[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:46:59 -0500
It is trivial to mount a rangefinder on these cameras, calibrate them
to fractions of inches, and shoot wide open at closest focus.
I am of course much more concerned about the 35S not being a "true"
Rollei, as per the previous discussion. They were after all made in
Singapore...
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Hauke Fath
<hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 12:21 Uhr -0500 9.11.2009, Marc James Small wrote:
>>First, the Rollei 35S IS an outstanding camera
>>and I carry one in my glovebox. It can take some
>>really fine pictures as can the basic 35. But it
>>is designed for different things than is the
>>Leica RF camera. Try taking a picture with a
>>5/400 long-focus lens on the 35S.
>
> While you can do that (like you can with a Contax II), it degrades the
> camera to a mere film holder, and is awkward (I imagine) compared to any
> SLR.
>
> No, the real difference between the 35 S and a full-grown rangefinder
> camera shows with full aperture. Shooting anything short of infinity with
> the 35 S under poor light conditions is just frustrating, and that's where
> rangefinders shine.
>
> And that is why
>
>> [...] the 35S
>>is not nearly as capable a camera in general terms as is the Leica RF.
>>
>>Second, I am not certain what you mean by "an
>>unreliable Rollei SL 35" as I have never
>>encountered such, though I have owned several
>>very reliable Rolleiflex SL35's. But using an
>>SLR in miniature format is an experience worlds
>>away from using a rangefinder camera in that
>>format. I still own a Rolleiflex SL35 E -- I
>>sold off all of my Leica R gear once I got the 35
>>E as it better matched my needs.
>
> Amazing... although I can relate. You must have been lucky, picking a
> reliable SL35E, though.
>
>> But for normal
>>photography, I take either a Leica RF or a Contax
>>RF. I do VERY little flash work and shooting
>>jazz groups in a smoky bar at night mandates a
>>rangefinder. An SLR just cannot do the job.
>
> That experience still lies ahead of me, but after a holiday trip with a
> Kiev 4a, I can well imagine.
>
> hauke
>
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