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Club Rollei User Magazine

“Club Rollei User” has an archive of all published magazines back to April 2006. Feel free to download and read at your leisure. Only Club members have access to the last 4 issues of the magazine.

Club Rollei User – Issue 14

by John Wild 1 July 2009

‘Karen’ Photo by Ian Parker, Rolleiflex 2.8F

Club Rollei User is sorry to report that the company Franke & Heidecke GmbH – Feinmechanik & Optik has closed it’s doors this Issue.

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Club Rollei User – Issue 13

by John Wild 1 April 2009

Paisley District Tramways No. 68 at the Critch Tramway Villiage, Derbyshire. Photo: Denis Camp A.R.P.S.

Applying the same principles of recovery to water soaked digital cameras as you would a TLR Rollei do not necessarily give the same result, as John finds out.

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Club Rollei User – Issue 12

by John Wild 1 January 2009

‘Marzena’ by David Morgan - November meeting portrait competition winner

In this issue, John compares the cost of film v digital and the little documented hidden costs of digital photography.

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Club Rollei User – Issue 11

by John Wild 1 October 2008

Paraná river promenade by night, Photo: Carlos Manuel Freaza, Rolleicord IV, Xenar 3.5/75, Plus X developed in Tetenal Ultrafi n Plus 1+4.

With the financial markets a bit shaky, John contemplates the cheaper options when taking a photo using your film based Rollei.

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Club Rollei User – Issue 10

by John Wild 1 July 2008

Costume model, Venetian Carnevale 2008, Photo: Denis B Camp A.R.P.S. Rolleiflex 2.8FX

With the postal auction listing in full swing it is worth considering the impact the online auction sites have had on the value of our Rolleis. John also considers the optimal Rollie for each situation.

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Club Rollei User – Issue 9

by John Wild 1 April 2008

Tass plated pavement, Tasman Peninsula, Photo: Wolfram Borgis, Rolleiflex 6008i

With film suppliers drying up, John finds a damaged Canon Demi camera and with a sure eye and steady fingers sets about the process of repair… success?

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Club Rollei User – Issue 8

by John Wild 1 January 2008

Colette. Photo: Denis Camp, Rollei 4.0FT, 135mm f/4 H.F.T Lens, Fuji ‘Reala’

Kodak have dropped out of the film business and in the race for the largest megapixel what happens to the Rollei camera with a digital image size of a lowly 2mb?

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Club Rollei User – Issue 7

by John Wild 1 October 2007

Spring 2007, early morning mist, Bushy Park, Hampton Hill. Photo: John Sparkes with Rolleiflex T

With the upcoming members meeting in November, Pallant House Gallery is hosting an exhibition – “In Camera: Snowdon and the World of British Art”. Well worth a look. Oh and Fuji are committed to continuing to produce Film!

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Club Rollei User – Issue 6

by John Wild 1 July 2007

Diver with Rolleimarin in an inland lake in Germany. Photo: Wolfgang Freihen

John purchases a Minolta CLE with a 40mm Rokkor Lens… Is he a traitor to Rollei or is there something more to this?

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Club Rollei User – Issue 5

by John Wild 1 April 2007

‘Toby’ by John Wild

With the burgeoning digital era, the demand for Rollei film cameras is falling. John Wild asks if this a boon for Rollei collector’s.

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