with either of my mamiyas (c330 and rb67) stray light in the wlf is not a problem in general. if it is, think about a hood or chimney finder. they are magnified and can be metered. for me they are a good option and they don't add a lot of weight.
A shoulder bag for 2 Rolleis is not necessary much larger than a shoulder bag for 2 Hassy lenses....Well one can walk down the street with a Hasselblad with the 80mm lens and carry the 50mm lens and a telephoto lens in a shoulder bag OR walk down the street with three Rolleis around one's neck. Do you really want to stick your neck out?
Dunno about your parts of the world but here in Germany it seems that hanging a cell phone on a lanyard around one’s neck is becoming the next fashion trend...One can walk around the street with a Rollei in their hand OR walk down the street with nothing but an iPhone because all the lenses and backs were too much for one's neck
Dunno about your parts of the world but here in Germany it seems that hanging a cell phone on a lanyard around one’s neck is becoming the next fashion trend...
I love WLF s I had to shooting a RZ67 II for years, the prism finders for it weights more than a Hassleblad camera, back and normal lens.WLF allow stray light and dust to be introduced to the viewing screen. That and the damned left right reversal is why my WLF remains folded away in the camera bag.
Holding the TLR with WLF at just above my belly button, the taking lens is 4 feet (1 meter) above the ground, and with my head bent down looking at the GG about 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) away from my eyes. A nice comfortable composing distance for me.My comments on WLF must not have been clearly stated. I was not comparing WLF with prism, but, since some commented that camera level was too low when using WLF, I asked how many regularly shoot with camera hanging level with their belly? Even when using a WLF, I normally raise camera to my eye and do not shoot from chest or belly. ..
A shoulder bag for 2 Rolleis is not necessary much larger than a shoulder bag for 2 Hassy lenses....particularly if you decide to cram another back or two as well (as I usually do)
But I have to admit, 3 Rolleis around the the neck is as cool as it is crazy (is a positive way.) The day I meet someone with 3 Rolleis around the neck, I pay him/her dinner as a token of my utmost admiration.
I have done that, a Tele-Rolleiflex, 3,5 F and 3,5 E3, in the mountains about 25 years ago. I'm not doing it again.A shoulder bag for 2 Rolleis is not necessary much larger than a shoulder bag for 2 Hassy lenses....particularly if you decide to cram another back or two as well (as I usually do)
But I have to admit, 3 Rolleis around the the neck is as cool as it is crazy (is a positive way.) The day I meet someone with 3 Rolleis around the neck, I pay him/her dinner as a token of my utmost admiration.
A shoulder bag for 2 Rolleis is not necessary much larger than a shoulder bag for 2 Hassy lenses....particularly if you decide to cram another back or two as well (as I usually do)
But I have to admit, 3 Rolleis around the the neck is as cool as it is crazy (is a positive way.) The day I meet someone with 3 Rolleis around the neck, I pay him/her dinner as a token of my utmost admiration.
Oh, but 35mm cameras like Exacta and Topcon Super D had waist level finders as well as higher magnification 'waist' level finders, as well as pentaprism finders. The high magnification finders were quite useful for telescope and microscope mounted cameras, and even for vertical copy work with a copy stand mounted camera.
Three Rolleis around the neck is the ultimate bling.
How many roads must a man walk down
Before he figures out what should be around his neck...
personally, I prefer the WLF to the prism, but at the same time, I much prefer medium format SLRs over TLRs. For whatever reason, I find holding a camera in a vertical orientation, like you normally hold a TLR, significantly increases the chance that the image is crooked. For whatever reason more than 50% of the shots on the 30+ rolls I've run through my Yashica are crooked. Come to think of it, it might also be the square format that is harder for me to align. But, in the end, the Yashica sits on the shelf and the ETRSi or GS1 go out with their waist level finders. (I've even gotten moderately adept at framing portrait orientation with a WLF. Its not easy, but I rarely want to shoot portrait. I'm also more successful getting the image straight than I am with my Yashica.)
Get a viewing screen with vertical and horizontal lines and that problem will go away. If necessary add your own marks.
Get a viewing screen with vertical and horizontal lines and that problem will go away. If necessary add your own marks.
Can you adjust your approach in a way that results in you squeezing the release - preferably in the same direction as the lens axis - rather than pushing it.That Yashica has both horizontal and vertical lines on the focusing screen--no avail. Maybe I'm holding it wrong, but it feels like it is the act of pressing the shutter button crooks the camera a bit.
Can you adjust your approach in a way that results in you squeezing the release - preferably in the same direction as the lens axis - rather than pushing it.
My Mamiya cameras have a release that makes this easy. A grip with a cable release can also do that.
I also have a problem with crooked images on my TLR. But I recently replaced my Lubitel (extremely hard to focus) with a Yashica LM. Haven't tried the Yashica out yet but I hope my shots don't turn out crooked - no grid. Seeing the focusing screen is much easier though. Also interestingly there is no cable release socket, only shutter button. My model also has a frame counter reset button, which was supposed to have been phased out by the time the Yashica LM was released. I wonder if mine is an earlier model.
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