{"id":697,"date":"2020-07-25T23:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T06:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=697"},"modified":"2020-07-25T23:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T06:11:40","slug":"rolleiflex-buying-guide-colton-allen-film-shooters-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Rolleiflex Buying Guide | Colton Allen | Film Shooters Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>As the US Rolleiflex importer and dealer since 2013, I get a lot of questions about the older TLR&#8217;s and I think this is a pretty nicely put together buyer&#8217;s guide.\u00a0 Seems everyone has their favorite &#8211; I&#8217;ve even seen photographer&#8217;s go to huge expense to have a digital back added to their Rolleicords (which aren&#8217;t reviewed in the linked article) but just goes to show even the lower cost TLR&#8217;s were capable of producing amazing images.\u00a0 Most people don&#8217;t know the following 1) 3.5 E and F cameras have a 2.8 viewing lens 2) Rolleiflex made SLR 6&#215;6 cameras since 1966 and 3) The company is still producing cameras &#8211; the Hy6 Mod2 is a fully automated auto focus SLR medium format camera.\u00a0 But wow do those old TLR&#8217;s look beautiful!\u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s a wonderful thing to never have to charge a battery.\u00a0 You could go on a 2 month trek with one and never need a thing except film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmshooterscollective.com\/analog-film-photography-blog\/rolleiflex-buying-guide-1-11\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historic.camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/010.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>If you aren&#8217;t real familiar with all the different Rollei TLR models, and have spent a little time looking at them on ebay, you will likely find it rather confusing. I know that when I first started looking at Rolleiflex, I couldn&#8217;t make heads or tails of it. Why was one camera selling for $300, and<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmshooterscollective.com\/analog-film-photography-blog\/rolleiflex-buying-guide-1-11\">Rolleiflex Buying Guide | Colton Allen | Film Shooters Collective<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the US Rolleiflex importer and dealer since 2013, I get a lot of questions about the older TLR&#8217;s and I think this is a pretty nicely put together buyer&#8217;s guide.\u00a0 Seems everyone has their favorite &#8211; I&#8217;ve even seen photographer&#8217;s go to huge expense to have a digital back added to their Rolleicords (which aren&#8217;t reviewed in the linked article) but just goes to show even the lower cost TLR&#8217;s were capable of producing amazing images.\u00a0 Most people don&#8217;t<a class=\"entry-more\" href=\"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=697\">Read 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