[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus

I have 2 of these.  They are called "Olympic Stylus Epic."
 
The fixed 35mm lens is pretty incredible.  I keep black & white film in one and 
color film in the other.  I usually grab one or both whenever I leave the 
house....
 
They are still available:
http://tinyurl.com/24sltd
My only complaint is that the buttons are so small that I have trouble pushing 
2 at once, which is required to set it to spot metering/focusing mode...and the 
setting doesn't stick, so you have to do this every time you've turned off the 
camera.
 
The spot metering/focusing and the flash settings are really the only manual 
control available and the ISO is DX only: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600.  
 
I have tricked it into using ISO 1600 with Tri-X 400 by stratigically 
scratching the black paint off the 35mm cartridge....
 
Great lens!
 
Jeff
 
> > > I hate to mention this because I have no first hand> experience. But, a 
> > > great many people swear by the first> Olympus Stylus which had a 35mm 
> > > f/2.8 lens and autofocus.> And it was (is?) available for about $80 new. 
> > > Many of the> acounts i have read claimed that it was a wonderful and> 
> > > cheap take-along and far better than anything else> available. And, at 
> > > $80 new..........> > Regards, Jerry > > > --- Jan Decher 
> > > <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx> wrote:> > > Has anyone used one of the newer Rollei 
> > > 35 Classic? I> > really prefer > > the placement of the hot shoe on the 
> > > top and also like> > the re- > > designed flash that came with the 
> > > classic kit. A gray> > ("platinum") > > one just went for about $650 on 
> > > EBAY with BIN. Not sure> > if they ever > > come cheaper.> > > > Wished 
> > > F&H would decide to make a "run of the mill"> > version again in > > the 
> > > $400-600 range. I am sure there would be good> > outlets for it, > > like 
> > > the posh Bauhaus-inspired "Manufactum" warehouse in> > Germany: > > 
> > > http://www.manufactum.de/Suchergebnis.2033.0.html> > Manufactum also used 
> > > to sell a late re-incarnation of the> > spring- > > wound Robot camera 
> > > (which could be a real contender for> > the Rollei 35.> > > > Jan> > > > 
> > > > > On 27 Sep 2007, at 02:31, FreeLists Mailing List Manager> > wrote:> > 
> > > >> ..., than> > >> a cheap aux rangefinder on the hot shoe (hung upside> 
> > > > down!) will get> > >> you where you need to be. The focus travel from 3 
> > > feet> > to infinity on> > >> the XA is about an inch and the focus patch 
> > > is about> > as precise...> > >>> > >> I traded my user 35S for a 
> > > beautiful German many years> > ago, and> > >> speaking as a shooter 
> > > rather than a collector/fondler,> > I'm sorry I> > >> did. The Sonnar on 
> > > that camera is really very> > exceptional...> > >> Eric Goldstein> > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________>
> > >  Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! 
> > > Search> 
> > > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz> 
> > > ---> 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> http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list> 
_________________________________________________________________
Explore the seven wonders of the world
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

Other related posts: