Rolleiflex & The Whaling City

[bill h]

And a thanks from me as well. Incidentally I was not able to locate the skateboarder from the parking lot who was able to program his universal television remote to trigger his Nikon. He wrote down his name as Jonathan Bernier. We'll have to look for him next time.

 

[Whiteymorange]

Finally back at the computer and able to add my thanks to Elias and everyone for a great day. Now to spend some time with the film to see what I got!

 

[Elias Roustom]

He's on MySpace not Facebook - I'll have to spend a little more time to figure out where he keeps his photos.

 

[Whiteymorange]

They're here.

 

[Irrev.Rev.]

Rolleiflex& The Whaling City

Elias and all!

I'll add my thanks here, too! Nice to spend time with all of you. Amazing, the number of inquiries from passersby!!

On the other hand, my hard-to-hear shutter release on the Automat was due to malfunction;so, no waterfront images to add to the "competition!" back to the shop it goes.

John

 

[Whiteymorange]

Bummer, John. Even with antique technology, the old saying runs true: the chances of technology failure are directly proportional to the importance of the endeavor. Stuff never fails when you're just fooling around. Anyway, It was nice to spend the afternoon with you.

 

[Elias Roustom]

Sorry to hear that John. If you already have a Rollei repairman you're happy with, go with him. But if you're looking for a good one, give Paul Ebel a try. He did outstanding work for me on a 3.5F that was barely more than a doorstop when I sent it to him.

Mr. Paul Ebel
Paul Ebel Lens Services
420 21st Street North Suite #2
PO Box 141
Menomonie, WI 54751
Telephone (651) 335-8759

 

[rternbach]

http://www.rolleirepairs.com/

Not the cheapest but Harry did do an outstanding job rebuilding and upgrading my E2. Now I just need a lenshood for it.

 

[bill h]

Plenty of room at the bottom of the frame for extended caption information. Instead of a tripod I used a pencil.

 

[Irrev.Rev.]

Thanks for information, guys! Oddly enough, this morning I ran another roll through and I could see that at the slower speeds the shutter was responding! My old eyes could not discern but the slightest blade movement at f60 and no 'light' at all at any speed higher. Could perhaps be the Irish Whiskey I anointed it with last evening; sort of a last rites kind of thing! Should I have used schnapps for a complete recovery??

John

 

[brbeck]

Very jealous about your outing looked like a lot of fun!

Wanted to give another shout out for Paul Ebel. Just got my Rolleiflex back from him and works great. It took about 6 weeks as he was really busy but the quality of his work and the outstanding price was well worth it.

 

[Ektagraphic]

I'm so upset I couldn't make it! Hopefully again sometime...there is plenty to shoot in this area

 

[bill h]

John, yours are the very same symptoms I had with my almost identical camera -- one evening I discovered that a quarter of a second was actually, oh, say, maybe a minute or two... higher speeds, above perhaps a 60th, were fine. So I sent it to Oceanside and it came back working beautifully, and though it was expensive (whatever that means) I plan to amortize that investment over many years.
-bill

 

[Ektagraphic]

I am going to brink my Rollei down to Zack's camera in Providence to have an overhaul done because currently, when I go to advance the film, the shutter fires too....

 

[Elias Roustom]

That's great for action shots.

 

[Ektagraphic]

Any possibly of having a shoot again?

 

[elroustom]

Always. Touch and go for me the next few weekends though. I'll post here again if I know I'm going in for a couple of hours.

 

[elroustom]

Here we are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/4917988201/
Scans from those rolls will slowly start making their way up on my flickr stream

 

[Ektagraphic]

I just looked through your photostream...You do some great work!! Do you process any if it youreslf?

 

[elroustom]

Thanks. I do all my own b&w. I've done some of my own color, but time is getting more precious all the time.

 

[Ektagraphic]

I totally get that. I'm lucky to find time. Do you print too?

 

[elroustom]

Whenever I can.

 

[Ektagraphic]

So I guess I'm not one of the only people in the area still using a darkroom

 

[elroustom]

No, you're not alone!