THE CHAT ROOM 2

Hi Ray---I certainly noticed it and looked to me to be a Rollieflex 3.5F ( 1960-64) and closely related to my Rollie 3.5E which had metering, along with the same 3.5 Tessar lens. Never used the meter, but had a Sangamo-Weston Euromaster for that.I sold the Rollie in the late 70s for £50.   But, today I still have a 4x4 Baby Rollieflex and a Yashicamat, which was a near-copy of the Rolliflex's of the late 50s into the 60's.

The Mamiya's mentioned were the C220 and C330 you were proabably thinking of. Until going digital, also used a Bronica ETRS  645 format.

Hi Paul,

You are quite right about the camera I aquired it in 1962 and it cost about a month's wages at the time, and that was second hand. All complete in an 'Omnica' leather press-man's bag.

I too had a Yashica TLR before the Rollei.

I have used a Bronica, and also a Hasselblad owned by a professional studio photographer friend of mine. That was an awsome bit of engineering and optics, but whether it justified the three or more grand price or not, I don't know!

I would quite like to get a Bronica  6 x 6 now but have got lazy letting the camera work everything out. I still own a Minolta Dynax 7000i professional outfit which I use from time to time.

You lot make me feel very much out of touch with the photographic world.(lol)

I just use my Nikon 4600 !!!

btw,hope you are well Ray and all!

Hi Richard,

You are not out of touch with the photographic world. It is Paul and I who are the dinosaurs living in the ancient world! (sorry Paul, I should be  speaking for myself, not you!)

Yours is a fine camera Richard. It doesn't matter what you use, as long as you enjoy your photography.

Well recieved Ray..