[rollei_list] Re: How rare is a Rollei with a Biometar?
- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:39:16 -0400
> On the first point, it has long been a matter of
> faith to students of things Zeiss that the words
> "economic realities" and "Zeiss" cannot properly
> be used in the same sentence. Production
> economics have never intruded into the Zeiss
> mentality since the firm was created in 1846.
>
> On the second point, we do know that Franke &
> Heidecke stated that the reason for the switch to
> the six-element Planar was required by the new
> 45mm shutter required for the integrated selenium
> light meter used in the 3.5F. Prochnow covers
> this in II ROLLEI REPORT. Carlos certainly knows more about this.
>
> Marc
In the Leica area when one talks about how a lens went from 6 elements to 5
there is a faction which says it was to save money as the company had gone
down the tubes when Ernst Leitz and family lost control. But they'll just
say it was to save money they wont bring in their agenda.
The other faction says that its not the more the merrier with lens design
elements and a five element lens can be a better design then a 6 element
lens. They found a way to make it better with one less element. Which
strikes me as extremely obvious. But these die hard guys wont budge. If it
says Leica on it its not a Leica. It has to say Leitz to be a Leica.
Rollei didn't have those agenda issues that I can think of or Zeiss. But
some of it applies.
People think more is more.
Mark William Rabiner
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