[Leica] OT: Value of Rolleiflex

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I assumed it was because Planar (Zeiss) is associated with Hasselblad, and
Schneider is associated with Kodak (Retina) et al.
Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA

On Jan 11, 2008 3:58 PM, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:

> I have a close-to-mint 2.8F 12/24 for which I paid far more than $600 in
> the summer of 2000. Mint or not, I use it several times a year.
>
> I wonder if the 2.8Fs with Planars are more in demand by collectors
> because Rollei used Planars first, adding Xenotars in order to meet the
> demand for more Rolleis, because Zeiss couldn't produce enough Planars.
> The perception might be that the Xenotars were Rollei's second choice.
>
> To my eye, the Xenotar produces images with ever so slightly more robust
> colors than those from the Planar... but my eyes are getting old so I
> could be wrong.
>
> All of my lenses for my Rollei 6008i are Schneider, including the superb
> 80mm Xenotar.  The only exception is the F-Distagon 30mm by Zeiss,
> because that's all that I could find... at any rate I'm not certain that
> Schneider makes one.
>
> Jim, "but what do I know? I went to art school" Hemenway
>
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