I’ve replaced the old leather strap with a modern one, this puppy is not gonna end up on the floor. It fits nicely into my Lowepro Event Messenger 150 bag, leaving enough room for the Leica or my FM2 or OM2, lightmeter and film in the front pocket. I sent it in for CLA to a company in Salzburg, it needed some work, lightmeter was replaced and some bits in the shutter – €400, so in the end I still have a sweet deal and the camera stays in the area. As you can see from the shot, it’s in pretty good shape. So, off I go to meet his mother, she’s actually thrilled to be able to sell it to someone who’s actually going to use it, it’s been doing nothing for about 40 years. He offers to sell it to me for €250 – I can hardly contain my excitement. He’d been online and checked out the prices, not cheap really, a good one is at least €1000.
#Rolleiflex 2.8 comparison serial number#
He gives me the serial number and I track it down to a 1959 2.8E.
Two days later he calls me and tells me she still has her old Rolleiflex. I asked if any had two lenses on the front, he said he seemed to remember playing with something like that when he was a kid and he’d ask his mum.
#Rolleiflex 2.8 comparison professional#
He told me his mum used to be a professional photographer and that she had a few old cameras left from her working days. At the same time I bumped into a friend here in Innsbruck who’d seen some of my film shots online. So on to the Rolleiflex! After searching around on Fleabay and websites and doing some homework I realized I was going to have to spend a decent amount of money for a good one. We’d been for a hike on the mountain and I had the 2.8E in my bag along with a Hassy 500cm, this is from the Rolleiflex. Yup, the same grin factor as getting my transparencies back after a snowboard shoot but with the extra satisfaction of doing it myself! Now, I’m not even going to go into the practicalities or convenience factors of digital over film, as to be honest, as you said in your article “Analog is a different beast than digital in almost every way.” If I’m processing film or going through a digital shoot on the computer I like to get ‘in the zone’ – cup of tea and some decent tunes on the stereo and off I go!īranko from Croatia, I used the Rolleinar close-up lens for this. Having bought the necessary bit and pieces and some chemicals (totaling €80!) I started to develop the negatives from the Leica. I’d done darkroom work at my first job many moons ago at a design company in London, so I knew how it went, but had never done it at home.
My late Uncle also had an influence on me from an early age, with his camera in hand, his slides and his black and white prints of me as a kid. This time I was more interested in shooting black and white and was partly inspired by another article on your site by Max Marinucci about home processing. I’d shot film/transparency for a long time as a photographer working on a snowboard magazine and acquiring the Leica kind of reignited the idea of shooting analogue again. My friend Ludi – this was shot on Rollei Retro 400. After reading your write up on the Rolleiflex Hy6 (which to be honest, I didn’t even know existed!) I thought I could do a User Report on my 1959 Rolleiflex 2.8E. The images were mainly of my son, who was about 2 years old at the time. Thanks for all your great dedication to your site bringing us all sorts of articles, new gear, digital or film and your never-ending enthusiasm! So, about four years ago you published a Daily Inspiration from myself, shots from my Leica CL. 1959 Rolleiflex 2.8E – Shooting family, friends, fashion and famous!
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