The lens was 'fair' on my copy. edge and corners were very soft though.
Was fine for some newspaper work I did in 60's but shooting a large group
and keeping faces recognizable anywhere near the edges was a challenge.
The biggest issues, for me, were mechanical; the film advance crank
jammed solid in the middle of football game and after that was repaired the
focusing lever disengaged. At that point I traded it against the Rolleicord
Vb that I still own.
Charlie Silverman
In a message dated 12/9/2016 9:45:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
egoldste@xxxxxxxxx writes:
The Autocords had a great reputation. 10-blade iris on a high-quality
tessar-type lens. Good screen.
Eric Goldstein
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Redacted sender Newhouse230 for DMARC
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I was a kid I owned a Yashica C, followed by a 'D'....and thenfinally
the Yashica Mat. They all had the ability to produce very respectablethat
results. Somewhere along the way I bought a Minolta Auto cord (with
very interesting,but fragile 'one finger' focusing lever). Finally, inthe
early 60's I was able to afford a Rollecord VB and was hooked.from
In the past dozen years I've been shooting almost exclusively digital,
but still own a Rolleifelx 3.5 E and an 'F' . as well as that 'Cord'
55 years ago. I intend to use them all in the coming year. Asproductive
as digital has been for me I still miss dynamic range of film and acan't
'sweetness' to the images....in the same way as vinyl records give you
nuances that digital audio does not.
Charlie Silverman
In a message dated 12/8/2016 6:29:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
richard@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
To me it looks like the original Yashicamat.
A quick search yielded the following image
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hans_marvell/3658449...
Richard Urmonas
08 December 2016 13:41 `Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I also think it might not be a Rolleiflex. Both because of the markings
on the crank bezel and beause the case does not look right. However, I
figure out what it is. I looked at Yashica, Minolta, Ikoflex III, somecrank.
others on the web but don't see anything exactly like it. Unfortunately,
the shot is very out of focus. I cant capture the still image to try
Photoshop on it for sharpening but also I think its beyond Photoshop to
sharpen it enough to see what is actually there. Looks like there may be
writing under the crank.
On 12/8/2016 1:21 PM, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
Ferdi:
The design around the crank does not look a Rolleiflex design;
even the old Standard had a bright round metal plate as basis for the
The design for the Automat crank from 1937 to 1980 had very minorchanges,
if itchanged something The metal rings position- pattern in the YouTube<fwstutterheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
camera look different regarding the metal rims position-pattern for the
Rolleiflex. The camera in the YouTube image also shows two very narrow
circles between bigger rings, Rolleiflexes, at least most of them, don't
have these circles. Anyway, the camera front is not visible
Carlos
2016-12-08 16:56 GMT-03:00 F.W. Stutterheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNfmDhRLCRg&list=PL_N1QBvlCZuN7l9oybprw9WHaFuhckIuI&index=2
I found the shot:
yesterday. I
Is it a Rolleiflex? I think so.
Ferdi.
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From my MacBook Pro.
Ferdi Stutterheim,
Drachten, Netherlands.
Op 8 dec. 2016, om 14:01 heeft F.W. Stutterheim
<fwstutterheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> het volgende geschreven:
On one of the BBC channels I sax "The Ipcress File" once more
themean the original film with Michael Caine and Nigel Green. I have seen
am notfilm many times before but yesterday I first saw a TLR in the film. I
takessure it was a Rolleiflex. It is in the beginning where the scientist
thethe train. His aid finds out he has left his camera in the car and runs
along to bring it, only to find out the scientist has disappeared. When
---aid opens the carriage, the TLR with crank is very shortly visible.
Ferdi.
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-- Richard Knoppow dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx WB6KBL
