[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's


----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Frazier" <kennybod@xxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Serial No's


kennybod@xxxxxxx (Kenneth Frazier) wrote:

Marc, as requested:

And, not so incidentally, they're all great picture takers!

Ken
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The Rev. Kenneth Frazier
Norfield Congregational Church
CT Conference, United Church of Christ
Weston, CT  USA
Leica photos at: http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r

Rolleiflex's seem to have earned a reputation for sharpness early on. I suspect this is because of the excellent focusing means provided by the reflex finder and careful matching at the factory. When the Rollei was first produced most roll film cameras were guess focus or required focusing with a ground glass adaptor. While the ground glass would be precise it was useless for hand held work. The same is true of the Super Ikonta and its earlier version, the Super Ikomat, the excellent rangefinder allows precise focusing of these cameras yielding sharp pictures even though the front element focusing Tessar has some faults. This is probably also true of the Leica. The original Elmar lens was just a version of the Tessar, a very good lens but the reputation for sharpness was at least partly the result of the precise rangefinder. Cameras which can not be focused precisely will rarely produce sharp pictures no matter how good the lenses are.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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