Psuedo Polaroid

Although I grew up in the 80s and 90s, I never really appreciated Polaroids...until now. Unfortunately, Polaroid has become a victim of the digital revolution just like Kodak. Thanks to Fuji and I guess the Impossible Project, there has been some recent revival of instant film and I've also recently went out and bought a Polaroid back for my Hasselblad 500C/M and have had a lot of fun shooting a big medium format camera with a small tiny print. I just wish that the film were more affordable as a pack of FP-100c cost me almost US$13 and the cheapest I could find for an Instax Mini 10 pack was almost US$6.

I have yet to scan the Polaroids I've shot but below are my psuedo-Polaroids...just can't fight the age of digital.

Enter the Snake, Blog and Rolleiflex 2.8F

Happy Chinese New Year. Exit the Dragon and Enter the Snake! And also enter my new blog which will include my photos and some thoughts and ramblings.

Given the address of the blog (RolleiLeica.blogspot.com) it would be no surprise that if somebody asked me if I could only have ONE camera to use, I would without hesitation reply a Rolleiflex TLR 2.8F (either the Planar or Xenotar version would be fine with me.) This camera has such a special feel with such a soft and gentle mechanical release yet the build of the camera has no compromises and is one of the finest example of German engineering. The picture quality is also without question superb regardless if it is the Xenotar or Planar model. There is no gimmick or special feature to this camera that you would not find elsewhere, but this camera is just royalty.