Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, Marc answered while I was out. I think glass is a more steady material in a film pressure plate than metal. A friend of mine has a Rolleiflex 2.8 Planar with glass film pressure plate. It seems like this Rollei/Planar gives more homogeneous negatives (center/border) than the corresponding Rolleiflex with metal film pressure plate. Contax use a very fine ceramic pressure plate even in their "pocketable" cameras, T2 and TVS. This is a virtually indestructible film pressure plate, with very high stability, extreme hardness, and resistance to distortion and scratches. I am very astonished of the results I get with my Contax TVS, and it is so silent... I carry it with me every day now, and I never feel bothered any more. Oddmund __e_n_g_a_g_e_d_p_h_o_t_o_g_r_a_p_h_y_w_i_l_l_c_h_a_n_g_e_t_h_e_m_i_n_d_s__ Oddmund Garvik Paris, France garvik@i-t.fr