Brixton is a very good model (my dog also is my most used model lol). Love the photo with the phone! These turned out really nice (I am waiting for my 35 to arrive and just enjoying vicariously).
Really really good job on this review my man. I was looking at this camera also once. So important that you included so many images from it as well. I shoot medium format and develop myself m, I have a few analog videos on my channel also. Respect
If you want to get the best photos from the Rollie 35s camera you need to learn the manual focusing distance and once you learn that then all your photos will look fantastic as long as you look at the exposure needle and set it correctly with the shutter speeds
one of the best reviews of a camera ive seen, well done. I was thinking as the distance seems to be a judgement call perhaps using a digital tape my work you know those electronic measurements with the red laser dot. anyways found your shots lovely - im thinking of getting rollei but want the 2.8 sonnar / carl zeiss lens. tony
Thanks. I didn't think it was so great, as it's one of my older videos, but thanks! I actually enjoy the challenge of calculating the distance in my brain. If I wanted it easy I'd just use my DSLR.
Really nice work. I like very much the dynamic range in the pictures, even those pictures that have some overexposed areas. I often consider tiny imperfections as added value. I've recently bought a Rollei 35T (still waiting for the delivery) but I was wondering: these pictures look like they have some texture to them (likely what some people in the comments have called "out of focus", I guess), is it due to the roll? to the development? or to something related to the optics of the camera? thanks a lot
The optics are fantastic. In some of the shots I shared, I simply missed my focus- easy to do when gauging distance and shooting wide open. In other cases, I was scanning a dense negative; this can enhance the appearance of grain among other issues.
I got one of these camera and I paid £26.00 for it second hand and it got original case and strap and lens cap and I for a front lens filter for it as well and i get good images from it and I use it when I go to weddings or In night clubs
it's too easy. i once knew an art teacher that said he was a math genius - math just came so easy to him, but he said he went into drawing and painting because it did not come easy at all to him, he had to work at it to be any good at all. was he insane to pursue a craft that he sucked at, or was he just wanting to be and remain engaged in his world, his work, his craft? the search for authentic continues
Hmm interesting thoughts... One of the most rewarding things I have ever done is learn to play the guitar (very badly), in the last 3 years. It felt like the opposite of everything that comes natural to me, but I persevered. In addition to the accomplishment, I have been rewarded with something that can feel like a spiritual practice and has even, I believe, improved upon my brain's plasticity. But I also have nothing against what comes naturally to us. We tend to enjoy what we are good at. I think it's more about challenging yourself than choosing something you are inherently bad at.
most of your shots looks out of focus, did you have it set fairly low, less that F8, also I saw you set the infinity symbol under the F-stop you are using, is this true? The shots still look cool, the lens, gives a lot of debth to the photo's, Looking at them on Ebay, very expensive.
The images that are out of focus are the one's in which I was attempting to focus at its minimum distance. Basically trying to guess what 3 feet is exactly. And no, I mostly shot at f8-f16 minus the shot in the cafe, I believe. That one was tough because I was trying to focus at 3ft with f2.8 I'd like to answer your other question, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Could you clarify?
Im just got a nice Konica Auto S3, but the Zeiss lens looks a solid step up, I'm going to put up a lens on Ebay to finance, one of these Rollei, It probably doesn't matter much if its the 2.8 v. 3.5.
Great camera and nice photos. He mentions over exposure but nothing about how the exposure was determined. My quess (and only that) is that he put a 1.5 volt battery in the camera and used its meter. The meter is calibrated for the long gone 1.35 volt mercury battery, and the voltage difference would throw off the exposure by that much. The video is photos, and the photos are about Diafine. He has compressed shadows, which result from believing the hype about is ability to enhance film speed. He's shooting 1.5 - 2.0 stops over box speed; Diafine is good for about a half stop of speed increase. The highlights are highly compressed, which results from the two-bath process, which highly compresses highlights. None of these problems have anything to do with the camera. Like the pictures very much.
Hi Randall. Thanks for the comment. Typically I do not use light meters. I have never even checked to see if they rolleis light meter works. I'm not sure I am understanding your statement about diafine. It's according to the manufacturer that tri-x should be shot at 1600. My experience has confirmed that.
Brixton is a very good model (my dog also is my most used model lol). Love the photo with the phone! These turned out really nice (I am waiting for my 35 to arrive and just enjoying vicariously).
