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They give the ability to compose pictures with a great level of detail, accuracy and the ability to clearly pre-visualize the frame. On one hand, large and bright waist level viewfinders are one of the distinctive features that draw users to start with medium format film photography. The topic of viewfinders/focus screens on medium format cameras is a complicated one.

Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 Years Edition вЂ“ Top, WLF closed.

The film door lock/open mechanism are on the bottom of the camera along with the tripod threadвЂ¦and aside from the top of the camera, thatвЂ™s pretty much everything that I can tell you about the simple body of a standard TLR. The right side of the camera has the film rewind/shutter cooking handle and exposure number window.

Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 Years Edition вЂ“ Right.

Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 Years Edition вЂ“ Left.

There is a battery check lamp next to the focusing knob.

#IMAGES TAKEN WITH ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 ISO#

On the left side of the camera you have the focusing knob with integrated battery chamber, film spool holder knobs, flash mount and ISO setting wheel. Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 Years Edition вЂ“ Front right.There is a window on top of the viewing lens that shows the selected aperture and shutter speed combination. The front of the camera is dominated by the viewing and taking lenses the shutter speed dial on the left side (which offers half-stop settingsвЂ¦strange for a TLR), an aperture dial on the right-hand side, and a threaded and lockable shutter button on the bottom right side.

LetвЂ™s take a quick look at the cameraвЂ™s physical aspects. ItвЂ™s definitely sturdier, more pleasant to use and precise compared to my other TLR, the Yashica-MAT 124G. The camera is built to very high standards. Kodak Portra 160, From my вЂњQueenworksвЂќ series. So far 2.8GX delivers everything with excess. What I expected from GX was high-quality photos, the ability to shoot in any demanding lightning conditions without loss of contrast and smooth bokeh in high-quality package that would bring pleasure in handling department too. I switched to TLRвЂ™s for my medium format photography in order to have portable, uncomplicated 6Г—6 fixed lens camera mostly for portrait shots. So I went to look for an FX or GX model and my final decision to settle on GX was based not on model preference, but more on condition and price of the particular camera. My first priority was the FX-N model, but to find one at an accessible price is equal to finding a real unicorn in pet shopвЂ¦ I was looking for something different, something with good sharpness and contrast, which is why I started to look into Rolleiflexes and Carl Zeiss Planar lenses with the latest coatings. The Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 Years Edition.I already owned Yashica-MAT 124G with its vintage lens signature and a bit of a tendency to flare/haze. Well, itвЂ™s not my first step into medium format and even not the first step into the TLR world. 8 Rolleiflex 2.8GX Expression 75 years edition technical specifications.

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Images taken with rolleiflex 2.8