[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

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http://shootingonthefly.blogspot.com/
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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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