Re: [Leica] very very very sharp lens

[Roger <contaxaholic@yahoo.com>]

Yup. Some of the sharpest pictures I've ever seen were
taken with a Rollei TLR. The downside is that some of
the models may need replacement parts that are
difficult to find.

But, is that camera shutter quiet or what?! Just a
barely audible 'shick' when you take a picture. 

- --- Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> wrote:
> I know this will interest at least one person on
> this list.
> 
> A whiles ago I bought a really beat up Rolleiflex T2
> for somewhat less than
> a new M baseplate. The lens had a fair few cleaning
> marks and it had been
> around the world so I wasn't even sure the ground
> glass was still in
> alignment. Anyhow, I shot a few rolls with it but
> really forgot about it for
> the longest while. Anyhow, having bought an Epson
> 1640 flatbed which is
> actually half-decent at scanning MF, and having also
> bought a super-sharp
> Rodenstock 4x loupe (lovely thing!), I dug them out.
> 
> Yoinks!
> 
> Now I see what Mark Rabiner is going on about when
> he (heretically and half
> jokingly) claims his Rolleiflex is sharper than his
> Hassie.
> 
> And I had called this camera a dog! It's now looking
> like an extraordinary
> bargain.
> 
> Still a problem with some internal reflections which
> I think needs tackling
> with matte paint, but still.
> 
> -- 
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
> 


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