The family heirlooms have much more than financial worth. They are family history and the special feeling or connection between generations through a shared passion. I inherited a number a firearms that passed from my great-grandfather, to my grandfather, then my uncle, and now me. I setup a trust and am adding my nephews as trustees, who have kids of their own. When they are old enough, I will add their kids too, making six generations. So, like you, I paid for professional repairs on a 1927 shotgun my great grandfather bought. Recently, my dad gave me the camera and lenses he bought when he was stationed on Okinawa, before I was born. I learned photography on that camera and it has been around the world. The December after he gave it to me, I took it to a specialist outfit in Tokyo of semi-retired Nikon employees. They won't take overseas work, so I arranged a round trip flight with 1 day layovers in Tokyo to drop the camera off and pick it up 3 weeks later. The camera is like brand new now. I'll also pass this on to my nephews.
@franciscocasillas6824
2 жыл бұрын
My first TLR experience was a Voigtlander Brillant; still works after 84 years.
@fgj4990
3 жыл бұрын
Great heirloom and the pictures will document all the generations in your family for many more to come. I have the 3.5f with a light meter and have always been amazed by the quality of this camera and it’s accuracy. Thanks.
@MWigforss
2 жыл бұрын
Funny, I got my first Hasselblad the same way you got this Rollei. A friend of my dad gave me a box of “photography junk” his father left and there was an old Hassie 1000f with two lenses and a lot of accessories. It was crazy! Bought him a bottle of good whisky as a thank you 😊
@rolandthomasset1713
3 жыл бұрын
Hi ! You are missing the point by trying to line up the arrows on the film leader....The rollers are there to save you the trouble and gain precious time !! The arrows are there as needed for other cameras. Once you have enogh film leader gone through the 2 rollers you are safe to close the back and go ahead winding the film to the first shot ! One more thing......like most people you are ignoring the second magnifier lens right under the small square opening of the “open viewfinder”..... investigate...see what it can do for you...and you will have found the unique feature of Rolleiflex which has enabled so many top photographers to get quick action shots “well focused” while others were fumbling around looking into their top viewfinders !!!
@akiraishu4453
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! I found this exact same model in my previous house. This will help a lot
@acidsnow5915
5 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing thanks for sharing this with us
@filmismorefun
6 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool to have the first one produced in a batch. I always keep my eyes out for a decent deal on Rolleis on ebay, but thus far have not come across one that's not a bit overpriced. Patience is a virtue though haha :)
@Samsung9alaxy
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting . . and a lovely bit of history!
@randallstewart175
Жыл бұрын
The history of the Rolleiflex A is a bit different than suggested here. The "A" did run into a lot of complaints and problems relating to poor lens performance. After the War, Rollei, like other German industrials, was basically closed and struggling to get back into business. It finally got into production in 1948-9, and it needed lenses for the camera, the "A". They had a batch of 80mm 2.8 Tessars which they had purchased from Zeiss before the War and stored for the duration. The problem: these lenses were uncoated. That was fine in 1936, but a non-starter in 1949. So, they sent the lenses out to be coated. The company which did the job disassembled the lenses, coated the elements, then reassembled the lenses without regard to their original matching of elements. Since each lenses was custom matched by Zeiss when made, most of these lenses would simple not be able to perform. Particularly important to the 80mm Tessar, as at 2.8, the lens design was being over-extended and had to be very carefully matched to be usable. Rollei got a flood of complaints abut poor sharpness and contrast. Figuring out what had happened, they did a full recall to replace the lenses on all cameras returned. The story is that about two-thirds were returned and got new lenses (not Tessars, maybe Biotars). The rest are still floating around, for better or worse. So, as Rolleiflex go, the "A" with Tessar is more of a collectible for its novel history than a user, but then some people think a Yashicamat has a sharp lens, so there you go.
@robertyoung1777
Жыл бұрын
Thank you - this is helpful.
@jeremoe1
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video
@Otokichi786
6 жыл бұрын
80mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar vs. Carl Zeiss Oberkochen Tessar. (I've had a Rolleicord V for decades, which sports a 75mm f/3.5 Schneider Xenar lens.;) Neat 120 multiple roll film case, how things have changed! I had to make do by keeping film in boxes or saving plastic Fuji 120 cases back when Verichrome Pan and Kodacolor-X did battle with Fujipan and Fujicolor film. Back then, I used a Sekonic L-28C under varying light levels or Ye Olde Nikkormat FTN's meter.
@spajdude
4 жыл бұрын
All Rolleiflexes that load the film
@juliocesarpereira4325
2 жыл бұрын
Great. I have a Rolleiflex 2.8 with Tessar lenses. I checked its serial number sometime ago and I believe it was manufactured in 1954. Do you happen to know which Rolleiflex model it is?
@turbowhistler1
Mine has a top lens cap idk how to get it off so i can look through the viewfinder
@nickfanzo
4 жыл бұрын
John Deakin's camera?
@alanclark9471
6 жыл бұрын
Your quite right but I got the impression you thought it only had a max speed of 1/200. The repairs name is Brian Mickleboro who remembers you. He does all my Rolleiflex camera servicing and repairs.
@ninjatops99
5 жыл бұрын
Everyone is raging about the 2.8 and the 3.5f ... what about other models like the 11A? 111A? What’s the difference between these? Why are the 2.8 so desired?
@alanclark9471
6 жыл бұрын
FYI. I think you will find that if you turn the shutter speed wheel further against the resistance (it used an extra internel spring) you will get it to go to 400th of a second.
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