Rolleiflex T (Frist Impressions)

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Комментарии • 361

  • @lukefarmer8165
    @lukefarmer8165 Месяц назад +369

    Jason is in his sexy bad boy era

    • @michaeldimmitt2188
      @michaeldimmitt2188 Месяц назад +7

      Jason is a six member boyband concentrated into one Baxter Daddy

  • @SeeMick1
    @SeeMick1 Месяц назад +278

    Jason buys a TLR and proceeds to un-TLR everything about it.
    Wouldn't expect anything less.

  • @behindhiscam
    @behindhiscam Месяц назад +140

    gotta love this frist impression

  • @ondrafloris1425
    @ondrafloris1425 Месяц назад +152

    OMG Jason got a TLR!🤩 (proceeds to shoot 645 and with a prism finder 😶) Guess we'll just never see a square photo from him 😀

    • @BYDcanadian
      @BYDcanadian Месяц назад +36

      it’s like watching dad come home after a while just for him to grab a pack of smokes off the table and leave

    • @mikejankowski6321
      @mikejankowski6321 Месяц назад +9

      Ironically, in a post sponsored by SQUAREspace!

    • @Cheesey3691
      @Cheesey3691 Месяц назад

      Everybody forgets that he has, polaroid??
      Lmao

  • @nevvynnevvyn
    @nevvynnevvyn Месяц назад +77

    You cannot use Squarespace as sponsor, when you're modifying a 6 x 6 camera!

  • @LBAW
    @LBAW Месяц назад +57

    Yes, embrace the square!
    EDIT: Never mind...we'll get him some day...

  • @shurley96
    @shurley96 Месяц назад +67

    Only Jason would find a way not to shoot 6x6 with a TLR.

  • @NothingTooSpiffy
    @NothingTooSpiffy Месяц назад +227

    Babe wake up. Grainydays dropped a new frist impression video.

    • @Scede
      @Scede Месяц назад +32

      Babe wake up. Another uninspired babe wake up comment just dropped.

    • @novais
      @novais Месяц назад +12

      That kind of "babe wake up" comments are so stupid 😑

  • @robertvonthaden
    @robertvonthaden Месяц назад +39

    20 years from now, when we're all watching "Best of Jason and Caleb" videos - 13:20 will be in the top 5.

  • @OneDudeWithACamera
    @OneDudeWithACamera Месяц назад +47

    Jason is in his sexy badboy era, team fish

  • @D3lor34n
    @D3lor34n Месяц назад +11

    There are few channels i've watched every single video of, you are one of them. Inspiring and entertaining as always.

  • @PoetryOf
    @PoetryOf Месяц назад +4

    I’m glad I bought one before this video! Got the grey Rolleiflex T on eBay for a steal a couple months back! No clue why they were selling it for so cheap, because it’s in MINT shape and works like magic ✨

  • @smlelikeyoumeanit3882
    @smlelikeyoumeanit3882 Месяц назад +5

    The Rolleicord Va & Vb also offer the 6X4.5 adaptor (known as the 16 exposure kit), but pay attention to the type. The black set is for the Va, the set with the orange type mask is for the Vb - this is important as the mask for the viewfinder goes under the screen of the Vb, but on top of the screen for the Va and they won't interchange.

    • @jenserwig1707
      @jenserwig1707 Месяц назад +1

      You can totally slam the black VA mask on the vb groundglass and tape it down

    • @smlelikeyoumeanit3882
      @smlelikeyoumeanit3882 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@jenserwig1707it's possible yeah but it's janky and you run the risk of scratching the screen

  • @OrangeBrick8
    @OrangeBrick8 Месяц назад +17

    It’s always a good day when Baxter’s dad uploads.

  • @AManWhoWasntThere
    @AManWhoWasntThere Месяц назад +2

    The light is absolutely stunning in all of these!

  • @malman1080
    @malman1080 Месяц назад +10

    Holy shit. We all thought it was a typo! Ya got us, Jason. Ya fucking got us!

  • @Jsoberon
    @Jsoberon Месяц назад +13

    When I saw the video I was so excited cause I thought there was no way Jason could shoot anything other than square in a Rolleiflex. I was disappointed. Someday you will realize square is the ultimate format from which all other formats hail. Someday...

    • @y2ktube
      @y2ktube Месяц назад +2

      "square is the ultimate format" - Yup, like the amazing Vivian Maier proved - She was truly the bomb

    • @michaeldimmitt2188
      @michaeldimmitt2188 Месяц назад +1

      Someday we will all realize that our lenses produce the ultimate format: ROUND! Just like our eyes! We have all been lied to and cheated out of the whole image that our gear is capable of producing. Let’s join together and take back the photons that are rightfully ours! We want the whole pie and not just the center portion! Give me crust or give me death!

