Pin itIn my journey to going back to film I came across this awesome antique twin lens reflex camera. The Rolleicord III was build in the 1950,s by the Rollei-Werke Franke and Heidecke corporation. When the camera first arrived it did have some flaws, the shutter had what they call a sticky shutter and the...
April 5, 2010 - 1:34 pm
I want one of these sooo bad. The grain is beautiful! Keep playing with it, I can’t wait to see more shots.
April 4, 2010 - 5:22 pm
I intend to my friend! More to come, I just shot a few rolls today:)
April 4, 2010 - 4:42 pm
keep film alive! nothing beats the look and feel of film. i really cant wait to see more!
April 4, 2010 - 9:44 am
Wow – great work! I can’t wait to see the rest of your work with this!
April 4, 2010 - 9:19 am
Very nice! I love the feel this camera produces.
April 3, 2010 - 9:23 am
More to come! Still waiting for my holga to arrive. Can’t wait to play with that too.
April 3, 2010 - 9:14 am
I’d love to get into some older film cameras, but I’m so lost.
For “test” shots, you sure are producing some very good work. Good job, can’t wait to see more from this camera.
April 2, 2010 - 10:27 pm
Your link says “error not found”.
April 2, 2010 - 10:27 pm
I used my 35 mm to meter the shots.
April 2, 2010 - 7:38 pm
i agree 120 is really fun to shoot. I have been playing around with it as well. how did you meter the shot?
April 2, 2010 - 7:31 pm
medium format is a perfect combination of coziness and clarity. i did a similar shot with digital looking down into a medium format here (have a look http://heatherparker.com/blog/2009/10/22/destination-shoot-booked-in-jamaica/)
April 2, 2010 - 7:02 pm
I <3 TLR's! 
April 2, 2010 - 6:50 pm
Medium format gives such a wonderful feel. Dream like quality to those portraits.
April 2, 2010 - 6:10 pm
Ben, never too late to try shooting again with it. It will bring excitement in your photo world:)
April 2, 2010 - 5:39 pm
Love the natural film grain! I miss shooting medium format film… Happy shooting!
April 2, 2010 - 12:48 pm
Nice camera. It produces really nice images as well
September 1, 2011 - 1:08 pm
[...] really excited about the possibility of going back to my roots of shooting in film. Here’s the post about the first film roll I shot with my antique Rolleicord III twin lens reflex camera. I picked [...]
April 6, 2010 - 1:45 pm
[...] of the beautiful sunlight. So I tested three rolls of film that day to practice shooting with my Rolleicord III camera. Each will was different but all expired. I’m very pleased with the results. Film [...]
April 3, 2010 - 12:25 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Edric Morales. Edric Morales said: Testing my vintage camera!! http://blog.edricmorales.com/rolleicord-iii/ http://bit.ly/bV6h9L [...]
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