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05/17/2007 10:53:54 PM · #1 |
| My wifes aunt brought a bunch of camera stuff from my wife's fathers collection. Most of the stuff I know nothing about. There are a ton of filters I'm sure I can use and a few nice tripods. She also gave me 2 Rolleiflex TLR's...don't know the model number, but damn they look oldschool. Anyways, is there any reason NOT to start learning film now that I have a camera. I know nothing about this camera or how good it may or may not be. Selling it is an option if my wife wants too (I'd rather keep it though)...any comments or suggestions. |
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05/17/2007 10:57:09 PM · #2 |
Never used a TLR before but id like to. As far as learning film im teaching a friend of myne who doesnt know cameras well but its a much better photographer then i am how to make his camera do what he wants it todo.
I handed him my 1973 Yashica FX-3... put the rebel down. If your gonna learn manual exposure lets get rid of easy part.
I think theres alot to be learned with film. I myself cant bring myself to push the shutter button with film. Afraid to waste so every picture i take is as best as i knew how to compose it. |
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05/17/2007 10:58:27 PM · #3 |
a rolliflex site in case anyone else was curious of what they were (I didn't have clue)
While I have never shot 35mm (well other than a little P&S) or any other film for that matter I hear it is great fun. Most like the processing of the negatives themselves and doing cool stuff to them. I have always wanted to play with them and see what I can get but don't have the opportunity. Once I retire I may try and find film for the old brownie I have and try some.
Message edited by author 2007-05-17 22:59:44. |
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05/17/2007 11:10:10 PM · #4 |
TLR's are cool. Keep it, play with it. It's fun. Nice thing is that they don't have all the mirror clack that a SLR has, so are relatively quiet.
Message edited by author 2007-05-17 23:10:31.
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05/17/2007 11:32:02 PM · #5 |
| My dad has one of these and I can remember taking photos with it when I was about 10 - 12 years old. I still have the photos that I took. That was my first taste of photography. |
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05/17/2007 11:46:28 PM · #6 |
Rolleiflexes are awesome. It's a new world shooting square and looking towards your waiste to compose images. And the image quality from them is great. Look through a Diane Arbus book if you wanna see some tlr photos. best all around 120 film in my opinion is the kodak 400 nc negative.
Slide film in the old cameras sometimes doesn't look so great because the lenses don't render the color as well (I've only had problems with this on slide film, negative film I've gotten great colors...dunno why)
If you don't want it I'll take it =)
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05/17/2007 11:51:51 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by petrakka:
(I've only had problems with this on slide film, negative film I've gotten great colors...dunno why)
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Lack of color compensation in printing.
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05/19/2007 12:07:42 AM · #8 |
I have a Yashica Mat 124G (a Rollie clone) and quite enjoy using it. Working in a square format is a bit different, and composing on ground glass instead of a viewfinder is interesting (as some authors have mentioned, distractions in the corners do stand out more). As fotomann_forever mentioned, TLR shutters are far quieter than SLRs.
I don't understand petrakka's comments about slide film on the older cameras, I've got quite pleasing results using Provia 100F and 400F in my Yashica.
The most annoying thing I've found about shooting 6x6 is the difficulty finding square frames and mats.
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05/20/2007 01:12:25 AM · #9 |
I shot slide film on my yashica, and while the big slides are great, the old lenses are not coated like the new ones, and the colors are not as great as say shooting slides with a hasselblad.
I have ones side by side to compare and there is a huge difference.
I never really printed my slides from the yashica, so color compensation in printing is not the problem.
It's just the coating of the older lenses.
But slides on tlr's are still fun, I just think you are better off with negative film when it comes to quality, but that's just my experience. |
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05/21/2007 10:21:04 AM · #10 |
| I have a Yashika D- TLR. It takes the best pictures. |
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05/21/2007 10:28:38 AM · #11 |
Depending on the Rollieflex model, condition, and lens, then could be quite valuable.
some of those TLRs were legendary in the old press corps.
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05/21/2007 11:16:08 AM · #12 |
| I have been looking for a TLR camera on Ebay. The Rollieflex appears to a collector's item with a price to go with it. |
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05/21/2007 12:14:03 PM · #13 |
They are great cameras, I had one years ago and truly enjoyed it. I gave it to my brother who still uses it once in a while. I switched to Hasselblads and fine them to be superior is several ways, but having cut my teeth on the Rollei, it is hard to find fault. My only real complaint was the twin lens reflex parallax issue for close up work that the Hasselblad resolved being an SLR.
You can have great fun learning how to actually make a photograph rather than snap a picture, which most digital cameras users do. So, go experiment and have fun. The resolution will astound you.
Message edited by author 2007-05-21 12:17:38.
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05/21/2007 12:39:14 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
My only real complaint was the twin lens reflex parallax issue for close up work that the Hasselblad resolved being an SLR.
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When I had my TLRs I had this cool gadget called "parallax converter". Basically it sat between the camera and the tripod head. You would focus with the top lens, then pop up the gadget and it would place the bottom lens where the top lens was. Worked like a charm.
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