Ilford HP5, Rollei RPX 400, Fomapan 400, the Rollei 35 and Rollei 35S - Photos and my thoughts.
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2022
- Photos taken with my Rollei 35 and 35S - two classic compact 35mm film cameras - using Ilford HP5, Rollei RPX400 and Fomapan 400. My thought, my photos, as well as how I set them up to become extremely high quality point and shoot cameras.
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Im not a gear person, but grew up with analog and i love the photos you take so I subbed
Thank you so much Christine
The Rollei 35 is a very capable camera if you know what you're doing. The Rollei 35 was good enough for Stephen Shore to produce most of the work in his book "American Surfaces" and more. Shore used a flash with the camera.
I got a special relationship with the Rollei 35. When my grandfather passed away, I inherited a Minolta XG and a Rollei 35 LED from him. He got the Minolta XG as payment for contractor work he did (he was in the HVAC business), he never actually used the XG. Instead all pictures he ever took were from that tiny Rollei 35 LED I inherited from him. I love that camera and use it frequently.
I have many cameras and I also find these cameras to be a very special and capable of incredible results. I really enjoy using the two that I own and love the optics and design of these littlie cameras. Thanks so much for your comment😎
You do beautiful amazing work. Doesn't seem to matter whether using a plastic toy camera or top of the line camera the images are fantastic.
Thank you so much Bob. I greatly appreciate it.
I love your images ! I have the 35 SE and used to carry it everywhere.
Thank you Harald. It is a great carry around camera. Love the optics!!
Great photos! I tend to find the 35S slightly more appealing.
Thanks so much. I have to agree, I also favor the 35S
@@fasphoto I’m lucky to own that version too. 🙏
Great photographs, I have 2 of these cameras in my collection but I never use them, that is about to change after watching your video.
Thank you so much. Enjoy - they are definitely fun cameras.
Great little cameras I love all three of mine.
Nice to find another who use Clayton chemistry. Enjoyed your video.
Thank you so much. I really like the results from that developer. I use for almost all my 35mm film - I also use their liquid odorless fixer.
Cool cameras, awesome images!
Thank you so much😊
Cool, magic your photography thank you very much
Thank you so much.
Subbed! Your shots show how experienced you are as a photographer. excellent photos. I have the SE. Excited to see the photos i took since I recently just got it. The lab has my rolls now. Fingers crossed!
Thank you so much. They are awesome little cameras! Have fun with yours.
I have had both models but kept the slower tessar model. Works for me. 😊
You can't go wrong either way.
Stunning shots --
My 1967 Rollei 35 BLACK (Germany) does not quite get this sharpness -- but it is close...
I alsi shoot Rolleiflex's and Rolleicords and an assortment of mid-60's to early 80's Rangefinders -- INC. the Canon QL17Giii -- which is pretty amazing - I "may be" comparing
these cameras to each other -- which might be foolhardy...
Thank you so much - I appreciate you checking out my channel - One of these days I think I would like to get myself a Rolleicord. The GIII 17 is nice rangefinder also capable of producing some very nice photos - sold many of those back in my 1970's camera store days.
Hope you had yourself some of that Kohr's custard :)
Normally I would but that day was a just a bit to cold for frozen custard😊
Thanks for sharing all the info along with your lovely shots. I have one of these little Rolleis too and it has survived multiple rounds of gear culling. It’s such a nice camera, I can’t part with it. How are you metering?
Thank you so much Ellen. I use several techniques but because the original battery is no longer available for the camera meter I mainly use a very small reflected light meter by Reveni Labs which fits on the flash shoe for quick average readings and if I feel the lighting of a scene is particularly more tricky I will also use an app on my phone called Light Meter Pro which will let me read spot sections of the scene if I want to meter for a specific area. There are also times I just simply use the sunny 16 rule.
I really enjoyed this video and the photos Frank. I recently bought the Rollei 35 German, and so far It's been very enjoyable to use. Do you think a lens hood is necessary for it? I hear the lens on the original model is uncoated.
Thank you Jeffrey. It's funny I use lens hoods on my Pentax slr's lenses, but when I bought these two Rollei's they came with uv filters and no hoods. I haven't gotten around to getting them yet but it's probably not a bad idea. I haven't run into an issue yet but and I should look into it. The Original Rollei Tessar lens is coated it's just not multi coated.
Thanks, I didn't know it had any coating, I was getting worried about shooting into the sun. Btw love the Pentax MX, it's another small gem.
@@Jayysam95 I'm with you on that - not only the small size but the MX has a huge viewfinder. Great camera😎
Nice images, good composition and exposure. How do you determine exposure?
Thank you Paul. Since the original battery for the light meter is no longer made. I use a tiny incident light meter that fits on the flash shoe made by Reveni Labs for average readings as well as an app on my phone called Light Meter Pro which will let me read spot sections of the scene if I want to meter for a specific area. There are also times I just simply use the sunny 16 rule.
Hi, Pau. I realized I originally wrote that I use a Reveni incident meter - I meant to say reflective.
Amazing video. I just got one question as a new Rollei 35 Shooter, it is that, how do you correct for the parralax. The viewfinder is all the way to the left of the actual len, so i often get missed centered shot. How do you go around correcting this for different distance?
Thank you. When you look thru the viewfinder There are guides inside the large frame out line at the top and right hand corners and also a guide at the bottom left hand side. They are there as a guide to shift the camera down and to the right when trying to frame an image closer to the camera.
@@fasphoto I'm using the rollei 35 German, and there are guide lines on the viewfinder but no correction or marking as you say. Is this only on the 35s or is mine a little off?
@@imitdiu I apologize - I have both and I use the 35S a bit more and you are correct the German 35 I have does not have the guides for parallax but my 35S does. With the 35 I have to take more of a guess at the adjustment. I have to do the same with close ups on my plastic AgfaPhoto camera with a view finder that is only 70% of the lens view and no frame at all and is above and bit off to the left of the lens. Similar issue with my Holga 120N
Excellent photos, as always. Thank you for explaining the focusing method for these cameras so well. I sold my Rollei 35B years ago because I was unable to figure it out. Now I wish that I still had it!
@@chriscorey5164 Thanks Chris, I also owned the Rollie 35S in the late 70's which I then sold to close a very friend of mine. I used to use only slow speed film back than and did no enjoy it as much as I do now the second time around. Embracing 400 speed film for this camera was a game changer. I now enjoy using it immensely😊
very good picture,by the way,Did you push the film?clayton f76 flus is developer?thank you.
Thank you. No I haven't pushed film with Clayton F76 plus yet.
@@fasphoto our country no this developer,So do you have other near one recommend ?
@@zhongyao-sc1lj Clayton F76 plus is the the same a Arista Premium liquid and possibly Photographers Formulary FA-1027. These liquid developers were designed to match Kodak D76 in tone, contrast and grain. Unfortunately I am not sure what other liquid developers match F76plus other than the two I mentioned. I have also used Rollei Super Grain liquid one shot also very nice but more expensive here in the US - dilutions 1:9, 1:12 or 1:15. I used it at 1:12
@@fasphoto do you use ddx or xtol?
@@fasphoto d76 can be instead to get same result?