Rolleicord III type 2
I was thinking of buying Nikon FM2 a week ago. Why? I just thought I would own a durable film camera that I can use for my whole life and while digital cameras are much more convenient than film ones, the quality of film still cannot be replaced by digital yet. This morning I was suddenly reminded that there's a shop selling old cameras and stuff close to my place. So I decided to drop by and have a look whether they have the one I wanted. I went into the shop and I was so amazed by the old cameras, so many actually, some work and some do not. It turned out that they didn't have FM2 but then I got attracted to another one. It's Rolleicord, a medium-format twin lens reflex camera made in Germany. In the end, I decided to buy it with a roll of film. I haven't had time to test it out yet. I tested the aperture and exposure speed and they seem to work fine. Even if it doesn't work, I can still keep it. I know it's gonna be hard to use because it doesn't have exposure check so I'm thinking of using exposure meter of my digital camera hehe. I don't know which model of Rolleicord is it but according to this page, it's model III type 2 and the manufacture date is between 1952-1953. So it's much older than me. It's classic man ;) It's not a brand new one, so I didn't expect that it would include the case and manual but it does. Cool huh?
9 comments:
I agree with you that digital camera is not yet replace the film camera.
Hope you will collect more camera and open a camera museum in Cambodia.
Uhhh, May I know how much the Rolleicord III is?
Maybe after i get a good job first ;)
Well, it's only 140 nzd.
i have seen the pix with YashicaMat 124G before, beautiful. a friend of mine owns one. check this out: http://www.santini.org/jerome/
Thanks for the link :) his photos are nice.
it's a cheap one. take pics using this camera and post here so we can see the quality. so i can judge later if it is really good hahaha
I haven't to wait till friday. I dropped my film at a photoshop this afternoon and they said it would be ready by friday. I hope it will work out fine *fingers crossed*
Wow, It's a cheap one! How lucky u are!
Hey--I have the same camera and I've been searching the web for the instructions on how to use the 35mm adapter that came with it when I bought it in a second hand shop. Does it say in the manual if this model is compatable with the rolleikin adapter? I don't see how it wouldn't but I just can't figure it out.
I hope you enjoy the camera as much as I do--it's a sturdy little guy, and impresses a lot of people when I use it on the street.
Mine didn't come with 35mm adapter at all. Maybe it's an optional accessory. Lucky you that you got it along with the camera. If you have a photo of the adapter somewhere, I can have a look at it and then I can read the instruction off the manual. I like it a lot but haven't had a chance to use it much.
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