Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Matt Powell wrote: > On 11/14/05, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: >> And an Iskra: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album08/05v45_0035 > > How do you like the Iskra? > > I've been looking for a 6x6 alternative to the much more expensive > Rolleiflex F or a Mamiya 6 kit - the only downside to the Iskra's is > that I've heard the film advance is fragile. Any problems on your end? I have the Iskra 1 (without meter). The optic is excellent (no front-lens focusing) and it has a good finder. OTOH, the mechanism seems not boiler-plate stable, so I wouldn't take the Iskra as my single vacation camera. I have no such mental problems with a CLAd Rolleiflex or -cord, in fact I often take a Rolleiflex as main camera and a Olympus Mju-II as backup. The optical quality of a (non-ebay butchered) Rollei regardless of year and type is so excellent, it isn't _really_ important if you have a Rollei with Xenar/Tessar lens or a more expensive Xenotar/Planar. Even the lowly Triotar-Rolleicord has excellent picture quality, the difference are the last few mm at the edges. Gr??e aus Hohenlohe, Martin Jangowski | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: Martin@Jangowski.de| | Netzwerke und Multimedia | | Voice: +49 7946/940790 Fax: +49 7946/940791 | | Snail Mail: Von-Olnhausen Str. 4 74626 Bretzfeld Germany |