Uwe
>>> 😃
>>>
>>>> Am 15.02.2014 um 13:36 schrieb CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> The King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second biggest
>>>> penguin after the Emperor penguin:
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12524877054/
>>>>
>>>> Most penguins in this photograph are Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus
>>>> magellanicus):
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12524501723/
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> 2014-02-08 7:46 GMT-03:00 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> A beach day:
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12361317773/
>>>>>
>>>>> Stones:
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12361306833/
>>>>>
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-02-04 11:12 GMT-03:00 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> Sea and city:
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12291877133/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A cloudy day in the downtown:
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12292128624/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-01-26 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>> An iconic building:
>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12149910775/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A lunch close to the sea:
>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12150327404/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2014-01-25 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>> Last Thursday I came back to my city after a summer holidays trip. I
>>>>>>>> drove my car along almost 3.800 km (2,360 miles, round trip) with one
>>>>>>>> of my sons help. I went to Mar del Plata city, a nice place with
>>>>>>>> beaches on the south Atlantic in the Province /state of Buenos Aires,
>>>>>>>> 400km to the south of Buenos Aires city, Argentinean capital.
>>>>>>>> I carried the Rollei 35 Tessar (the 35 Sonnar is waiting for more test
>>>>>>>> after a recent repair), the Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar; and I also took
>>>>>>>> some images -family shots- with my Nokia 920 cell phone, it has a Carl
>>>>>>>> Zeiss lens. I still need to develop the two Ilford Pan F+ 50 rolls
>>>>>>>> taken with the 2.8C, perhaps I'll do it tonight or tomorrow.
>>>>>>>> These are the first two images taken with the Rollei 35 Tessar and
>>>>>>>> Kodak Ultramax 400 color negative film:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12131417625/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/12128106714/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Carlos
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