Rollei Rolleiflex 2.8D
What are you looking for? A studio camera? A street camera? Some combination? How about one that works well in lots of different situations? And how about a camera that will garner looks from amateur photographers, professional photographers and people who aren't photographers at all? Enter the world of the Rolleiflex 2.8D. The Rolleiflex 2.8D is a camera that is as brilliantly engineered as it is beautifully designed.
Introduced in 1955 as the successor to the 2.8C, the 2.8D includes a locking EV system to make adjusting shutter speeds and apertures simultaneous. If you're out shooting on a sunny day with 100 speed film, set your EV to 15. Now when you set your camera's shutter speed to 1/125th of a second, you automatically have f/16 selected for you. What's that? Why it's the sunny 16 rule! Now if you want to change your shutter speed, your aperture comes along for the ride automatically. One less thing to think about is always good.
In the studio, you'll find a camera that is great at capturing your subject without getting in the way. The 80mm f/2.8 lens (available in either the Schneider Xenotar or Zeiss Planar flavors) will give great renditions of people, still lifes, or anything else you want to photograph. Working with a tripod, you'll have a feeling of one-ness with the camera. With the shutter release button under your right index finger and the winding crank in the crook of your thumb, this camera is designed to work seamlessly in your hands. The bright viewfinder gives you 100% coverage of the 6cm square image.
When you get a chance, put a Rolleiflex 2.8 D in your hands, if not your arsenal. The group of Rolleiflex 2.8 photographers you'll be joining is long and illustrious: Richard Avedon, Vivian Meier, and Imogen Cunningham are just a few. Each used their Rolleiflexes in different ways, but each used this iconic camera to create equally iconic images.
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