[rollei_list] Re: Rolleikin Use
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:09:16 -0700
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From: "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleikin Use
I use it about once per year, for fun mainly, however it is
an
excellent option for portraits if you are decided to take
portraits
without to compose for the square format and without
cuttings, the
frame uses the best part of the lens only, the central
part, it's a
short tele for 35mm, BTW you can use it for other kind of
shots too.
The Rolleikin appeared for the first time to provide the
TLR users
means to save money shooting more frames per roll, or if
it was needed
for technical reasons, F& H did not want to do things easy
for the
35mm cameras, Leica specially; several users found
interesting to
shoot 35mm film in reflex mode when the 35mm cameras did
not offer the
reflex option. When the first color films appeared, they
were 35mm
originally and it became another reason to use the
Rolleikin.
Carlos
I also use a Rolleikin occasionally for portraits. I
find the twin lens camera is less obtrusive than a 35mm SLR
for this.
I don't know why F&H introduced the Rolleikin but it may
have been to make color _film_ available to Rollei users. I
think the first color films were available only as 35mm.
Some very early processes were available only as color
plates. The plate back would have made processes like Finley
or the early Agfa color available and the Rolleikin the
later Agfacolor and Kodachrome.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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