Rollei Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/cameras/rollei/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:30:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.macfilos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-Leica_Q2_Reporter_front_LoRes_RGB-32x32.jpg Rollei Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/cameras/rollei/ 32 32 183858286 New Rollei 35AF: A classic is set to return https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/26/new-rollei-35af-a-classic-is-set-to-return/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/26/new-rollei-35af-a-classic-is-set-to-return/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=73332 The original Rollei 35 is nothing short of an immortal camera in the eyes of many photographers. In October, the first copies of the new Rollei 35AF will be sold. Again a film camera, optically close to the original. Will it meet the expectations?

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/26/new-rollei-35af-a-classic-is-set-to-return/feed/ 21 73332 All the action from the Leica world: people, gatherings, cameras, firmware updates, and deals! https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/13/all-the-action-from-the-leica-world-people-gatherings-cameras-firmware-updates-and-deals/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/13/all-the-action-from-the-leica-world-people-gatherings-cameras-firmware-updates-and-deals/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:25 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=69021 This week's news round is dominated by all the goings-on in the Leica world. If you fancy a weekend getaway with fellow enthusiasts, here's your chance. Or, if you would like to buy some used Leica gear with zero-interest financing, head to Mayfair. Perhaps you've already picked up a new SL3 or Sofort. In that case, we have some news for you. And if you would like to know what's going on beyond the Leica world, don't worry, Ricoh, Fujifilm, Panasonic, and Lomography all get a mention too.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/13/all-the-action-from-the-leica-world-people-gatherings-cameras-firmware-updates-and-deals/feed/ 14 69021 Diane Arbus: the centenary of the artist’s birth https://www.macfilos.com/2023/03/11/diane-arbus-the-centenary-of-the-artists-birth/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/03/11/diane-arbus-the-centenary-of-the-artists-birth/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:01:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=57743 Diane Arbus was born on March 14th 1923. Next Tuesday, March 14th 2023, will mark the centenary of her birth. Diane (pronounced Dee-ann) Arbus was one of the 20th Century’s most significant and controversial photographers. Her black and white portraits of people on the fringes of New York society are both unconventional and unsettling. In […]

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/03/11/diane-arbus-the-centenary-of-the-artists-birth/feed/ 15 57743 40mm Compacts: From ancient to modern with the Rollei 35 and Ricoh GR IIIx https://www.macfilos.com/2022/11/18/40mm-compacts-from-ancient-to-modern-with-the-rollei-35-and-ricoh-gr-iiix/ https://www.macfilos.com/2022/11/18/40mm-compacts-from-ancient-to-modern-with-the-rollei-35-and-ricoh-gr-iiix/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:00:45 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=55556 The film-loading Rollei 35 from 1966 and the digital Ricoh GR IIIx (2021) have more on common that it seems. For example, a 40mm (equiv.) lens and a design that puts smallness over all. Read here a comparing review of these two cameras.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2022/11/18/40mm-compacts-from-ancient-to-modern-with-the-rollei-35-and-ricoh-gr-iiix/feed/ 47 55556 Decent Exposure Part 1: Attachable external light meters and where they help https://www.macfilos.com/2022/05/06/decent-exposure-part-1-attachable-external-light-meters-and-where-they-help/ https://www.macfilos.com/2022/05/06/decent-exposure-part-1-attachable-external-light-meters-and-where-they-help/#comments Fri, 06 May 2022 10:00:15 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=51773 The first part of our lightmeter review homes in on hot-shoe-mounted devices, ranging from the original Leicameter to the latest electronic models...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2022/05/06/decent-exposure-part-1-attachable-external-light-meters-and-where-they-help/feed/ 14 51773 Quo vadis, good and faithful slide film? https://www.macfilos.com/2021/12/03/quo-vadis-good-and-faithful-slide-film/ https://www.macfilos.com/2021/12/03/quo-vadis-good-and-faithful-slide-film/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:00:40 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=49571 The real slide show is fast disappearing. Slide film and the once-mighty supporting paraphernalia, is slipping from us. All that will be left, soon, is the digital nomenclature of Powerpoint and slide show...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2021/12/03/quo-vadis-good-and-faithful-slide-film/feed/ 35 49571 Top results at the Wetzlar auction: World-record lens bid https://www.macfilos.com/2021/10/13/top-results-at-the-wetzlar-auction-world-record-lens-bid/ https://www.macfilos.com/2021/10/13/top-results-at-the-wetzlar-auction-world-record-lens-bid/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:00:37 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=48899 A world-record camera lens price of €500,000 was achieved at this month's Wetzlar Camera Auction. It was a Canon, although most attention at the auction was focused on Leica as usual...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2021/10/13/top-results-at-the-wetzlar-auction-world-record-lens-bid/feed/ 2 48899 Wetzlar Camera Auction 9 October 2021: A personal preview https://www.macfilos.com/2021/09/15/wetzlar-camera-auction-9-october-2021-a-personal-preview/ https://www.macfilos.com/2021/09/15/wetzlar-camera-auction-9-october-2021-a-personal-preview/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:29:45 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=48296 William Fagan takes a look at the lineup at next month's important Wetzlar camra auction and comes up for a select list of personal favouries...

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