As I wrote previously, I only have real experience with the Rolleinar 1 up to now and I never had parallax problems with the #1 (at least noticeable problems). According W.D.Emanuel, a photographer that wrote a lot of practical books on different cameras, the Rolleipar correction for Rolleinar 1 and 2 eliminate the parallax doing to coincide viewfinder and film plane image exactly via viewfinder image deviation, however in a newer edition he included the Rolleinar 3 and no longer wrote the Rolleipar eliminates the parallax, he only comments about them like prisms to compensate the parallax. When Rollei manufactured the special Rolleinar 4 for the Phillips equipment, 25-20cm focusing zone it was not made a Rolleipar due to the short focusing distance. Anyway I'm not worried about parallax, I think I can handle this issue for certain kind of subjects. Carlos 2010/3/6 Stephen Attaway <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > The difference between the viewing and taking lenses is one reason the '3' > is too much. I've never worried about that with the '2': at 1/2 meter the > rolleipar is still adequate. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:06 AM > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleinar 3 poll > >> Hi Carlos - >> >> I sure see your point... if you want to shoot close up hand held, a >> ground glass and extension tubes are not really a good play. The >> Rolleinars make this possible. There are going to be times when the >> difference between viewing and taking lenses create some unwanted >> surprises, but obviously from the way you describe this shot, not >> always... > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list