Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, when I grew up my grandfather was the one who took all the photos of us children. The camera he used was a Rollei 35. He passed away 10 years ago, and since then the Rollei has been in my possession. I like it a lot too. However, it is not entirely intuitive to use. I tend to forget that the shutter needs to be cocked before the lens can be lowered into the camera body. Loading film is also a pain At the moment mine has locked up completely, and I need to find a skilled repair person that can have a look at it. Those of you who find the Ms difficult to load and use should definitely spend some time practicing either with a Leica O or the Rollei 35 :-). I find it difficult to comment on your PAW #2 beyond saying that it looks good to me. It is evident that you have been practicing composition in landscape photography, and also managed to make very nice photo under conditions when other of us would probably ended up with greyish dull photo. BTW, how did you focus with the Rollei? Did you set the lens at infinity or did you use the DoF scale? Like the O, the Rollei 35 needs to be focused by estimating the distance to the subject. - -- Arne In message <3C434FD6.E3DF6BD9@webshuttle.ch>, Nathan Wajsman writes: >The Zurich area has been in a freeze since mid-December, and as a result >most of the lakes in this part of Switzerland are sufficiently frozen to >allow skating. So frozen lakes are my theme for the week. The main >picture and the first alternate were both taken with the Rollei 35 on >Agfa Scala at a lake a few km from my home: > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_2.jpg >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_2alt1.jpg > >The more I use the little Rollei the more I like it. It is quirky >(left-handed film-advance lever, flash hot shoe on the bottom, you >basically take the camera apart to load film, focusing is by guessing >the distance) but the lens is excellent and somehow it seems to fit >really well with Agfa Scala. And the whole thing is truly pocketable. > >The second alternate was taken at another frozen lake near a ski area >called Hoch-Ybrig. I was attracted by the combination of a sign >announcing that this is a beach/windsurfing area and the snow-covered >lake: > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_2alt2.jpg > >This was taken with the 50mm Summilux on Fuji Acros, developed in XTOL >1+3. I am really impressed with the combination of Acros and diluted >XTOL; it is the only film/developer combination with which I am able to >retain some texture in sunlit snow despite the continuous agitation of >my Jobo processor. > >The complete PAW index is at: > >http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > >and comments are welcome and appreciated as always. > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html