Please confirm this for me?Ģ) I don't know where to click/press to take photos? How do i release the shutter?Ĥ) I've found some film loading videos on youtube, so this shouldn't be a problem. I would appreciate it VERY MUCH if anyone can help me with these noob questions:ġ) I was told by my grandma that this camera doesn't need batteries. Most of the information that I'd found on this forum is on the specs and the more technical aspects of the rollei - But my questions are the most fundamental/ stupid questions. My grandma can't remember it either (can't blame her, it's been 50 years!).įrom using my Cannon G10, I've got to know the basics of the relationship between shutter speed and the F number. The problem is, I know nothing about the operation of this camera. The camera belongs to my 80-year-old grandma, and she's very happy that I'd found it! I am interested in photography myself, so I would very much like it to be used again! Someone on another forum told me it's a Rolleiflex 2.8, please correct me if it's wrong. I'd never heard of a Rollei before yesterday.). I was fascinated by its style and apparent sophistication, so I googled it, and found this website (pardon my ignorance.
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To make it easier, here’s a list of the items you would need. I still have some more testing to do with the 3.5F and Mutar but needless to say, it works for me! I’m happy with my poor man’s Rollei wide and as most of you know, you can’t get much better in photography than getting something good for cheap! 🙂Īlso in this video I discuss a little bit of the basics you would need to get started in the fascinating world of black and white film developing. This is one of the frames I developed in Part II of my video.
Rolleiflex 2.8 youtube plus#
The film was Ilford HP5 Plus developed in ID-11. Sure it may not be a match for a $4000 Rollei Wide but the point here is that this is good enough for me! If you want to see the photo larger, just pinch the photo to enlarge it if you have a phone, tablet or smart computer. Center sharpness is best but even corner sharpness is not bad. Maybe I’m not as demanding as the $4000 Rollei collector but the sharpness is perfectly acceptable to me. I definitely did not stop the lens down to f/11 or f/16. Since opinions differ greatly, I wanted to find out for myself. But there were a few who said it was very good, fine even.
I’ve read in many forums and discussions that the Mutar is junk, that it doesn’t get sharp until you stop it down to f/11 or f/16 even. In comparison my poor man’s version cost me $400 total. They have pretty much become collector’s items. The prices for these cameras are insane, like $3000-4000 insane! Like Crazy Eddie’s “Insane!!” 😀👍🏻 The Rollei Wide is the Rolleiflex with the 55mm f/4 lens. The goal was to see if this would work for me as a poor man’s Rollei Wide. The focus was not really to show you pretty results or anything, although the results are just a by product of this.Īs you’ll see in the video, before I even thought of making the video, I was testing a Rolleiflex 3.5F with a 0.7x Mutar which is an add on lens that turns the 75mm lens of the 3.5F into a 55mm, or around 28 or 30mm in 35mm equivalent. As stated in the video, when I first thought of doing this, I just wanted to take you guys through the process, give people an idea of what a film developing session is like, for me at least.
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