Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06
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Larry
Yes, the 40mm f2.8 Sonnar was superb, but it was eclipsed in my
Pantheon of lenses, by the 40mm f2.0 Summicron of the Leica CL.
Jerry
LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:
> Whatever the merits, or lack of merits of the Rollei 35 RF, I'm glad Rollei
> is bringing back the 40mm Sonnar f2.8. The Rollei 35S, featuring that lens,
> was, and still is, my favorite backup camera. It saved my bacon and my job more
> than once. On a year long research trip to India in 1988 the heat and humidity
> did in my expensive SLR . During the three months hospitalization to repair
> the camera ("No problem. It will be fixed soon."), I took several hundred
> pictures with the Rollei. All the pictures were razor sharp and several of Kashmir
> made the covers of travel magazines.
>
> The Rollei 35S is not your typical P&S. You actually have to know something
> about photography to use it. Too bad it has been priced into the stratosphere
> by collectors.
>
> Larry Z
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