Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Oddmund, Thanks for your fast answer! I have just developed and printed my first Rollei pictures. You are right, the pictures are of very high quality! I have just started to work on a project about a village nearby, where th= e tyre factory closed down a few years ago. The society has started to go down, with empty houses, car wrecks and trash in the village. The people left are marked by hard work, and many of them have got cancer from the dangerous work.=20 I was there one hour with my new Rollei, and made two pictures that I hav= e published on my homepage. No "strong" pictures, but important anyway to give a message about our society. I will try to do better than this. The light is no good this time of the year, it is very dark. And it takes som= e time to get to know some people there, too. Now I am hunting for a lens hood for my Rollei, and hopefully I will get one soon. I have found two things that annoys me about the Rollei 35. The f /stop wheel turns too easy, and I think t should be click-stops on it. It is also important to check the distance setting carefully, as this one also changes a bit too easy. The Swedish newspapers wrote that the Beajolais Noveau was very good this year. I hope you got some nice pictures! Best regards, Hans PS Don=B4t bother about some people on the LUG. Most Americans are real n= ice and friendly, but they come of course from a very different culture... > The Tessar f/3.5 is an excellent lens. I have got a Rolleiflex with a > 3.5 Tessar, and I get excellent results (also due to the 6x6 format of > course). I have another Rolleiflex with a Planar f/3.5 and I cannot see > any *quality* differences between the two lenses. >=20 > My own Rollei 35 has a Sonnar lens, but I have heard that the > differences between the Sonnar and the Tessar are academic in this case. >=20 > In Paris you would not get a Rollei 35 for less than $300, so I think > $150 in Sweden is a very interesting price, anywhere in fact. >=20 > Regards >=20 > Oddmund