I have, under the guidance and with the encouragement of Carlos Freaza. I love it, but I was always one to use the sportsfinder on my 2.8C... It does make the camera a bit top-heavy. but have no problems handling the rig with the help of the Rolleigrip... Eric Goldstein -- On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Don Williams<dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote: > At 05:26 PM 7/24/2009, Ken Frazier wrote: > > Folks, > > Anyone on the list used a Rolleimeter? If so, your thoughts, comments, > etc., would be welcome. > > -- > Ken Frazier <kennybod@xxxxxxx> > > Never used one but always wanted one. I haven't even handled one, but from > the photos I got the impression that the glass bar in the center could be a > weak/breakable element. Maybe not. > > I sure wish there had been something like that for the RolleiMarin. Hard to > follow the subject with a reversed image and focus at the same time. A > friend of mine who used to manufacture Nikon U/W housings used to have an > accessory that pointed two light beams so that they met at the focal point. > (Not bright enough to be seen in flash pictures, by the way.) I should have > done something similar when I was active in U/W photography. I did develop > a slide rule that computed the exposure settings for flash, based on the > distance of visibility. > > Worked fine, still have it. It was done in the days before hand held > calculators so all the calculations were done with log tables. The light > loss was based on some work done at Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego. > > DAW > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list