Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry Nah! None of the Rollei 35s ever were a problem to adapt to, and use. I have had them all. It was only my re-discovery of the Leica CL that led to my epiphany. Now the only Rolleis that I use are the TLRs. Jerry LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > > The Rollei 35S is not your typical P&S. You actually have to know something > > about photography to use it. > > Boy, that's an understatement! Did you not feel limited by the scale > focusing? I've never been able to work up enough confidence in my ability to > estimate distances to try/buy a Rollei 35. > > John, > > With a 40mm lens, exposing at f5.6 or smaller, zone focusing works pretty > well. I'll bet if you practiced you could judge distances between 8 and 20 feet > with less than 10% error. Over 20 ft. it doesn't make much difference. The only > time I had much of a problem is shooting wide open between 3 and 6 ft. Quite > a few respectable cameras, including the early Leicas and the Robots used > scale focusing. > > Larry Z > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html