[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35 Classic and Olympus Stylus
- From: "Richard Sintchak" <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:53:00 -0700
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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