[rollei_list] Re: Rollei H1, UV, R1, R2 and R1,5 filters

  • From: "Allan Derickson" <alland435@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:31:18 -0800

Real men shoot chromes!

If I were king of all photography schools the students would have to shoot
nothing but chromes for projection the first two years. They would learn
exposure because chromes have the least latitude. They would learn about
light and color temperatures and how to correct with filters. They would
learn composition because cropping would occur at the time of exposure.

I have several years of Fujichrome 120 and 220 in the freezer. I just hope
Walmart continues to process it cheaply!

Allan

> I, too, can only thank Carlos for his
> explanation.  We probably ought to develop a FAQ on the care and loving
> of a Rolleiflex camera!
> 
> The Decamired filter system was all the rage when it was developed in
> the 1950's.  Leica and Zeiss Ikon toyed with it but only Ha$$elbland
> and Rolleiflex made it a foundation for the photography made with their
> cameras.  And the Decamired system works wonderfully with color
> emulsions, particularly with chromes.  (Remember those?  Slides?  Does
> anyone still shoot slides?)
> 
> Slides have no permissible error as they are first-generation images.
> Oh, certainly, a quiet evening in a dark-room with Ilfachrome chemistry
> and paper can adjust a lot of things but, in the end, chromes are
> merciless judges of our abilities to capture a picture.  Imagine a
> bright and sunny autumn day.  Imagine a dark alley in a city, an alley
> bounded by office buildings.  Splashes of vivid color and the hard dark
> of shadows.  I can do quite well with that ultimate art medium of
> schwarz-weiss.  I can make a reasonable compromise with C-41 emulsions.
> But chromes will just die there were it not for the ability of
> Decamired filters to sort out a solution.
> 
> This brings back a lot of very pleasant memories of shooting local
> league soccer games twenty years back, when I first got my 2.8GX, that
> powerhouse of picture-takers.  Fall evenings and a bunch of teen-agers
> running around the field ablaze with the colors of their uniforms.  It
> took me a year to learn how to photograph those properly.  That was all
> back in the Longago, back when I still took pictures.
> 
> And Harrison & Harrison is still around, for the all of it.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> 


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