[rollei_list] Re: About the 2.8 GX/FX kinship
- From: Jerry Friedman <tinycameraco@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:22:36 -0700 (PDT)
I am always impressed with the technical knowledge of members of this thread.
I would ask this: is the new wide angle Rollei a contiunation of the previous
series of wide angle cameras or is it related to the GX body but in a wide
angle version?
I can not explain why, but I have always found my GX handles better than the F
series cameras I have handled. Could this be because I actually spent the money
on the GX while I do not own any F series cameras? It is always reassuring to
know that the camera we chose to buy, and spent so much money for, is actually
the best there is. Or, is it very hard for those with yesterday's best F series
camera to accept that there is a newer version?
Love the one you are with......?
Regards to all and very great thanks to all of you who share so much of what
you know. I can not begin to imagine how I would ever experience all I learn
here every day.
Best, Jerry F.
--- dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Following this thread, I wonder is there any difference in quality between
> the cameras?
>
> Doug Nygren
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:45:20 +0000 (GMT)
>
> >Marc, if you compare the T with the GX/FX it's evident
> >they are very different cameras, the T has plastic
> >bands and levers for EVS, shutter speeds and F stops
> >control, the shutter release has a different position
> >regarding the F or GX/FX, the shutter is CR 0 for the
> >F GX/FX and CR 00 for the T, the focusing mechanism
> >-as you wrote- are different for both cameras models
> >too since the T uses a 3.5 lens and the F and GX/FX a
> >2.8 lens. It's true that the GX/FX don't have the
> >lower film chamber film sensor but this is an
> >independent mechanism that can be eliminated for
> >economical or technical reasons, however the lower
> >film chamber spring is identical or almost identical
> >for the spring used for the last F and for the Aurum
> >and Platin. However, more important, the GX/FX
> >maintain the F coupled crossed mechanism for the
> >lightmeter adapted for the electronic lightmeter
> >thanks to electric contacts, the GX/FX heart is a 2.8F
> >marc, they have nothing to do with "T".
> >Regarding Prochnow, he has no problem to comment
> >several Rollei errors in his books.-
> >
> >All the best
> >Carlos
> > --- Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> >
> >> At 06:13 PM 6/13/06 +0000, Carlos Manuel Freaza
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Most
> >> >Rollei users, Rollei enthusiasts and Rollei
> >> collectors
> >> >say the 2.8 GX/FX are a modified Rolleiflex T
> >> and/or
> >> >Rolleicord, however the truth is that this TLR has
> >> a
> >> >strong kinship with the 2.8F as you can read in
> >> Claus
> >> >Prochnow's Rollei Report IV; for example, in the
> >> first
> >> >2.8GX camera file: " New model, mechanical
> >> structure
> >> >derived from the Rolleiflex 2.8F".
> >>
> >>
> >> Carlos
> >>
> >> Bear in mind that Prochnow was and is a flack for
> >> Rollei, and his words
> >> must sometimes be taken with a VERY large dose of
> >> salt.
> >>
> >> I would suggest that you place a GX next to a T and
> >> then talk to repair
> >> folks who have worked on both. There is MUCH more
> >> of the T in the GX than
> >> there is of the F. The film transport alone is
> >> straight T. The lens
> >> controls, of course, are derived from the F. (I own
> >> both a 12/24 2.8F and
> >> a 2.8GX and have used them extensively. Both are
> >> dreams to use, but there
> >> are more than a few differences between them.
> >>
> >> Marc
> >>
> >> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >>
> >>
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