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Post by nikeajax on Apr 22, 2016 10:36:13 GMT -8
While doing some research on my book, looking up old cameras, I stumbled across the Rolleimarin: collectiblend.com/Cameras/Rollei/Rolleimarin-4-Hans-Hass.html It was a housing for the Rolleiflex: a large format 120 camera. The Rolleimarin housing always looked like the carburetor on my Buick to me:  Anyway, just something neat, old and fun... Jaybird |
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Post by spiro on May 2, 2016 18:38:41 GMT -8
Thanks for posting this. Rolleimarin cameras was the professional choice at that time. Personally, I'm still shooting film above and below the surface. Nik V system. For topside photography, I use my Hasselblad 500 cm... Medum format, like the Rollei... And digital too, of course...
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Post by nikeajax on May 2, 2016 20:57:02 GMT -8
I have to admit, I reallllly love the idea of film, but digital is so convenient there's no comparison. My wife and I were at an estate sale and they had a Graflex for something like $200, the complete kit; dang that was hard to walk away from  Kodachrome is waaaaay boss, love those colors!  I have my mom's Firstflex that I think her brother got when he went over to serve in Korea, but they declared armistice, darn  This one's not mine:  but it is a 120, it's an exceptionally cheap camera, but it looks cool don'cha think? JB |
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Post by reidar on Jun 11, 2018 13:44:50 GMT -8
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Post by jviss on Sept 10, 2018 17:04:55 GMT -8
I am a Rollei Marin fan. It's the Rolls Royce of underwater housings. I have two, a well-used one, and one that was supposedly never in the water. I have a Rolleiflex camera that's mounted in the newer one. I have some literature as well. If anyone is interested I'm happy to discuss!
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Post by technidiver on Sept 13, 2018 18:48:47 GMT -8
Have you ever used them yourself and gotten any interesting photos? I've never heard much vintage underwater photography. I mean sure, I still snap photos with my Polaroid 600 for fun when the film is on sale. Sometimes I'll pick up a roll of 35mm as well and shoot it in a Fujifilm MJU. But never used any vintage underwater cameras.
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Post by nikeajax on Sept 14, 2018 14:22:29 GMT -8
It's always kinda sad when a technology starts to die off  The best thing about analog-technology is that it doesn't take much to see/realize what you have, be it a phonograph record or a piece of film stock, etc. Digital on the other hand you need something to decode that tech, and you absolutly can't do that without electricity either, or to put it in another context: is that 20 year old memory-stick hiding something people want to know about, or is someone going to just toss it away because they no longer have that kind of card-reader from their Windows-98 fomated digital camera. I have some really old negetives I need to look at, 1920-30's, one of these days, and all that I'll need to do is hold them up to the light. But with my digital camera, I can take a picture and manipulate it in Adobe Photoshop in only seconds and only a few more minutes to post that image onto my Flickr and onto this site--the convenience is wonderful! Just something to think about...  Jaybird |
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Post by jviss on Sept 14, 2018 17:11:46 GMT -8
Have you ever used them yourself and gotten any interesting photos? I've never heard much vintage underwater photography. I mean sure, I still snap photos with my Polaroid 600 for fun when the film is on sale. Sometimes I'll pick up a roll of 35mm as well and shoot it in a Fujifilm MJU. But never used any vintage underwater cameras. TD I have not, not yet! I almost did, but the housing was leaky in pre-dive check out. I have a large inventory of flash bulbs, 22.5V batteries, and 120 film. It's my dream to take some U/W black and white flash shots and develop them. |
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Post by SeaRat on Sept 14, 2018 20:40:53 GMT -8
This is a photo of me taken by Bruce Higgins using my Nikono II camera and Plus-X black and white film in about 1973.  Here is a photo I took recently that now exists only on Flickr, as my computer had a problem and I lost it. I think I still have some lost images on iCloud, and on the camera's card.  While the digital "revolution" has made things very convenient, it is possible that in 50 years, when I am no longer around, these digital images won't be around either. There is one other thing to consider, and that is image quality. Right now, my digital camera, which isn't full-frame, doesn't have the same quality as a properly-exposed fine-grain slide or B&W film like Plus-X. And that is for a 35m format. If you look at a B&W image on a Rolleiflex, large-format film camera, there is a tremendous amount of information on those negatives. The convenience isn't there, but the enlargements and permanence is very attractive to many photographers. Film is making a comeback, from what my camera store, Blue Moon Photography is stating. By the way, they have a nation-wide film developing service too. John PS, I now have access to my previous photos on Photobucket:  Photo of me by Bruce Higgins, 1973.  These are the first Photobucket images that I have copied from my account since they changed their policy; I have paid nothing. |
