I have to agree with this. Same as my experience except I've never been to Japan and use a monopod instead of strap. Was effective for me over 25 years of travel photography.I would go with the Rolliecord, its an amazing light weight camera , I have one with the Xenar lens that I toke while vacationing in Europe and Japan. A neck strap is handy also.
Your best bet for filters and Rolleicords/flexes is to get a Bay I to 49mm adapter, or Bay I to 52mm adapter. This allows for the full range of contemporary filters, not just older filters in Bay I mounts.Can you get a nd filter for the cord?
+1 on the filter adapter, the old bayonet filters are hard to find and not coated.Your best bet for filters and Rolleicords/flexes is to get a Bay I to 49mm adapter, or Bay I to 52mm adapter. This allows for the full range of contemporary filters, not just older filters in Bay I mounts.
Your best bet for filters and Rolleicords/flexes is to get a Bay I to 49mm adapter, or Bay I to 52mm adapter. This allows for the full range of contemporary filters, not just older filters in Bay I mounts.
If you are new to medium format, get the 'Cord for now. The lens is as good as the Tessar and it has simpler mechanics so less prone to need overhauls and such. Spend the extra money on film.
Consider the Rolleicord Vb. One of the best Rolleis ('flex or 'cord) ever made. Later models had an improved Xenar lens, supposedly multicoated throughout altho I've not found any documentation in Rollei literature or books to verify this. I have a 1967 model, recently purchased for a very good price, which shoots just as good as my Rolleiflex T with the (supposedly better) Tessar lens. Prints to quarter plate size made from negatives shot with the Vb and the T, show no differences in sharpness or tones. the mid tones in my Xenar negatives are simply gorgeous.
An added feature of the Vb is you can get a 16 exposure and a 24 exposure kit which will give you more shots per roll of 120 film. Given the cost of this film nowadays, this isn't a small consideration.
A lens hood, a UV filter and maybe a yellow (add an orange if you can get one) in the superb Rollei bayonet 1 series, and there's your kit.
An exposure meter (consider one of the late Westons but check it to be sure it's working correctly) will improve your percentage of 'keepers'.
Mine will go traveling with me to Asia in October, along with a plastic container holding 20 rolls of B&W film. What more do I need...
I have both and I am hard pressed to tell them apart from a print. The only draw back with the 'Cord is that the viewfinder is dimmer and harder to focus. But out in decent daylight that is not that big a problem.
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