Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 22/2/01 9:52 AM, goldman@math.umn.edu at goldman@math.umn.edu wrote: > The main point of my message was to find out what Alastair and > others thought of the Rollei 35 QZT. Instead I seem to have touched a non > Leica nerve by have the nerve to quaestion Rollei service. > In fact my friend sent in the camera twice for autofocus problems. > The second time they said they couldn't fix it and would replace it. > They sent the wrong > camera (a QZW). After he returned it they sent the correct one. I call > that "less than efficient". It's not the end of the world, but I think I > used an appropriate phrase. If others take umbrage, its their problem, > not mine. > Meanwhile, Rollei may be the cat's meow for professional level MF, > but not for amateur 35. I don't thing the dramatic price drop is due to > its success (as Bob Schell, the industry shill, claimed in shutterbug). > Jay FWIW, the Rollei QZ35 cameras are the only items on the Rollei factory price list that do not have any figures listed. Instead, there is a German word which I believe means 'negotiable'. Rollei still have a lot of these unsold. My 2 cents: I think the QZ35 camera is a great camera with a very good lens. But somehow it lacks direction and its image is not clear: it has therefore found relatively few buyers. Cheers, Joseph