Have strength and look good (original pictures and texts)

I have to sigh: The world we live in is indeed a world where appearance is a priority - not only for people, but also for cameras.

When I go to work for a friend in the photography industry, I usually take out my new treasure from my bag to communicate and show off. His young and beautiful little beauty wife can be regarded as "reviewing the camera" countless times, but when I took out the camera I brought with me from my bag and asked everyone to watch it together, the little beauty took my camera over and played with it repeatedly and couldn't put it down. . When he reluctantly returned it to me, he said something slightly ambiguous: "With this kind of camera, even if I don't take pictures, I can play with it all day long!"

"Why?"

“It’s so beautiful, it’s so good-looking!”

The machine that the little beauty talks about that is so good-looking that people can’t put it down is the famous Rollei QZ35. I The model in hand is 35W, which is the one with a lens focal length of 28-60.

Everyone has a love for beauty, so the camera appears to preserve those beautiful people, beautiful things, and beautiful times for us. However, from the perspective of the "time machine" itself, beauty, a word related to appearance, is equally applicable. Those cameras with good looks and good looks can always catch more eyeballs. They can always get visual enjoyment before pressing the shutter button and psychological satisfaction after pressing the shutter button.

Having strength but no appearance is particularly useful. However, what if you only have appearance but no strength?

Then we will call him "embroidered pillow", and we will soon get bored and fall in love with him!

Don’t want an embroidered pillow? Then try this: if you have the strength, you must compete with the beauty; or in other words: if you have the strength, you must compete with the beauty - that awesome guy named "Rollei QZ Camera"!

For a while, I was influenced by an article on "Seven Weapons of Japanese Rangefinder Cameras" by a well-known "Poison Pool". I was deeply addicted to rangefinder cameras and collected many types of rangefinder cameras. Axis cameras, mainly Japanese cameras, including Canon, Konica, Minolta, etc. that I currently own and use, were collected during that time. Then, I accidentally learned that there is a contax advanced rangefinder camera with autofocus and powerful lens, so I immediately bought several of them. Then, I accidentally learned that among autofocus rangefinder cameras, contax can only be regarded as the best. "High-end", the truly top-notch one, is a luxury car that has the "pure German head", is designed by the Porsche design team, is made in Germany, has a titanium alloy body, has a maximum shutter speed of 8000th of a second... and other "magic curses" Come to QZ!

German-made, German-made, Porsche design, titanium alloy, 8000th of a second, my God, if you pick any one of them, you are qualified to stand out among the others in the camera circle, not to mention it is "all-in-one" "Essentials" - only children make choices, adults like "all-needs" - all the "all-needs" for enthusiasts are actually integrated into one camera. If this is not top-notch, who can be? Is it "top"?

Take it, it’s a must!

My performance was the same as when I collected love items in the past: I couldn’t sleep at night, squatting on a chair, staring at the computer screen, wandering around various camera trading websites, drooling to collect information about Rollei. QZ trading information. It’s a pity that, for some reason, not many of this top-level cameras seem to have entered the circulation channels. Moreover, even if it does appear, the price is still quite “top-level”. I often salivate when I see the camera. After coming down, when I saw the price, I immediately drooled back...

No wonder, when this model was first put on sale, its selling price was nearly 20,000 yuan per unit. For various reasons, it was "removed" not long after it was launched. Before the final moment of the film machine's real decline, the Rollei QZ had been discontinued for more than ten years. However, as a former "top" product and one of the classic works of German optical mythology, with "small quantity" and "top quality", even if it is second-hand, the price is still quite strong.

I have always believed in a saying: if you remember it, there will be a response. When you haven't found your beloved utensils, it only means that your desire to get them is not strong enough, or that you haven't spent enough time and effort. Finally, God paid off. After spending a lot of time and energy, a Rollei QZ appeared in front of me unexpectedly.

The condition is quite good. Although the seller told me that the machine has a common problem of missing strokes on the LCD display in the viewfinder, but overall, it is at least 90% new. For a machine that is already over 40 years old , a camera that has been out of production for n years, can you still ask too much for it? What makes me even more excited is the price, which is completely within my budget. Contact the seller immediately, have a chat, and get it quickly!

The seller said: It’s rare to meet someone who loves and understands cars, so it’s okay to let her follow me. So, the Rollei QZ traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers and passed through the courier service. Brother, it arrived in my hands smoothly.