    • @y2ktube
      @y2ktube Месяц назад

      @@michaeldimmitt2188 - "take back the photons that are rightfully ours!" - So you want round binocular view photo's ?
      Among many other things, that wastes a lot of photographic paper, requires new cutters and new frames...

  • @almostkinda
    @almostkinda Месяц назад +6

    This is the kind of camera content I'm looking for. Someone that isn't super up their own ass and just enjoys creating. Good stuff

  • @inade6281
    @inade6281 Месяц назад +56

    wake up babe jason got his frist tlr

    • @erome5903
      @erome5903 Месяц назад +2

      And its 645…. 😞

  • @kool_thing
    @kool_thing Месяц назад +6

    Finally, a new double feature from Jason and Caleb!

  • @SAINTPONTIUS
    @SAINTPONTIUS Месяц назад +3

    I was sitting on the toilet earlier wondering when grainydays was gonna drop. My toilet prayers were answered.

  • @drshiv7754
    @drshiv7754 Месяц назад +52

    Frist!

    • @3Gee
      @3Gee Месяц назад +7

      SECORNED!

    • @danc7939
      @danc7939 Месяц назад +2

      Came here for this.

  • @mangodirt
    @mangodirt Месяц назад +4

    no way! i just got the Rolleiflex T as my first medium format camera a few months ago! its such a great little camera and far cheaper than the “better” 2.8 versions!

  • @ZeLoShady
    @ZeLoShady Месяц назад +4

    Love that you got yourself a TLR. I hope you try the square format more on your road trip. It's a great challenge for composition and you have grown as photographer a lot over the last few years.

  • @brrav_
    @brrav_ Месяц назад +2

    My T was passed on to me by my grandpa. I'm always a little scared to take it to more demanding spots (weather and such) and tried substituting it with a chinese TLR. The latter broke, now I might try a Yashicamat or similar. Anyway, I absolutely love my Rolleiflex. Apart from one hickup from the shutter, It worked like a charm through every roll

  • @CameronNunez
    @CameronNunez 24 дня назад

    Cool to see someone else using a Rolleiflex T. Loved using this in the studio.

  • @victorcarmelo8606
    @victorcarmelo8606 Месяц назад

    Beautiful images as always, find the pastel pallet so pleasing, thanks for sharing.

  • @basilesalaun4579
    @basilesalaun4579 13 дней назад

    I had a rolleiflex t that someone gifted to me, but i've always struggled with 6x6, bought the 16 exp mask, and now i'm in love with it. Thanks a lot !

  • @1sademokid
    @1sademokid Месяц назад

    Ahhh another great day to watch a video

  • @sailorjohnboy2325
    @sailorjohnboy2325 Месяц назад +1

    We're not worthy! We're not worthy! I see what you did there. You use cinematic theory in everything, your photos, your videos, you're everything. Awesome!

  • @jpm5205
    @jpm5205 Месяц назад +1

    Jason, I have a Rolleiflex T, and wouldn’t be surprised at all if it turns out to be your favorite camera a year from now. Get a Maxwell Hi-Lux bright screen and a CLA from Paul Ebel in Wisconsin and you’re set for a long time. The Tessar lens on the T is very charming.

    • @12m3g4b5h
      @12m3g4b5h 24 дня назад

      You may find that Xenotar and Planer lenses are preferred for sharpness over the Tessar lens

  • @joebaxter9550
    @joebaxter9550 Месяц назад

    Some freaking stunning images in this one but that first morning shot of Caleb is incredible!

  • @Francois_L_7933
    @Francois_L_7933 Месяц назад +2

    What you really want is a Mamiya Six V. It's a 6x4.5 capable folder from the 50's that won't break the bank like the modern variant.

  • @Technicooler
    @Technicooler Месяц назад +2

    Very painterly. love these shots personally

  • @joebwan0240
    @joebwan0240 Месяц назад +2

    Love that the video is in square format. :)

    • @187onaPigeon
      @187onaPigeon Месяц назад +2

      It's not square tho. I'mma be a smartass

  • @just_eirik
    @just_eirik Месяц назад

    I’m super glad you shot color! Taking out color from a scene, even a desaturated scene, takes away from it imo. Even pale desaturated colors look amazing to me.

  • @Ponker
    @Ponker Месяц назад

    I am glad you had a frist impression of this camera.

  • @williamshaffer9216
    @williamshaffer9216 Месяц назад

    With you, every adventure is better than the previous one!!!

