Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:37 AM 8/27/97 -0800, Donal Philby wrote: >The 3003 is the 35mm system, yes? I remember looking at it some years >ago as the one truly innovative system. Especially for us location >shooters working with lights and needing a polaroid back, it seemed >wonderful. Even the way it fit the hand. The lenses were reported to >be excellent (typically Rollei), if limited in scope. > >I especially loved the interchangeable backs. > >Is the system still made?? Perhaps it was just too innovative for the >traditional market. The 3003 was withdrawn from commercial sales in 1995, though it does remain available for technical and industrial applications, especially in a photogrammetric variant with a Reseau screen. I am a bit surprised by the remark about a 'limited' lens line: Rollei-marketed lenses for the system (1-pin for the SL35, 2-pin for the SL350 to SL35/Voigtlander VSL3-E, and 3-pin for the later models) ranging from the 3.5/15 Distagon (identical, of course, to the Leica Super-Elmar-R) to the massive 5.6/1000 Mirotar. The 3003 really was the inexpensive way to get into Carl Zeiss lenses, as most of the Rollei QBM variants cost a bit less than the Oberkochen Contarex lenses or Kyocera Contax SLR gear. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!