Coping Mechanism

A blog about everything by Jack Baty

Roll 013 (Rolleiflex 2.8D)

Roll 013 (Rolleiflex 2.8D)
Mom's garden (2026). The rooster is new.

My Rolleiflex 2.8D is beautiful and I adore it, but it can be tricky to actually use.

I don't know if this just my copy, but it flares like a son of a gun in backlit scenes. Focusing by looking down onto ground glass is neat, but is far from easy.

Still, it's too cool to ignore, and I like just picking it up, which is a good quality in a camera.

The camera always forces a double exposure on the first frame.