[rollei_list] Re: Rolleis and Mountains
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:01:31 -0400
Except Carlos that today's climbers of the highest peaks shoot plastic,
battery dependent, not 100% manual cameras.
So it sounds like the old wives are telling tales again... ;-)
Eric Goldstein
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:51 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is lighter than the Rollei 35 (320g vs 225g) because it is plastic
> made, it is batteries dependent, it is not 100% manual, the XA is not
> so robust like the Rollei 35, it could be a climbing camera for hills
> and the Alps, but not for the Andes or the Himalayas.
> Alfred Gregory carried a Rolleiflex TLR (about 1000g) up to the South
> Col in the Everest at about 8000m (26000 feet)
>
> Carlos
>
>
> 2011/4/26 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > The Olympus XA is much lighter than the Rollei 35, and weight is the name
> of
> > the game for climbers...
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