After opening the packaging box, the faintly glowing titanium gray machine appeared in front of me. The volume is larger than I expected, especially since I am used to the compact and delicate machines of Contax. The Rollei QZ is quite a big guy to hold. However, it has big benefits. In addition to the better feel and better grip, the heavy feeling of falling in the hand that is unique to larger machines makes people feel very reassured. The titanium alloy body is as smooth as satin, and the grip is thoughtfully made of non-slip rubber. It looks luxurious, but when you pick it up, this machine has a particularly good "grip", which can be said to be Easy to hold and shoot as you like. Install the battery, turn on the camera, adjust the focus distance, half-press the shutter button to focus, press the shutter button, and a series of actions are so smooth that there is no lag. Apart from a slightly loud "squeaking" sound when adjusting the focus and a slightly slow AF speed, there are no problems in use. What surprised me even more was that the seller didn’t specifically increase the price, but when I got it, I discovered that what I got was the W version with a focal length of 28-60. You know, this version is more expensive than the T version. , simply great value for money.

It’s true: I feel happy when I get it; I feel comfortable when I look at it; I feel relieved when I play with it!

I haven’t even tried the film yet, but I already love it so much that I can’t put it down.

So, what is the actual imaging effect of this high-looking top camera?

I brought both the reversal film and the negative film, and I chose a day to sweep the streets in the old city to see how this amazingly good-looking machine performs. When trying this kind of camera, I usually use two types of film, negative and positive. Use the latitude of negative film to make up for the inaccurate metering of old machines; use the expressiveness of positive film to see what the quality of the lens is. On an afternoon with a bit of wind, a bit of white clouds, and a bit of sunshine, I made an appointment with my best friend who often plays video games together, picked up the equipment and went to the old town of Guangzhou.

The weather was not ideal, it was afternoon, and the light was very hard, which was a bit of a challenge for film shooting. However, as a gamer who just wants to have fun "clicking the shutter", I don't care what the weather is like. Walking along Dongshan Old Street, I frequently clicked the shutter in front of old villas, old streets and ruins of the Republic of China. Their existence is like the old camera in your hand. Although in terms of shape and function, these old buildings and streets cannot compete with the high-rise buildings and high-speed interchanges in Tianhe. Just as old cameras certainly cannot compete with modern digital cameras in terms of imaging speed, resolution and The shooting cost is the same, but old things have their own charming temperament, which is irreplaceable, calm and calm, and because they have been blessed by the precipitation of time, they have a special "Zen" beauty. I don’t have much time or opportunity to travel across thousands of mountains and rivers in search of poetry and distant places in other countries. However, it’s nice to discover the beauty of details in ordinary things and drink from the sweet spring of life in ordinary years. Of?

Stopping and talking and laughing, pressing the shutter after gazing affectionately, the afternoon of shooting ended happily - yes, the so-called happiness means being in pleasure, not It means to feel the rapid flow of time. After a short shooting process, I waited a few days for the film to be developed. The "pure, translucent, and bright" styles captured by this camera are even more pleasing to the eye and memorable afterward. Although it is not a serious creation, just a test film, the image quality is at least comparable to that of a professional SLR at the same focal length.

However, shooting film with a camera with stunning appearance and superb performance is not to compete with anyone, but to spend some time in the company of "beautiful equipment" . After all, when accompanied by beautiful things, even time becomes so beautiful.

Life is so precious, why don’t I use beautiful feelings and beautiful things to fill one moment after another in my life? Maybe I won’t be able to earn astronomical wealth in this life, let alone have everything I want. But with the support of limited time and money, I can play with things without losing my ambition. Playing with things can nourish my ambition. Get a feeling of abundance and abundance.

I have also repeatedly asked myself: Why do you still like to buy cameras, lenses and those weird things after so many years? Why do you still like shooting, writing and painting so much? I thought, maybe these things were just impulses, likes or interests at the beginning, but after years of perseverance, these things have been turned into a "habit" by time and become a solid and persevering part of life, like the core pillar of life. , once this core and this pillar fall, people will be empty, there will be no joy in their hearts, their spirits will lose sustenance, and there will be no bright and vivid color in life.

After that, and after that, I will buy and play with more favorite cameras and lenses. They may have outstanding looks, extraordinary capabilities, or both. But the brand Rollei, and the optical products such as double-lens reflex cameras, single-lens reflex cameras, and rangefinder cameras endorsed by the Rollei name, will definitely occupy an important position in my moisture-proof box. No matter how busy or tired you are, playing with and caressing these beloved objects in the dead of night can bring comfort to your impetuous heart and heal your scarred soul. As long as I cherish them, they will always be by my side, and will never change their minds or stay away. We can feel each other's breathing, influence each other's emotions, laugh and dance together, sing and cry together, and I use them to write my own books. Life narratives, they are also hidden in my life. We don’t need to remember the days, but we can create moments together!