Every year in London, England I used to see the annual exhibitions at the London Salon and RPS. Then the best photos one saw were beautiful, lots of them but not so today. That was a simple camera but almost as pleasurable to use and the same fine quality. At age thirteen my father bought me a Retina 1a. So is the pleasure of handling the best of German engineering. The beautiful, smooth gradation you could get with the best lenses and top rate technique is gone. The results are better except in two respects. I cannot say that of modern digital cameras. I have owned many cameras in the 68 years I have been a very keen amateur photographers and only a few were, like the Rolleis, so extremely pleasurable to use. Today it would be worth well over ten times as much. I bought the latter second-hand in mint condition in 1966 for £100 and should never have sold it. I once owned a Rolleicord Va, then a Tele-Rollei.
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#ROLLEI ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 FULL#
The full 11-minute video is a wonderful look at a beautifully-designed TLR camera and is well worth the watch. viewing lens and a Rollei HFT Planar f/2.8 80mm. As you can guess, these elements all come together to create a camera model that is sought after by collectors, as they’re viewed as ‘the last of the truly great Rolleiflex cameras,’ in the words of Hunt. Rollei Fototechnic, Germany 120-rollfilm, with a Heidosmat f/2.8 80mm. They were also more expensive and fewer were made. Aside from using a more unique color for the lenses, the optics are also said to be improved from the original versions due to improved construction. As Hunt explains in his video, the particular model he shows off isn’t your average Rolleiflex 2.8F either, it’s a ‘White Face Rolleiflex.’ What does that mean?Īccording to Hunt, these models, which are named as such due to the silver color used on the lenses and produced in the 1970s, are the last of the original line of Rolleiflex 2.8F cameras.
#ROLLEI ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 SERIES#
This episode of the ongoing series features the much-requested Rolleiflex 2.8F, a twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera that was first available in 1949, but continued to be produced all the way through 2014 with the Rolleiflex 2.8FX. Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter fame is back with another episode of Camera Geekery, his ongoing YouTube series wherein he highlights the unique designs and features of older film cameras.