Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah - and the Tessar in Rolleiflex T models is not even the sharpest. Although many swear by the Zeiss Planar, I´d vote for the late model Schneider Xenotar. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> Vastaanottaja: Leica Users digest <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 11. joulukuuta 2000 20:55 Aihe: [Leica] very very very sharp lens >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 >