Re: this MF thing

["HAROLD A. BEAN" <HB-Foto >]

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> From: william <william  >
> To: rollei  us
> Subject: Re: this MF thing
> Date: Saturday, August 10, 1996 1:38 AM
> 
> Jim
> 
> Get a light meter.  I have heard people bragg abut how they can gage
light
> by eye and when I see their pictures it looks like it.  I have a Sekonic
> 389 (199.00), a Sekonic which meansures reflected and incendent light
> without changinging the dome (CDS for low light) and my trusty Weston
> Master 3 (used for 49.00).  A good light meter and an understnading of
> metering techniques will give you superb results with your Rollei.  
> 
> I use the OM series for 35mm and it produces great 35mm auality pics, but
> I love the results of 6 by 6.  It allows me to practice full frame
> composition which the rectangle does not lend itself to.  The Rolllei
lens
> is sharper than most 35mm cameras (Sorry to burst a lot of bubles in the
> Nikon family).  You will be amazed, but a little practice is needed to
> master this camera.  Let the real photogs stand up, right?
> 
> Bill Schillereff

You're absolutely right to some extent. I'm not getting into comparison
arguments but the square format is ideal for cropping either horizontally
or vertically. And with all the 35mm I shot, relying on built in meters, I
went back to my trusty Weston Master 3. A good meter thats very reliable.
But, if I had to do it all over again, I'd buy an old Leica without a meter
and good Zeiss lenses.
There are very few 35mm Nikkors or Canons I found that matched the
accutance of Zeiss lenses. So I returned to the Rollei family.

Harold

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