To me the real competitor is my Retina II with rangefinder, 50mm Xenon f2... nice mavhine, and it looks so "quaint" to "moderns" that I can get damn near any portrait I want with it. Half my HARD CORE punk portraits aredone with it... Peter Nebergall On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:11:10 -0400 Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At 07:38 PM 9/30/2007, marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >In my opinion the Rollei 35 is a dog, it is akward and > cumbersome. > >Please note that they can only be realistically used with the > lens > >closed down focused at distance. I have never seen one used with > >focusing other that stopped down. > >A much better camera for the size in my opinion is a Leica M, or > a > >Petri 35 colour. > > Thank you for your opinion. I love my Rollei 35S > and often shoot it wide-open, though I do > acknowledge that it works better when I am stone > sober rather than drunk, what with the zone focusing and all. > > The Petri 35 line are interesting but are hardly > in the same league. Now, the real competitor to > the Rollei 35S is the Werra III. Light, small, > neat, and cool. And the three lenses are optical killers, as well. > > Marc > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list