Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier, I've used this Rollei, and far prefer the similarly sized Konica Auto S3, which offers a fuller range of shutter speeds (1/8th to 1/500th, plus B), probably the best lens on cameras in its class (a 38mm f1.8 that is quite impressive), and a system that compensates for ambient light with any flash. Mark On 6/2/05, Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: > > >Rollei35S --- Now you're talking. Best pocket sized camera ever made. > >Beats all the Leica pocket trash. The only downside is that you have to > >know what you are doing to use it. No rangefinder. No auto anything. Just > >solid construction and the sharpest 40 mm f2.8 lens in the business. > >Larry Z > > Larry, > > Not shure about "sharpest 40" since the Voigtlander 1.4/40 appeared. And on > the Rolleiclub Website they estimate the 2.3/40 Sonnar of the Rollei XF 35 > as the sharpest 40 of all compacts. > > I have a Rollei XF 35, which is another design. Slightly larger and much > cheaper than a 35 S (paid 18 Euros on the auction site - a retired Rollei > worker has CLA'd it and adjusted the voltage for new batteries for 25 > Euros). > > Automatic exposure and manual rangefinding. The Sonnar 2.3/40 (the larger > size of the XF body allows a faster lens than on the 35 S or SE) is a sharp > lens with a very creamy bokeh. A real Sonnar (even if the same lens was > named Color Skopar on the equivalent model Voigtlander VF135 - it was the > time when Rollei owned Voigtlander). > > The XF is good for those occasions where you need a automatic compact. The > other day I have mounted it on my race bicycle with a Linhof panorama > tripod head. Was fun. > > http://www.rolleiclub.com/rollei/35compact/xf35.htm > > Didier > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >