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.
Sunday, December 10, 2023
My dad used one of these. Huge negatives equaled excellent grain.
Bought one and a Mamiya Sekor C33 at the Exchange in Athens Greece while I was stationed there. I forget what I paid for the Rolli but the Mamiya was $100. 20 years later I sold them for much more than I paid for them.
These were great. My friend bought one and we ran a ton of Plus-X through it. I had borrowed a Yashica 35 mm and used that for quite a while, also with mostly Plus-X and some Tri-X. I had a darkroom and an enlarger. My film tank had an adjustable reel for 16 mm, 35 mm, 120, and 620 size films. That was a lot of fun back in the 60s and 70s. At one time I borrowed a 4" by 5" Graflex Crown Graphic. Very nice camera, but lenses were a bit of a hassle. I used a Schneider, I don't remember the focal length. It was for landscapes and large images.
I have one my sister gave me for Christmas years ago, sadly the advance got fubared and now I can't tell what frame the file should be at. And for the commenter that said 620 is obsolete go to Film Photography Project .com they have all sorts of old style file still available.
If you could afford one.
ReplyDeleteMy father had a Yashika camera similar to this one.
ReplyDeleteJust loaded some 120 film in mine yesterday.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine gave me his Dad's. Too bad this one was manufactured for obsolete 620 film. Beautiful little machine though. Looks nice on the shelf.
ReplyDeleteBought one and a Mamiya Sekor C33 at the Exchange in Athens Greece while I was stationed there. I forget what I paid for the Rolli but the Mamiya was $100. 20 years later I sold them for much more than I paid for them.
ReplyDeleteThese were great. My friend bought one and we ran a ton of Plus-X through it. I had borrowed a Yashica 35 mm and used that for quite a while, also with mostly Plus-X and some Tri-X. I had a darkroom and an enlarger. My film tank had an adjustable reel for 16 mm, 35 mm, 120, and 620 size films. That was a lot of fun back in the 60s and 70s. At one time I borrowed a 4" by 5" Graflex Crown Graphic. Very nice camera, but lenses were a bit of a hassle. I used a Schneider, I don't remember the focal length. It was for landscapes and large images.
ReplyDeleteI have one my sister gave me for Christmas years ago, sadly the advance got fubared and now I can't tell what frame the file should be at. And for the commenter that said 620 is obsolete go to Film Photography Project .com they have all sorts of old style file still available.
ReplyDeleteWas so hoping this would have an amazon price strip underneath...!
ReplyDeleteIn those days, that was a medium format negative. Large format was 2" x 3", 4" x 5" or 8" x 10" standard for news was 4" x 5"!
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