dudemanppl wrote:
Whats up with your focus...
Manual focus lens, new camera system, new to film, new to medium format, and all around too much coffee, and still no tripod, plus I am learning how to use this... Untitled by aRolleiBrujo, on Flickr
It looks really nice, but you do seem to have trouble with focusing. Can you describe what you see in the viewfinder when you focus, and how you proceed?
Note that the loupe has a diopter, and if that is wrong for your eyes, then you will not be able to focus with it. In that case you should use the viewfinder without the loupe.
If you twist those ribbed parts on the loupe, it should come off. Somewhere on the thing there is hopefully an indication of which one you have. I am not sure about the Rolleiflex system, but typically for cameras you want the diopter which makes your eye able to focus at 2m/6' unaided, or if you wear glasses or contacts, with those on. If you don't know what diopter that is, you can go to a shop which has reading glasses and try out the various strengths until you can focused in a relaxed way at 2m/6'. That is the diopter you need for the Rolleiflex. Unfortunately they are hard to find.
It looks really nice, but you do seem to have trouble with focusing. Can you describe what you see in the viewfinder when you focus, and how you proceed?
Note that the loupe has a diopter, and if that is wrong for your eyes, then you will not be able to focus with it. In that case you should use the viewfinder without the loupe.
If you twist those ribbed parts on the loupe, it should come off. Somewhere on the thing there is hopefully an indication of which one you have. I am not sure about the Rolleiflex system, but typically for cameras you want the diopter which makes your eye able to focus at 2m/6' unaided, or if you wear glasses or contacts, with those on. If you don't know what diopter that is, you can go to a shop which has reading glasses and try out the various strengths until you can focused in a relaxed way at 2m/6'. That is the diopter you need for the Rolleiflex. Unfortunately they are hard to find....Show more →
i am using the split prism focusing, but i think i suck becuse i am shooting at f/2.8 only, with just in door light!
JustinZ850: your images make me consider color film for the next roll. Very nice!
Thanks, I shot that roll of portra as a test roll while still in Hong Kong. I already had about 10 rolls of Tri-X shot and sitting in the bag waiting to develop at home, but after seeing the portra I ended up shooting a few more rolls of color lol.
I get home Saturday, so can't wait to develop some of the Tri-X
here are some pictures i took when i went to chicago a couple of weeks ago. i shot these on tri-x, pushed to 800, and developed it myself and scanned them in. this is the first roll i developed
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