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Make sure if you but the Rollei kin kit that it has all the bits, often the 35mm winder/counter is missing as it’s often left fitted to the camera.
Nice Rollei. I must say I never personally saw the appeal of shooting 35mm on a Rollei - the large square negative is part of the charm (and I struggle to frame portrait 35mm). Do you have a large stock of 35mm that you are trying to burn through?
Dropped in rather lucky with this.
Rolleiflex Automat 1945-1949 by Andy, on Flickr
£103 for a very nice condition Rolleiflex Automat (1945-1949). Glass is clean and fungus free with very few cleaning marks and the shutter speeds sound ok. Body is ok to good, I might treat it to a new leather sometime. The plan is for it to go to Brian Mickleboro for a service and then to fit a Rolleikin back and use it to shoot 35mm.
Dropped in rather lucky with this.
Rolleiflex Automat 1945-1949 by Andy, on Flickr
£103 for a very nice condition Rolleiflex Automat (1945-1949). Glass is clean and fungus free with very few cleaning marks and the shutter speeds sound ok. Body is ok to good, I might treat it to a new leather sometime. The plan is for it to go to Brian Mickleboro for a service and then to fit a Rolleikin back and use it to shoot 35mm.
Well, if you've already got one you may as well use it. If it's anything like the 635 it will give you the effect of about an 80mm lens (35mm equivalent) as it's using less film area than 6x6.All good points Mr B however I already have the Rolleikin kit (Jan bought it for me for Xmas) and i do shoot quite a lot of shots in portrait.
that's almost porn
Lucky you with a handy 85mm lens esp for portraits. Are you getting bored with your Contax gear
Just fancied a brick.
It's a bit bigger than a 139.
Glad to hear Brian is still servicing Rolleis - I haven't spoken to him for a few years but when I went through my Rollei phase he serviced a few for me.The plan is for it to go to Brian Mickleboro for a service and then to fit a Rolleikin back and use it to shoot 35mm.
Nice collection.Glad to hear Brian is still servicing Rolleis - I haven't spoken to him for a few years but when I went through my Rollei phase he serviced a few for me.
Not sure why you would shoot 35mm on one though, 120 square is a lovely format. Plenty of cheap 35mm cameras if you want to shot 35mm.
I loved my f2.8 Planar, but sold it. The second one I bought isn't in quite such nice condition. I also have an f2.8 Zenotar and a few Ts.
Here's a gratuitous shot with the Planar:
Flower Market, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Oct 08
and here's a few of my
Rolleiflexes
Glad to hear Brian is still servicing Rolleis - I haven't spoken to him for a few years but when I went through my Rollei phase he serviced a few for me.
Not sure why you would shoot 35mm on one though, 120 square is a lovely format. Plenty of cheap 35mm cameras if you want to shot 35mm.
I loved my f2.8 Planar, but sold it. The second one I bought isn't in quite such nice condition. I also have an f2.8 Zenotar and a few Ts.
Here's a gratuitous shot with the Planar:
Flower Market, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Oct 08
and here's a few of my
Rolleiflexes
I do like the Nikon FG, mine cost me £13 for the body and all it needed was new batteries.Another few new ones:
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta by Ken, on Flickr
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta by Ken, on Flickr
Nikon FG, Series E 1.8 50 by Ken, on Flickr
Nikon FG with winder, Series E 1.8 50 by Ken, on Flickr
I use a Yash mat for 6x6, but would love a Rollie.
I reckon it is a much overlooked camera; it's small and neat, it does everything it needs to do,, and it looks pretty!I do like the Nikon FG, mine cost me £13 for the body and all it needed was new batteries.
The fact that values remain so strong (and continue to increase) are testament to this. Collector condition versions of the later models (2.8 and 3.5E/F) are going for very strong money.
Oh, you've not bought a Hello Kitty Instax, have you?New toy purchased and hopefully arriving begining of next week. Another dream camera for me (like the Nikon F3 was).
I'm like a kid at Christmas here - only X number of sleeps until it arrives
Oh, you've not bought a Hello Kitty Instax, have you?
Almost but nope ............and this one doesn't even have Nikon written on it - may have to go to the Doc's!
From Vienna to UK there is not tax or duty to pay. We are both still in the EU.Wonder if you will get lucky & escape any tax?
From Vienna to UK there is not tax or duty to pay. We are both still in the EU.