  • @johnkaplun9619
    @johnkaplun9619 Месяц назад +4

    This un-TLR'd everything about a TLR and un-Ektachromed everything about Ektachrome in one video.

  • @tvthegreek
    @tvthegreek Месяц назад +1

    A good day just became great. Thank you

  • @bryanswisshelm941
    @bryanswisshelm941 Месяц назад

    These videos got me through the pandemic, and continue to be a source of laugh therapy. 😅

  • @MrJeremySF
    @MrJeremySF Месяц назад +1

    1. That shot at 11:15 is the winner imo
    2. great job pulling off that hat. I'm jealous

    • @caleidoo
      @caleidoo Месяц назад +1

      About the hat, for a second I thought he was cosplaying a RUclips photographer. But I guess he lacks the rings, wrist bracelets and tattoos to complete the costume.

  • @mikericciuti5996
    @mikericciuti5996 Месяц назад

    My favorite photo channel

  • @emrhyssstead
    @emrhyssstead Месяц назад +1

    Nice one, keen to see more work with this camera

  • @stevest55
    @stevest55 Месяц назад

    Nice video. I have a Rolleiflex-T and a 3F. Both have removable focusing screens. I also wanted the Rolleiflex 90 prism finder but ran into the same issue that you did. Due to the rather thin housing material, they dent really easy. I then also looked at the adapter plate where I can attach one of my Hassy prisms, but that involves modifying the bottom of the Hassy prism (or at least removing the metal plate). I didn't want to do that either. I was patient and finally found a clean and undented Rolleiflex 90 prism on eBay (with leather case) for a little less than $150. Of course it works perfectly.

  • @isofilmy
    @isofilmy Месяц назад

    I'm inspired to give my TLR another try. Those shots were great. Thanks Luxuriously Richard

  • @MariusGandolf
    @MariusGandolf Месяц назад +7

    Jason is in his sexy badboy era

  • @Democratiser
    @Democratiser Месяц назад

    Cool. Coincidentally I just picked up the T. Scored a Rolleinar 1 and 2 with it allowing closer focusing.
    Haven’t taken it for a spin yet. A s-l-o-w spin. That is the point for me. Going slow and focusing just on the image composition. Not thinking about the last photo or the next. Looking at the image looking down, upside down and sideways helps achieve that focus.

  • @captain-kompass
    @captain-kompass Месяц назад +4

    Oh. This would be about the first big high quality video about this camera. I personally shoot one of those and this 70 to 80 year old lady shoots better fotos than anything other in my arsenal.

  • @marvinracer88
    @marvinracer88 Месяц назад +2

    5:41 That spongebob reference... I love this channel.

  • @siHawkes
    @siHawkes Месяц назад

    Great video - great images
    Had no idea there was a wide angle adapter option for TLRs! Now I wish I still had my Rolleicord.

  • @Azuredragon97
    @Azuredragon97 Месяц назад

    baby wake up, grainydays uploaded a new video!

  • @ckhicks
    @ckhicks Месяц назад

    The joke about Mint++ had me in stitches. 😂
    Gotta say I reeeeally like the brown filter on these shots. It’s a neat effect without warming the stock too much like scanning with an orange filter.
    Nice work mate. 🐟

  • @AndrewJacksonSE
    @AndrewJacksonSE Месяц назад +3

    Liking the absolute committed refusal to use ground glass on medium format by using a prism

  • @matthewhoult5323
    @matthewhoult5323 Месяц назад

    I like your series of videos that touch on our tendency to buy a new camera or lens instead of doing new or different work. I wondered if you might consider discussing in future videos some strategies for reinvigorating interest in, pressing on through, or in other ways finishing existing projects? New projects can be just as shiny and exciting and distracting as new gear.

  • @skinnybreakfast
    @skinnybreakfast Месяц назад

    My father just gave me his Rollei. Pretty seminal moment. Think it dates 1950s. shutter is getting a bit stuck. luckily getting it serviced here in Germany should be easy. xx

  • @gaetanp77
    @gaetanp77 Месяц назад

    Ok as a Rollei T owner I might be partial here, but I do think that is one of the best serie of pictures from your videos! I think there is softness with the Tessar lens for out of focus element but in focus is generaly razor sharp. The Caleb portrait seems front focus to me.

  • @9999chihao
    @9999chihao Месяц назад

    Being waiting your video!!!

  • @grahamrichards8531
    @grahamrichards8531 Месяц назад

    Love the great colour rendering of this environment you acheived, suggest putting a chunk of bluetak in your kit, kind regards from NZ.

