Film advance seems fragile, though: mine was Won't need to use Velvia with this camera.
Takes brilliant pictures, with exceptionally saturated colours - you Minolta Autocord with 3.5 Rokkor (1961/2 model without meter) You have to cock the shutter before firing it. Knob wind to the lever wind (which tends to rock the cameraĪbout as you turn it), and the shutter release is exceptionally Impressionistic effects in out-of-focus areas. Lens is extremely sharp, but also gives lovely With improved focusing hood (as Rolleiflex T), would no doubt beĮven better. Rolleicord Va with Xenar is my favourite camera - though the Vb, Take a standard neck strap, and the dedicated ones are hard to Sideways-facing shutter release, which makes it difficult to avoid Linkage allows both aperture and shutter speed to be set with Mine (normally using Astia) especially pleasant. Rolleiflex T with 3.5 Tessar is a particularly stylish camera, Jorn Ake is mistaken about the Rolleiflex T: it has a 2.8 viewing I have looked at Rolleis many many times but I don't think that, for me, the higher price reflects enough of an improvement, if any, over an Autocord or Ikoflex (or Diacord for that matter) to take the leap. I like to use it for portraits as the lens is slightly longer (80mm) and has a slightly soft quality that makes for pleasantly flattering portraits. I have one and it can hold it's own with any of the above mentioned. I think they are underrated as good user cameras. They have excellent optics and usually can be found for very reasonable prices. They both have quirks that you have to get used to but that's with everything.Īnother TLR you might want to check out is the Ricoh Diacords. It must be in the lens coating but I think the Autocords have the edge here. I really like the look of the photos taken with them.įor black/white I prefer the Ikoflex's and for color the Autocords. I have Novar lenses in two of my Zeiss Ikon Nettar folders and the Ikoflex I. The Tessar may be a bit better wide open but stopped down to f8 or so I don't see any difference. In my opinion, they are both very good lenses. I think the fuss about the difference between the Novar and Tessar lenses is a bit overblown. All without meters and all excellent cameras. They may not be the most beautiful designs (to some eyes) but the quality is excellent. The Ikoflex's are great examples of German quality. But after that Minolta seemed to fix things up and put in bright screens. It could be changed to a Maxwell, if one wanted. I have an example of the first Autocord model and the mirror is fine but the screen is quite dim. The one you are looking at must be one of the early models or the mirror (or screen) needs attention. Brighter than most of the Rolleis I have looked at. I think the later models with the Citizen or Optiper shutters are my favotite. The Autocords are excellent performers with great lenses (Rokkor). I'm in no hurry- too busy having a great time with my Iskra 6圆 folder. Switched to a brighter, Maxwell-type sceen? Go ahead an post some Rolleiflexes? Can the screen on the Minolta (or Zeiss Ikon) be I'm told that all these cameras have great lenses.Ĭan anyone compare either the Zeiss Ikon or the Minolta to the
And the Rolleiflexes and Rolleicords are storiedĬameras. The Minolta is very small, inexpensive, and has a really coolįocus lever, but the screen is quite dark. The Mamiyas seem unnecessarily large, although they focus really closeĪdn offer interchangeable lenses (two features that I don't careĪbout).
Mamiyas, a Minolta Autocord, and a Zeiss Ikon, all in great shape. Jims in Culver City, CA) they have a bunch of old Rolleis, some If I were to give it another go, I'd probably buy a less expensive TLR
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Importance of not tilting the camera- and before I learned how to use Limitations of medium format-like the narrower depth of field and the Shutter speeds are correct.I owned (and then sold) a Rolleiflex GX before I understood some key New focus lever, reset the helix, adjusted focus, new skin. Flash synchro lever : M - F - X.Recent CLA by Karl Bryan.
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