[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus

Richard, I think the lenses on these cameras are really interesting...once you 
figure out how to setup and use the things!
 
Here is a shot where I used spot-mode, focussed on the left eye, and had 
film/light that forced a wide aperature:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6469357
 
 
Jeff> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:53:00 -0700> From: rich815@xxxxxxxxx> To: 
rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and 
Olympus Stylus> > Thanks, maybe this will give the camera a second life for 
me!> > On 9/27/07, Jeff Kelley <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > Richard, press 
BOTH the flash button and the timer button simultaneously.> > You'll see a dot 
inside a rectangle appear in the LCD on the back when in> > spot focus/meter 
mode. The 2 "night" flash modes seem to disable spot mode.> > It works in any 
other flash mode, however, including flash off.> >> > The camera defaults back 
to non-spot mode every time it powers-down and it> > defaults to flash "on" 
too....> >> > Virtually every shot is focussed where I want it when I use spot 
mode.> >> > Point where you want to focus, push shutter button halfway down 
until you> > get the green LED in the viewfinder, then while still holding the 
button> > half down, recompose and shoot.> >> > Jeff> >> >> >> > >> > > How is 
this done again? I forget.....> > >> > >> > > On 9/27/07, Jeff Kelley 
<thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > > >> > > > Richard, ALWAYS force the EPIC 
STYLUS into spot focus/metering and you> > will> > > > have MUCH better luck.> 
> > >> > > > Jeff> > > >> > > >> > > > > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:52:49 -0700> 
From: rich815@xxxxxxxxx> To:> > > > rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: 
[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic> > and> > > > Olympus Stylus> > I've owned 
2 or 3 of these Epic's through the years> > and> > > > liked them> well-enough 
until I began to know the other options in small> > > > compact> P&S cameras. 
In comparison to something like a Contax T2 or> > even> > > > the> Olympus XA I 
found the Epic to not be as sharp nor did I like the>> > > > character of the 
lens so much in the photos I shot. I also had way> too> > many> > > > AF 
misses, flare and sometimes under-exposed shots.> > I now much prefer> > > > 
either my T2, or one of the Rollei 35's or the XA.> > This review I> > think> > 
> > shows some of the same issues:> >> > 
http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/epic.htm>> > > > > For the money a good buy for 
sure, but I was just too dissatified> > with>> > > > the results too often and 
now it sits on a shelf, or I let my 5-year>> > old> > > > use it.> > Richard 
S.> San Francisco> > See my Commute Photo Blog!>> > > > 
http://shootingonthefly.blogspot.com/> My Flickr Page>> > > > 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/> > > > > > On> > 9/27/07, Jerry 
Friedman> > > > <tinycameraco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > 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> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> > > >> > 
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