>>4409147Rolleiflex was valued for its simplicity and elegance, when other cameras being produced alongside it, like the Speed Graphic, had many more features.
Look at how this ad starts out, presenting the raison d'etre of the camera:
>The manipulation of Rolleiflex is extremely simple, and the convenient arrangement of controls eliminates detraction from the work on hand.And how does Sigma talk about the BF?
>the BF’s design cuts out everything that distracts from your interaction with the image.The average Graflex user's reaction to the Rolleiflex was basically the same as the average Sony user's reaction to the BF.
>>4409148>the important part of photography isn't having the most high tech features>you're a gearfag!Cope.
The idea that someone can take better pictures than you without needing a camera to do all the work for them, that photography is more than just capturing the sharpest, most noise-free image center-framed, that photography is more about art than it is about soulless snaps, challenges your self worth.
