More Books and Cameras

Speaking about books, a few time ago I decided to develope my films (B&W and chrome only; no color negative). So I bought the book “Formulario Fotografico” by Reinhard Viebig that brings most known formulas for film development. I got it used and cost me 5 US dollars (shipping included). Back cover is all white.

“Cameras Classicas” by Mario Bock gives technical and historical details of some classic cameras. As far as I know it is the only book in portuguese language about this subject.

My friend Andrade Mendes (the “dream fridge” guy) sent me this picture of photo books and his lovely Leica M3 and Hasselblad 500.

But I think he wouldn´t mind if I post a few more pictures I downloaded from his flickr.

Leica M4-P, M3, III and M8 along with more photo books.

I love this picture: The Three Amigos (Rolleiflex 2.8F with Planar 80 mm f/2.8; Wide Rolleiflex with Distagon 55 mm f/4; Tele Rollei with Sonnar 135 mm f/4). Not to mention some Rollei photos behind the cameras.

More info regarding Tele and Wide Rolleiflex here.

And below, more of his Rolleiflex colection. Top shelf: Rolleicord, Rolleiflex 2.8E, 2.8C, 2.8D and another 2.8C. Bottom shelf: Rolleiflex 3.5F with Tele Mutar 1.5x, 3.5E, 3.5D and 3.5A with a very strange focus knob.

More info about all Rollei models here.

Leica M9, Fujifilm Quicksnap and Rolleiflex 2.8E

I have a friend that uses a Leica M9 mostly for street photography. Here it is shown with a Summicron 35 mm f/1.4.

On a recent trip he used a Kodak disposable camera and enjoyed so much the results that he got another one: a Fujifilm Quicksnap.

So I lent him one of my Rolleis (2.8E with Xenotar lens), that is great for street photography, and soon I hope he will be shooting film as much as I am.

Rolleiflex 2.8F Planar

Rolleiflex 2.8F with Planar taking lens (and a nice Zeiss T-Shirt). This guy is a large format photographer and can be seen here and here with a 8×10 Kodak Master View camera. He is friend of this guy that is the owner of the dream fridge shown at tokyocamerastyle (see Nov 17 2011).

Rollei Twins

I recently purchased this two pristine Rolleiflex 2.8E with Planar and Xenotar taking lenses. Curiously serial numbers are very similar: 1644402 (Planar) and 1635402 (Xenotar).