Rolleiflex Automat
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With homage to American Artist Edward Hopper (and thanks to Lynn Borich for modeling a classic dress and her forlorn gaze)
Eigentlich war 151 114 - wie 19 ihrer Schwestermaschinen - mit einer Mittelpufferkupplung ausgerüstet, um die besonders schweren Erzzüge von der niederländischen Grenze bis nach Dillingen in das Saarland, beziehnungsweise vom Hamburger Hafen bis nach Salzgitter, zu ziehen. Vor diesem Güterzug jedoch, der samt Zuglok gleich in den Rossstein-Tunnel gegenüber von Oberwesel einfährt, war die "AK" nicht nötig. Dafür musste offensichtlich eine Adapterkupplung herhalten.
The end of a lonely shift. Channelling some Edward Hopper here.
Setup shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/balakov_setup/51823064805/
I've been looking through my old photos these days
Rolleiflex Automat X
Kodak Portra 160VC
Cinque terre, 2008
First Test Shot on my 'New' 1938/1939 Pre World War II German Rolleiflex Automat Model 2 with automatic stop.
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar lens 1:3.5
Serial Number:
DRP 662339 DRGM
It works!!! HURRAH! I'm so over the moon. Considering I bought the camera from someone who had never used it and didn't know how to use it (don't try this at home lol). Between them answering all my bonkers questions over the internet I decided to risk it. I thought it was in such beauuuuutiful excellent condition that if it didn't work I could always attempt repair. If not, well I didn't want to think that far ahead with negativity. Whoever had it before me looked after it unbelievably well. It shines almost like it was made yesterday. I AM IN LOVE again. Always falling for old vintage cameras. Never ends...SOS haha
Film: Kodak Portra 400 expired 2006. 120 format. Shot at - 2 stops to let in more light given age of film.
Metered Incident light at F5.6 1/100 using Weston Master V but shot at f3.5 1/100. I wanted to see the results in the widest aperture. Photo is nothing special but, everything works super smoothly!! Phew.
Focal Depth of Field Distance 0.8 meters.
Developed in Bellini C41 kit
The ground glass screen as you can well imagine is very foggy with age but thankfully, with some extra hard squinting haha, and the aid of the focusing magnifier I could see just enough to get it in focus.
Of course a lot of patience is needed when shooting with old vintage cameras. And that's something I have plenty of. As do many film photographers I have known over the years!!! Some of the most patient people i've ever met. Get on the wrong side of us and oh boy, how you've really pushed us over our absolute patience threshold.
Can't wait to run an Ilford Ortho Plus through it next/soon. Thought i'd go all out Orthochromatic for that extra vintage era vibe. Fingers crossed all being well.
An enormous sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Image using new LomoInstant Automat Glass camera.
Rolleiflex Automat Model K4 / 50. She is a little rough around the edges and could use a bit of sprucing up, but everything works and the lenses look excellent. The finder is pretty bright, and is even usable when set as an eye-level finder. What is most surprising is that the camera survived a trip from Annapolis, MD to Fort Dodge, IA via USPS in a 12"x10"x8" box with absolutely no packing materiel at all in the box. No foam, no peanuts, no bubble wrap, no paper, just the camera rolling around in the box like a seed in a gourd. That is quite a testament to Rollei build quality, I think.
I am actually thinking about not doing much restoration on this camera outside of cleaning the lenses and focus screen, because I find it quite beautiful in its tattered condition.