As I commented here several years ago, a photographer friend of mine had a
GX and I used it several times when I visi him in Brazil. The GX Planar was
made from the tooling to manufacture the Planar for the F Platinum about
1985. Carl Zeiss did not manufacture the 2,8 Planar for the Rollei TLR from
1973 and needed a new tooling and to train employees to manufacture it
again, similar for Gossen and the lightmeter, it was the reason for the
Platinum high price. Rollei had used the stock parts for the F Aurum in
1983 and decided to do the Platinum due to the Aurum success. This way,
after the Planar for the Platinum, the new tooling was used for the GX
Planar from 1987, it was made by Rollei under CZ license. The GX Planar is
the same Planar used in previous TLR models, however it has the HFT
multicoating process, it's the only 2,8/80 Planar for the Rollei TLR with
HFT, it means an improvement for the lens microcontrast under certain
lighting conditions, anyway it is not a substantial difference regarding
single layer coated Planar's, the improvement is a very slight increasing
for the light transmission because this Planar has five elements only, the
multicoating advantages are more perceptible for more complex lenses like
the WA lenses.
The GX/FX cameras and their Planar lenses are newer than classic TLR
Rolleis and it could be a substantial difference sometimes today. Anyway,
GX/FX are F simplified cameras, they don't have the automatic film feeler
mechanism, they don't have the automatic DOF indicator, they don't have the
self timer and the back lock looks a Rolleicord one, they cannot use the
Rolleikin for 35mm film; the later versions have Seiko and Copal Japanese
shutters. GX/FX cameras have a very good electronic lightmeter taken from
the 6000 series and you feel a GX like a true Rollei TLR un your hands.
Carlos
El jue., 23 de ene. de 2020 20:08, wayne pinney <tennjed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
escribió:
Does anyone out there own/use one of the GX models. Given that both the GX
and, say, any other 2.8 Planar Rolleiflex are both in flawless condition,
can one expect that the results from the GX will be better than the earlier
model?
I have been eyeballing the GX for a couple years now, but have always been
put off by additional cost. Now, for some reason, I am considering it
again. Some of the photos on Flickr, from GX, seem amazing. Is the Rollei
HFT Planar a substantially better lens than earlier Planars?
Thanks for any benefit of your experience.
Wayne ---
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