[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus
- From: Jeff Kelley <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:17:03 -0700
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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