[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 35S, SE

I gave the Retina with the Ektar as a gift, thinking I could replace
it if I missed it. Or, I should say I wasn't thinking. As the saying
goes, never part with a good lens. Never.

Eric Goldstein

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On 9/30/07, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Eric,
>
> I have used at least two cameras with the 47mm f2.0 Ektar.  The Kodak
> Bantam Special and the Kardon.
>
> Both produced slides that were sensational.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> Eric Goldstein wrote:
> > That's a nice machine, but ever shoot the version of this with the
> > 47/2 Ektar? It will make your mouth water...
> >
> >
> > Eric Goldstein
> >
> > --
> >
> > On 9/30/07, Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> To me the real competitor is my Retina II with rangefinder, 50mm Xenon
> >> f2...  nice mavhine, and it looks so "quaint" to "moderns" that I can get
> >> damn near any portrait I want with it.  Half my HARD CORE punk portraits
> >> aredone with it...
> >>
> >> Peter Nebergall
> >> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:11:10 -0400 Marc James Small
> >> <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >>> At 07:38 PM 9/30/2007, marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>  >In my opinion the Rollei 35 is a dog, it is akward and
> >>> cumbersome.
> >>>  >Please note that they can only be realistically used with the
> >>> lens
> >>>  >closed down focused at distance. I have never seen one used with
> >>>  >focusing other that stopped down.
> >>>  >A much better camera for the size in my opinion is a Leica M, or
> >>> a
> >>>  >Petri 35 colour.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your opinion.  I love my Rollei 35S
> >>> and often shoot it wide-open, though I do
> >>> acknowledge that it works better when I am stone
> >>> sober rather than drunk, what with the zone focusing and all.
> >>>
> >>> The Petri 35 line are interesting but are hardly
> >>> in the same league.  Now, the real competitor to
> >>> the Rollei 35S is the Werra III.  Light, small,
> >>> neat, and cool.  And the three lenses are optical killers, as well.
> >>>
> >>> Marc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >>>
> >>>
>
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