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 04:38 PM 8/27/97 -0400, Marc James Small wrote: >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The 3003 was withdrawn from commercial sales in 1995, though it does remain 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 almost bought one of those cameras, but was concerned about the way Rollei had dead-ended the SL35. I also almost bought an SL66 once upon a time. Now I'm really glad I didn't get into either system, even though I think the 3003 is about as cute as can be. But one can't trust Rollei to build backwards-compatible systems the way Leica do.