Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. - --- smith_robin@hotmail.com wrote: > Robin Smith (smith_robin@hotmail.com) responded to a > message you > requested notification for in the Leica Photography > bboard: > > 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. > > ----------------- > > To post a response, come back to the bulletin board > at > > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0042Z4 > > > > ------------- > > If you are no longer interested in this thread, > simply go to the > following URL and you will no longer get these > notifications: > > http://www.photo.net/bboard/shut-up?row_id=AAAICGAAMAAAyKgAB6 > > ------------- > > Note: this message was sent by a robot. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html