[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus
- From: Jeff Kelley <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:43:26 -0700
Eric,
I believe autofocus issues are to blame for those who have complaints.
I had very poor luck getting sharp focus with these things until I started
ALWAYS forcing the camera into spot metering/focus. Then all one need do is
point the spot where needed, depress the shutter button half-way which locks
focus and exposure, recompose and shoot.
Once I started doing the above, I virtually never have unsharp images due to
focus issues. In the default, non-spot mode, it guesses wrong all too often.
I sure wish it would stay in spot-mode when powered off!
Jeff> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:27:49 -0400> From: egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> To:
rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [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> > -> > 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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