alex_huttleston

I'm a photography student on a limited budget, and am interested in

getting a monolight. I'm between the Flashpoint II 1820, and Alien

Bees B1600. I was interested in a moderately powerful flash unit

because of the versitility it would offer when using modifiers along

with lens filters, and other situations when the amout of light

reaching the film would be reduced. Does anyone have an opinion of

advantages one might have over the other, as they are in the same

price range, and seem to have similar features.

About the film counter--it needs a roll in and the back in order to depress a small reset lever. So one less thing that's broken. The model, according to Serrial number, is a Rolleicord III. Used Rollei's listed as having good shutters and working condition look like they are going for around $150--any experiance of wether or not these still are in need of maintinance?

In regards to excercising the shutter, it initially got worse at all speeds when doing this, but it seems to (hopefully) be improving-though only a small bit so far.

I recently got a Mamiya RB67 Pro SD off of Eb4y, and have been

considering buying a TLR as well. That might not be necessary because

today my uncle gave me an old Rolleicord that he found, but the

shutter is obviously sticking at speeds other than 1/100, 1/250th and

1/500th, and the film frame counter doesn't seem to work, although

both the viewing lens and 3.5 Xenar taking lens appear to be in

perfect shape after cleaning them up a bit. I'd love to have a TLR as

the RB67 isn't that easy to carry around for long periods of time, and

TLR's seem easier to handhold. Would it be worth the money to have

the 'Cord repaired, and if not, what would the best option be for

buying a used TLR, taking the quality versus cost into account?