[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus

Some swear by this camera... others at it. I've heard some praise
about the wonderful lens (which is a dialyte type I think!) other say
it is not especially sharp and there is visible distortion. I have a
feeling it may suffer from autofocus issues which affect sharpness...

The trusty Yashica's T4 Tessar 35/3.5 was always the pro shooters
pocket camera as far as I remember...

Eric Goldstein

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On 9/27/07, Jeff Kelley <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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