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