[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:17:39 -0500

Hi Marc...

I'd love to see a 35S German. In all my years of looking, never saw one...


Eric

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 02:46 PM 11/9/2009, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>>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...
>
> Some were made there, some were made in Germany.  I have owned both and have
> never been able to see a difference in their quality.
>
> The 35 family were designed by an outside engineer and were not an internal
> F&H product.  Still, F&H adopted the design and made it their own.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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