[rollei_list] Re: Rolleis and Mountains

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:15:53 -0400

The Olympus XA is much lighter than the Rollei 35, and weight is the name of
the game for climbers...


Eric Goldstein

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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2011/4/26 Jan Decher <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx>:
> ...
> >  It seems to me, the camera Rollei should build for this purpose nowadays
> is
> > currently being built by Fuji.  Digital, but classic looks and handling:
> > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/fujifilmx100/
>
> Jan:
>        FujifilmX100 dimensions: 126.5 (W) mm x 74.4 (H) mm x 53.9 (D)
> mm / 5.0in. (W) x 2.9in. (H) x 2.1 in. (D) (Minimum thickness: 31.0mm
> / 1.2in.)
>        Rollei 35 dimensions: 97 x 60 x 30 mm (3 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/16 in)
>
> Rollei 35 was and is the smallest 35mm mechanical camera in the world,
> it is even smaller than the Olympus XA (manufactured for a few years)
> for two of three dimensions.
>
> I'm afraid the Fujifilm X100 does not qualify for high mountain
> photography, its operating temperature runs from 0ºC to 40ºC:
> http://www.finepix-x100.com/en/x100/technical-specification
>
> Carlos
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