  • @purwi69
    @purwi69 Месяц назад

    You speak my language... minty++ Also I like the way you modified that TLR; I can see the amount of research that went into this. That Rolleiflex T just went up in price. I could do without the brown filter, but eh, " I like brown and I can do whatever I want" totally justifies. Best from Austria

  • @masonmacquarrie9203
    @masonmacquarrie9203 Месяц назад

    Damn, didn't expect a formula one reference but glad to see it.

  • @tr3bor.mp470
    @tr3bor.mp470 Месяц назад

    Didnt realise my rollei could use an adpater, My serial number is only a few hundred away from yours, but mine has been beat up. Love ur content. x

  • @Ladulcevida_
    @Ladulcevida_ Месяц назад +1

    This color grading 👌🏼

  • @worapoltiyabutr8258
    @worapoltiyabutr8258 Месяц назад

    I love this frist impression video

  • @alexstuartallan
    @alexstuartallan Месяц назад

    living rent free in jason's mind after my profile pic comment a few weeks ago. love to see it

  • @hil-3000
    @hil-3000 Месяц назад

    Another banger.

  • @Uwe_Ludolf
    @Uwe_Ludolf Месяц назад

    Never new about the 645 Rolleiflex TLR, interesting to hear about.

  • @xander1052
    @xander1052 Месяц назад +6

    Here before Jason fixes the title

  • @briglnai
    @briglnai Месяц назад +1

    finally a Rolleiflex being tortured by Jason...
    shoot at waist-level in full 6x6 !!
    As a 3.5E owner I have to say how phenomenal these cameras perform, when they're well serviced.
    The Planar and Xenar lenses are sharp as hell...
    I also love to use my Rolleinar Kit for some simple macros...

    • @y2ktube
      @y2ktube Месяц назад +2

      "how phenomenal these cameras perform" - Yes, but not with a soft Yashica Coke-Bottle in front of it...

  • @ravelrm
    @ravelrm Месяц назад +1

    It’s only a matter of time until you try out the Hasselblad SWC. Wide-angle lens, no mirror, and (once you’re ready) square format

  • @ZombieRofl
    @ZombieRofl Месяц назад +1

    When you see the Ebay prices go up, you know there is a new GD episode out.

  • @Boblo
    @Boblo Месяц назад +1

    11:20 can confirm, people always stop to talk to me about my Rolleicord.

  • @cloudbreak7913
    @cloudbreak7913 Месяц назад

    That bay area looked really nice. What you should have done is walked right up to the edge of the water, taken hold of your brown filter, and thrown it as far as you can out to sea. Far enough they nobody else might find it and try to use it.

  • @skinnybreakfast
    @skinnybreakfast Месяц назад

    12:12 is one of my favourite shots from you. Looks like a painting.

  • @Bertzcommodities
    @Bertzcommodities Месяц назад

    Yashica did something similar with the yashica 635 tlr
    It shot medium format 6x6 images but had a mask and adapter to shoot 35mm in the camera !! A cool piece as well

    • @Dan-TechAndMusic
      @Dan-TechAndMusic Месяц назад

      There is such a 35mm adapter by Rollei for some of their TLRs as well.

  • @c.augustin
    @c.augustin Месяц назад +1

    Hmm, which bayonet does the Rolleiflex T use? The Yashica converters are for bayonet 1, and do work without problems on the Yashica Mat models they were made for (if you ignore the loss in image quality, which makes the teleconverter more or less useless). I found one source stating that, yes, the Rolleiflex T also uses bayonet 1. But if I compare my Rolleicord III with my Yashica Mat-124 G, the Rollei bayonet is a bit flimsy and thinner in material thickness than the Yashica bayonet. And my Yashica wideangle and telephoto converters don't quite fit to the Rolleicord (the wideangle does, even though a bit tight), so I would not recommend to use them on Rollei cameras! (It is not about the weight, but slightly different dimensions; Rollei accessories do fit better on Yashica cameras than vice versa.)
    And regarding parallax: There's parallax compensation for 6x6 (slightly shifting the upper and lower borders beneath the focusing screen) on nearly all Rollei TLRs, even on the Rolleicord III. But since you used the 6x4.5 mask, you lose this feature. So don't complain … ;-)

  • @gret_cline
    @gret_cline Месяц назад

    The Rolleicord Vb has a kit that allows multiple formats as well! I think it also can do 35mm but I am not entirely confident in that since I sold mine last year. (I deeply regret it)

  • @danielchensandi9143
    @danielchensandi9143 Месяц назад +1

    "Jason is in his sexy bad boy era" Cause that fish was goat behaviour

  • @ROTlNAJ
    @ROTlNAJ Месяц назад

    Looking forward to another motorbike video

  • @richardewlliams9864
    @richardewlliams9864 2 дня назад

    You can get, and I have on, a mask ser 6x4.5 and a 6x3 for Hasselblad. Love it...GRINS

  • @pepkarsten
    @pepkarsten Месяц назад

    Superb colors.

