Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Response to OT - Rollei 35 pros and cons
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:43:56 -0800 (PST)

Thankyou all for some very useful information on the
Rollei 35. I think I'll get one....and even if I do
not like it, it wouldn't be a money losing preposition
by selling it.

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> Subject:  Response to OT - Rollei 35 pros and cons
> 
> The lens is good (40mm Sonnar 2.8) but not as good
> as a 40mm Summicron or
> Rokkor. The camera is an ergonomic disaster. Well
> made. I had the 35S. I
> dropped it and it was never the same. Hopeless with
> flash (not that I care).
> The good thing about it of course is that it is
> totally manual, so you never
> have to worry about the shutter speed getting too
> low or the auto metering
> being influenced by anything untoward in the
> picture. But a 40mm lens is
> difficult to scale focus, unless you are very
> practised, and the camera is
> heavy so difficult to keep in a pocket.
> Ergonomically the Minox 35 is much
> superior and the Minox lens is of equivalent
> quality, but the Minox is a cheap
> feeling plastic camera. As of now I have the Ricoh
> GR1V...the jury is still out
> on this one too. Small cameras are very difficult to
> get right. IN many ways
> the Leica CL or even the CLE are the best pocket
> cameras out there -- but there
> again they are not really in the same league of size
> as the Rollei or Minox.
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