Fresh from the box she arrived in, my new play-thing! A Rolleiflex 3.5F with the much coveted Carl Zeiss Planar lens.
Since selling my Rolleiflex 6002 earlier in the year I have missed composing shots using a ground glass and waist level finder. As much as I love the stunning quality that my Mamiya 6 produces, as well as it's superb portability and modern design, I still cannot get used to using it's viewfinder to compose my shots. I wonder if a TLR is the answer.
I sold my 6002 because it was a little heavy and a tad bulky, plus the mirror-slap meant shooting at low speed was difficult. However, a TLR is small, light and with no mirror-slap it's stable and very quiet.
And as cameras go, they don't get much sexier!
【壞壞】㊣, Ando : @_AndoPerez, and 30 other people added this photo to their favorites.
exaktitud 60 months ago | reply
Congratulations Sikario. She's really beautiful!.
Divergent Perspective 60 months ago | reply
Great DoF. It's so simple but perfect. Great job.
TheNixer 60 months ago | reply
Way to go Sikario!!! It looks great.
tomasito1968 60 months ago | reply
an excellent camera! I have two of these:)
gudrun2.8F 60 months ago | reply
I'm sure you will be very satisfied with it! Congrats!:))
boochap 60 months ago | reply
beauty.
Ian_Boys 60 months ago | reply
jealous :)
Lirak 60 months ago | reply
where did you buy it from? i'm planning on buying a 3.5F hence my question
im pretty sure you will have a great time with it, a great camera indeed.
Sikario 60 months ago | reply
I bought it on ebay, I managed to get it cheap because the seller was yet to build up any feedback and that appeared to put people off bidding for it. Much to my delight!
【壞壞】㊣ 60 months ago | reply
nice camera
Teelek 59 months ago | reply
Awesome TLR!
AluminumStudios 59 months ago | reply
Very nice. I just got started with my first TLR a few weeks ago and love it.
kouryo [deleted] 59 months ago | reply
Have fun with her :-D
esmuz [deleted] 58 months ago | reply
I absolutely agree with the feelings between rangefinders and screen based cameras.. I just don´t enjoy so much using rangefinders.
tropicalrips 58 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pure street, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
cledry [deleted] 44 months ago | reply
I'm going to be sending mine in for a complete going over in the next few weeks. Mine has the Xenotar, but I have never seen any difference between the two lenses.
Sikario 44 months ago | reply
Yes I have read a lot of discussion regarding the comparison of the two lenses and from what I can tell they are both excellent. I would happily have bought mine if it had the Xenotar.
deisterplatz 43 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 非常德国(www.veryde.de), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
U-77 31 months ago | reply
Great camera/instrument.
PeterY-没事儿照照 29 months ago | reply
what a beauty!