  • @loganturnermedia
    @loganturnermedia Месяц назад

    Jason finally tries a TLR… what a time ❤

  • @aperfecttool72
    @aperfecttool72 Месяц назад

    My Rolleicord Vb also came with the masking kit so you can get 16 shots if you want.
    I know it's only a Cord and not a Flex, but I think it takes great photos!
    Also, dammit Jason, just shoot 6x6! Try it with some IMAX film!

  • @drwatsonismine
    @drwatsonismine Месяц назад

    What is the brown filter you’re using? I’d appreciate it. Inspiring work. Thanks for this video…

  • @yoh2857
    @yoh2857 Месяц назад

    You sneaky bastard, I thought we're finally gonna see you shooting 6x6!

  • @LauraMendes-we2np
    @LauraMendes-we2np Месяц назад +1

    You probably considered it already of course, but wouldn't a classic Mamiya M645 fit the purpose? I don't recall it being much heavier than a TLR and about the same size. But hey, if it works, it works! Awesome shots! ❤

  • @igorvainshtein5731
    @igorvainshtein5731 Месяц назад +1

    I love those Rolleiflex T''s. I have one and have used it for years. It is a very solid performer. I also have a 500 CM with the metered prism like yours. I had no idea you could use them together like that. I would really like to get one of these adapters. Where did you get yours? could you please respond with the info. As for the wide and telephoto lenses for Yashica, I also have a Yashica 124G with those two lenses as a kit. However, if you get the Rolleiflex wide and telephoto, for some reason they attach better, even though both Rollei and Yashica are Bay I. I think it has to do with the manufacturing tolerances.
    Nice video, one of the better once in the recent times.

  • @strkvisuals
    @strkvisuals Месяц назад

    Loved the 50mm shots, we are open to change Jason it’s okay.

  • @coastalartistlivingonislan8395
    @coastalartistlivingonislan8395 Месяц назад +2

    What do you guys do with these dilapadated shots of houses? do people buy prints of these for thier walls??

  • @mgscheue
    @mgscheue Месяц назад

    My Holga 120 came with a thingie I can put in to convert it to 645 so almost as good, right?

  • @lupindeweir
    @lupindeweir Месяц назад +3

    If you're going to shoot your Rollei sideways then you might consider a short shutter cable and pinch the body of the camera between your thumb and first two fingers. But you really knew that and were just making the rest of the Rollei shooting world have to work for it, didn't you. -a random mike

  • @seahawks_3144
    @seahawks_3144 Месяц назад +1

    jason is in his sexy bad boy era

  • @MarkBender
    @MarkBender Месяц назад

    Is this YT video in 6x4.5 format? Also, what brown filter was used? I dig it.

  • @thenotoriuosbg7372
    @thenotoriuosbg7372 Месяц назад

    I know you probably did think of it but why not go for a folding bellows camera? cheap, small and mechanical you can even get 6x7 variants for the extra medium format resolution.

  • @imac3355
    @imac3355 Месяц назад

    Vivian Maier would be proud! Not sure if you can add Rollei .7x and 1.5x Mutars to bay 1 with bay 2 adaptors 🤔. I use the Mutars on my 2.8F with excellent result above F5.6.

  • @devinda_me
    @devinda_me Месяц назад

    Hey, what's the font you used in the intro overlay ?

  • @nickguzman1734
    @nickguzman1734 Месяц назад

    curious why you didn't look into the Mamiya C220 or 330? especially considering the interchangeable lenses would've allowed for wider focal lengths0

  • @Be0wulf_917
    @Be0wulf_917 20 дней назад

    Have some queries here,
    Does the shutter dial on a Rolleiflex only stops when loaded with a film? Or should it stop even when it's empty? Cause mine doesn't stop.

  • @ShadesOClarity
    @ShadesOClarity Месяц назад

    I thought about getting a Yashicaflex. I don't really like 6X6 either. I have a roll of black and white in this old Brownie Hawkeye point and shoot from the early 60s. I think I have about four shots left on the roll. I am not sure when I'll finish it.

  • @KenPepper
    @KenPepper Месяц назад

    What’s that brown filter man!! Love the tones. Great work ❤