[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35S, SE

It was indeed. An Altman design according to Kingslake...

Eric Goldstein

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On 9/27/07, Mike Bischof <nbg90455@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wait a minute -- wasn't the Ektar on the Medalist a 5-element Heliar design
> (in contrast to the 4-element Ektars that were on the Graphics etc.)?
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> Mike
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> aghalide@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> sometimes it ain't the fault 0f the lens. This applies to non-rollei lenses
> as well. Many moons ago I  purchased a Kodak Medalist 6x9 to go along with
> my stable of Rolleis. Again, I reference Schwalberg, the maven of Wetzlar.
> We breakfast and lunched almost every day from 1972 to 1985 or so, when we
> officed at 1 Park Ave " at Popular Photograhy. I wish I had my tape recorder
> going, but instead I must rely on memories. According to Bopp or as known by
> non-Wetzlar people, Bob, Kodak's best lens is the 100mm f/3.5 Ektar on the
> Medalist. "it's a great Tessar", I remember him saying. My new-old Medalist
> Ektar was a bit foggy. I brought it to Professional Camera Repair in NYC.
> Marty handed it to Buddy for cleaning. Got it back in about one-week. Every
> thing took one week, unless it was an overnight and the photographer was
> going to Selma or whereever the next day. I remember Marty repairing cameras
>  used by photographers documenting the March for free. I got the M edalis t
> back the next week and then ran a roll of 120 (I had it changed from 620 to
> 120 by the Bald Mountain guys. Wide open it wasn't so good. Could Schwalberg
> be wrong? Could that Tesssar-type lens be not so good?
> A few months later I stuck my finger inside the back of the camera and found
>  the rear elements were loose. Could Buddy have not tightened it all the way
> in? So I did. And the frog became a Prince.  This could be the case with
> Xenars, Xenotars, Planars and even Tessars.  Ed Meyers
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> Mike Bischof
> Delhi, India
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