Then compare it to something like a Canon QL17, which is so simply its almost drop and load. I used EOS film SLRs before I went digital. It was indeed drop and load. Rarely used my older film cameras (except the Rollei) after that. Sold the Contax, etc. Now they are just a bad memory. On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > At 13:43 Uhr -0700 1.8.2010, Peter K. wrote: > >To each his own. If you have the time to play that's great. If you have to > >load a roll of film in a camera like this at an event your dead. I will > >stick to the easier swing open backs. > > I'll try and time film-changing for the Contax II as opposed to the > Rolleiflex SL35E when I have time. > > Rewinding is a different issue, though. Twiddling the Contaxes' rewind knob > takes time. > > hauke > > -- > "It's never straight up and down" (DEVO) > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