And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Walter Sanders, Rolleiflex Factory, May, 1949. The Rolleiflex my dad bought, and that I still have might be on that table.
I was seriously in love with those cameras back in the film days. The only 120/220 TLR I ever could swing was a Yashica. The Yashica was nowhere near as good, but 2-1/4" square slides are a thing to behold. To hold one next to a 35mm slide is mind-blowing.
How long has it been since there has been an assembly shop for small items like cameras that is A) staffed by men (since women tend to be a bit better at finicky work like that), and B) staffed by men wearing jacket and tie?
When I worked as a medical photographer in college, 2 1/4 square was small format. Most of the printing was done by 4x5 negs. I was lucky to find a mint condition Dentist Class F2AS Nikon and 50mm F1.2 this summer and have been shooting some Ilford HP5. Unfortunately the local industrial class processing service in this area over souped the negs and shifted the HP5 into the super contrasty range. It looks like if I continue to shoot film I'll have to soup my own. BTW I bought my special snowflake a Yashica Mat124 TLR. She wanted the 'blad but I wouldn't give it to her.
Looks like all the Rosie the Riveters have gone home.
ReplyDeleteI was seriously in love with those cameras back in the film days. The only 120/220 TLR I ever could swing was a Yashica. The Yashica was nowhere near as good, but 2-1/4" square slides are a thing to behold. To hold one next to a 35mm slide is mind-blowing.
ReplyDeleteOops my bad; somehow I thought Rollodex,saw the picture and wondered why so many cameras.
ReplyDeleteOne heck of a camera way back when. I had to settle for an Agfa in 2 1/4" square format. It was good, but not quite as good as a Rolleiflex.
ReplyDeleteSiGraybeard, you are right about the 2 1/4" slides. They were much better negatives too if you were printing enlargements.
I have the exact same from my dad, should check the S/N for date of production, likely 49 to 52
ReplyDeleteChange their sex, yellow their skin, slant their eyes move onto the 21st century, Vola, an Apple iPhone assembly factory.
ReplyDeleteHow long has it been since there has been an assembly shop for small items like cameras that is A) staffed by men (since women tend to be a bit better at finicky work like that), and B) staffed by men wearing jacket and tie?
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked as a medical photographer in college, 2 1/4 square was small format. Most of the printing was done by 4x5 negs. I was lucky to find a mint condition Dentist Class F2AS Nikon and 50mm F1.2 this summer and have been shooting some Ilford HP5. Unfortunately the local industrial class processing service in this area over souped the negs and shifted the HP5 into the super contrasty range. It looks like if I continue to shoot film I'll have to soup my own. BTW I bought my special snowflake a Yashica Mat124 TLR. She wanted the 'blad but I wouldn't give it to her.
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