Really really good job on this review my man. I was looking at this camera also once. So important that you included so many images from it as well. I shoot medium format and develop myself m, I have a few analog videos on my channel also. Respect
Nice. Checking your channel out now.
If you want to get the best photos from the Rollie 35s camera you need to learn the manual focusing distance and once you learn that then all your photos will look fantastic as long as you look at the exposure needle and set it correctly with the shutter speeds
one of the best reviews of a camera ive seen, well done. I was thinking as the distance seems to be a judgement call perhaps using a digital tape my work you know those electronic measurements with the red laser dot.
anyways found your shots lovely - im thinking of getting rollei but want the 2.8 sonnar / carl zeiss lens.
tony
Thanks. I didn't think it was so great, as it's one of my older videos, but thanks!
I actually enjoy the challenge of calculating the distance in my brain. If I wanted it easy I'd just use my DSLR.
Nice work man.
Thanks, Frank!
Really nice work. I like very much the dynamic range in the pictures, even those pictures that have some overexposed areas. I often consider tiny imperfections as added value.
I've recently bought a Rollei 35T (still waiting for the delivery) but I was wondering: these pictures look like they have some texture to them (likely what some people in the comments have called "out of focus", I guess), is it due to the roll? to the development? or to something related to the optics of the camera?
thanks a lot
The optics are fantastic. In some of the shots I shared, I simply missed my focus- easy to do when gauging distance and shooting wide open. In other cases, I was scanning a dense negative; this can enhance the appearance of grain among other issues.
SOME GREAT SHOTS. PLEASE PLEASE DO A REVIEW OF THE RICOH '35' S MANY THANKS
What are you interested in seeing covered?
I got one of these camera and I paid £26.00 for it second hand and it got original case and strap and lens cap and I for a front lens filter for it as well and i get good images from it and I use it when I go to weddings or In night clubs
That's a good price.
Thank you for sharing
it's too easy. i once knew an art teacher that said he was a math genius - math just came so easy to him, but he said he went into drawing and painting because it did not come easy at all to him, he had to work at it to be any good at all. was he insane to pursue a craft that he sucked at, or was he just wanting to be and remain engaged in his world, his work, his craft? the search for authentic continues
Hmm interesting thoughts...
One of the most rewarding things I have ever done is learn to play the guitar (very badly), in the last 3 years. It felt like the opposite of everything that comes natural to me, but I persevered. In addition to the accomplishment, I have been rewarded with something that can feel like a spiritual practice and has even, I believe, improved upon my brain's plasticity.
But I also have nothing against what comes naturally to us. We tend to enjoy what we are good at. I think it's more about challenging yourself than choosing something you are inherently bad at.
most of your shots looks out of focus, did you have it set fairly low, less that F8, also I saw you set the infinity symbol under the F-stop you are using, is this true? The shots still look cool, the lens, gives a lot of debth to the photo's, Looking at them on Ebay, very expensive.
The images that are out of focus are the one's in which I was attempting to focus at its minimum distance. Basically trying to guess what 3 feet is exactly. And no, I mostly shot at f8-f16 minus the shot in the cafe, I believe. That one was tough because I was trying to focus at 3ft with f2.8
I'd like to answer your other question, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Could you clarify?
Im just got a nice Konica Auto S3, but the Zeiss lens looks a solid step up, I'm going to put up a lens on Ebay to finance, one of these Rollei, It probably doesn't matter much if its the 2.8 v. 3.5.
Probably not. TBH
Great camera and nice photos. He mentions over exposure but nothing about how the exposure was determined. My quess (and only that) is that he put a 1.5 volt battery in the camera and used its meter. The meter is calibrated for the long gone 1.35 volt mercury battery, and the voltage difference would throw off the exposure by that much. The video is photos, and the photos are about Diafine. He has compressed shadows, which result from believing the hype about is ability to enhance film speed. He's shooting 1.5 - 2.0 stops over box speed; Diafine is good for about a half stop of speed increase. The highlights are highly compressed, which results from the two-bath process, which highly compresses highlights. None of these problems have anything to do with the camera. Like the pictures very much.
Hi Randall. Thanks for the comment. Typically I do not use light meters. I have never even checked to see if they rolleis light meter works. I'm not sure I am understanding your statement about diafine. It's according to the manufacturer that tri-x should be shot at 1600. My experience has confirmed that.
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