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Post by jviss on Sept 16, 2018 5:37:42 GMT -8
This is a photo of me taken by Bruce Higgins using my Nikono II camera and Plus-X black and white film in about 1973. Here is a photo I took recently that now exists only on Flickr, as my computer had a problem and I lost it. I think I still have some lost images on iCloud, and on the camera's card. While the digital "revolution" has made things very convenient, it is possible that in 50 years, when I am no longer around, these digital images won't be around either. There is one other thing to consider, and that is image quality. Right now, my digital camera, which isn't full-frame, doesn't have the same quality as a properly-exposed fine-grain slide or B&W film like Plus-X. And that is for a 35m format. If you look at a B&W image on a Rolleiflex, large-format film camera, there is a tremendous amount of information on those negatives. The convenience isn't there, but the enlargements and permanence is very attractive to many photographers. Film is making a comeback, from what my camera store, Blue Moon Photography is stating. By the way, they have a nation-wide film developing service too. John PS, I now have access to my previous photos on Photobucket: Photo of me by Bruce Higgins, 1973. These are the first Photobucket images that I have copied from my account since they changed their policy; I have paid nothing. That pic you took of Bruce is stunningly good! Great composition. Perfect. I loved Plus-X Pan. ASA 125, as I recall. Very fine, great dynamic range. Good job! I'd like a good print of that for my wall! |
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Post by jviss on Sept 27, 2018 12:41:33 GMT -8
Great pic of Mike Nelson with my favorite underwater camera system!  |
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Post by jviss on Sept 30, 2018 10:30:00 GMT -8
I take it there's not a lot of interest in vintage underwater photography? I simply love the old stuff. I loved film, chemical photography. Did you know that the flashbulb was specifically for underwater photography, in 1930, and persisted in general use until the last US flashbulb factory closed in about 1990. Fifty years of flashbulbs.
I was considering developing a simple digital back for the Rolleiflex, so I could still use the Rolleimain housing, and my prodigious inventory of flashbulbs, acquired during an obsessive-compulsive spending spree on eBay over a decade ago.
The housing needs a new type of seal; the shaft glands are no longer available, and were inferior to O-rings. I have a design for an O-ring conversion that requires no permanent alteration to the housing, and have made a set (aluminum) for my housing.
(I also have about 1/2 dozen Nikons II's, and a Nik V. Plus several partial or flooded Nik V's.)
Anyone else into this?
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Post by nikeajax on Sept 30, 2018 10:55:56 GMT -8
So wait, please tell me more about this digital chingadera for the Rolli': it could pro'lly be adapted for my Firstflex too!
People always joke with me whenever I buy something new, "Wait, you, bought something new: are you feeling OK?"
JB
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Post by blissy on Mar 29, 2021 1:00:14 GMT -8
I take it there's not a lot of interest in vintage underwater photography? I simply love the old stuff. I loved film, chemical photography. Did you know that the flashbulb was specifically for underwater photography, in 1930, and persisted in general use until the last US flashbulb factory closed in about 1990. Fifty years of flashbulbs. I was considering developing a simple digital back for the Rolleiflex, so I could still use the Rolleimain housing, and my prodigious inventory of flashbulbs, acquired during an obsessive-compulsive spending spree on eBay over a decade ago. The housing needs a new type of seal; the shaft glands are no longer available, and were inferior to O-rings. I have a design for an O-ring conversion that requires no permanent alteration to the housing, and have made a set (aluminum) for my housing. (I also have about 1/2 dozen Nikons II's, and a Nik V. Plus several partial or flooded Nik V's.) Anyone else into this? Have you got more details about your conversion of your Rolleimarin to O-rings. I have 2 that I'd like to make watertight again. |
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Post by vance on Apr 5, 2021 8:08:52 GMT -8
That photo of John has been immortalized in the world famous Dacor Olympic 2020 regulator. Total production run: 2. 
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Kodachrome is waaaaay boss, love those colors!
The best thing about analog-technology is that it doesn't take much to see/realize what you have, be it a phonograph record or a piece of film stock, etc. Digital on the other hand you need something to decode that tech, and you absolutly can't do that without electricity either, or to put it in another context: is that 20 year old memory-stick hiding something people want to know about, or is someone going to just toss it away because they no longer have that kind of card-reader from their Windows-98 fomated digital camera.
