[Leica] New album Rollei 35

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Luis

I had one years ago which got a lot of use in sneaky situations, i.e. 
courtrooms. Well made little things but I never managed to get anything 
really sharp. I used Nikons then and their standards were pretty good.

Walt

Luis Ripoll wrote:

>Thanks for your opinion Phil, probably I thought that lens would be better
>as that is, maybe as Leica users we have very high standards, but I agree
>also that I should be more familiar with it, it is so small that it could be
>some difficult to have it firmly. My Olympus is F3,5/35mm, a very contrasted
>lens - even too much - but IMHO better.
>
>Cheers
>Luis
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
>Phil Swango
>Enviado el: domingo, 29 de octubre de 2006 2:26
>Para: LUG
>Asunto: [Leica] New album Rollei 35
>
>Luis wrote:
>"I've found and purchased a nice Rollei 35S and here I've posted the firsts
>trials, in my opinion the lens (Sonnar 2,8/40mm) give certain low contrast,
>the glass is clean and perfect, but when I compare with the Olympus mju...,
>initially I think that Olympus is better."
>
>Luis, I also have a Rollei 35SE.  For a while I felt that the lens wasn't
>great but I finally realized that I had trouble holding the camera steady
>because of the unfamiliar ergonomics.  Guessing the focus can also be a
>problem in low light with slow film (you were using TMX100).  I eventually
>learned to hold the camera a different way and my pictures now look fine.
>But the Olympus mju does have a really contrasty lens, at least the mju ii
>does.
>
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