Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan, all wonderful pictures. Good examples of very good pictures that the little Rollei is capable of. Then again its the person behind the camera that counts...in this case, the picture qualities humble a lot of Leica users. - --- Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> wrote: > Hi Henry, > > I went through several pocketable cameras in the > past few years: Ricoh > GR1, Olympus Mju 2, Leica Minilux, even attempted to > carry a IIIf around > (that is stretching the definition of > pocketability), and have finally > settled on Rollei 35S for that purpose. It is indeed > a wonderful little > camera, and I could not be happier with it. It uses > the mercury > batteries, of which I have a stash, but which are no > longer produced, > but there are solutions to that, either with a > conversion, a Criscam > adapter, or the Wein cells. So that should not hold > you back. > > As for the different models, I would recommend that > you look for one > with a 2.8 Sonnar, which means S or SE. The > Singapore vs. Germany debate > is just as meaningless as the Leica quarrels about > Canada vs. Portugal > vs. Germany. They are equally good in use, and the > only people for whom > the Made in Germany label is important are the > collectors. Do not pay > collector prices for a camera you want to use. > > If you want to see some examples of my Rollei 35 in > use, check out my > London photos: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=214680 > > and also several PAWs I have posted this year that > were made with it: > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_2.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_2alt1.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6alt1.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_7.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_7alt1.jpg > > Nathan > > > Henry Ting wrote: > > Being a Leica user, I never owned a Rollei 35 and > yet > > people who use it, vouch for its small size and > the > > quality image it can produce. Can someone > > knowledgeable throw some light on the Rollie 35? > > Apparently there are differences between 35, 35S, > > Tesser, Xenon lens as well as German and Singapore > > manufactured Rolleis. > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html