+1. It is much faster for me to set up and get a shot off with the Rollei. Pushing things a little further, I much prefer traveling with my Rolleicord or Automat as they are considerably lighter than the 2.8 models. To be honest, there isn't an optical superiority that I have been actually able to see between the Rollei 2.8 Planar and either of the 3.5 Xenars.I would choose the Rollei over any folder.
Spend one year using 10x8" format exclusively. Then, get a Rolleiflex; it will seem to be incredibly tiny, light, fast, and convenient.I could never get on with TLR’s. To my mind bulky, awkward, slightly absurd and impossible to compose and focus. I’d go with a coupled rangefinder any day. I love my Super Ikontas
Spend one year using 10x8" format exclusively. Then, get a Rolleiflex; it will seem to be incredibly tiny, light, fast, and convenient.
Actually I find the gg on a view camera an aid to composition rather than a hindrance. Just forget that the trees are apparenly growing downward, and the rocks and water are defying gravity and treat them as shapes to be ordered. With practice, it is possible to pan with a Rollei. People who study brains say it's healthy to learn new ways of seeing.I don’t doubt that. My eyesight is too poor to achieve sharp focus on plain ground glass. I need some kind of aid. Either rangefinder or microprism/split image as in SLR. My brain is too small for reversed back to front composition. I was bad with TLRs when I was 20. I’d be vastly worse now!
Actually I find the gg on a view camera an aid to composition rather than a hindrance. Just forget that the trees are apparenly growing downward, and the rocks and water are defying gravity and treat them as shapes to be ordered. With practice, it is possible to pan with a Rollei. People who study brains say it's healthy to learn new ways of seeing.
Ooohhh have I got a project for you!I am one of those people who study brains! Yes healthy to learn new skills. Makes new connections in the wiring so to speak.
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