[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:15:43 -0700
Hmm Jerry. Now how do you really feel about it? :-)
But what about the Rolleinar .35 for the Tele? Didn't that compensate
somewhat? The one thing that was always interesting to me was that the
Rollei TLR was so favored among PJS through the 60s while the Hassy was more
for weddings in the 70s and later. Seems they each had their own prime
market. For portraits I remember the main cameras in the 70s were the Hassy
with 150mm Sonnar, or the Mamiya RB67.
Peter K
On 9/7/05, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> They were focussed by big levers which looked like the outside
> brake lever on a Red Label Bentley. The pre-focus positions
> were marked as; "first base, pitcher, left field" and so on.
>
> Tele-Rolleis suck, as portrait cameras. Closest focus is over
> 9 feet!
>
> Jerry
>
> Peter J Nebergall wrote:
>
> > These machines appeared to have bellows extensions. Yes they were
> > prefocused.
> >
> > Question: I have periodically seen notice of a "Tele-Rolleiflex," but I
> > have never seen one in use. How good are they? Portrait cameras?
> >
> > PJ Nebergall
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:27:26 -0700 "Richard Knoppow"
> > <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Peter J Nebergall" <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 6:36 AM
> > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
> > >
> > >
> > > > No, these were not the big SLR. They were
> > > > groundglass-focusers, same as
> > > > in some of the 1930s textx I studied. My teacher, Lester
> > > > Wilson, an
> > > > associate of Joe Rosenthal, insisted I learn the old
> > > > ways...
> > > >
> > > > Peter nebergall
> > > >
> > >
> > > If you are refering to the "Big Bertha" there is really no
> > > question that they were as I described them and a few such
> > > cameras have survived. There were probably other rigs for
> > > telephoto photography. A press camera, using ground glass
> > > focusing, is possible if focused in advance to anticipate
> > > the action. I think the Big Bertha was used this way, and
> > > sports photographers with much more modern equipment still
> > > work by anticipating action. Please see any edition of
> > > _Graphic Graflex Photography_ for pictures and a description
> > > of the Big Bertha camera.
> > > ---
> > > Richard Knoppow
> > > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
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