[rollei_list] Re: How rare is a Rollei with a Biometar?
- From: Javier Perez <summarex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Rollei List <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:05:24 -0400
Howdy
I know what you mean. I have an M4-2.
The crap I've had to put up with from the other Msters...
Javier
> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:39:16 -0400
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: How rare is a Rollei with a Biometar?
> From: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > 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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