[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras
- From: Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:06:06 +0100
At 15:41 Uhr -0500 9.11.2009, Marc James Small wrote:
>At 02:02 PM 11/9/2009, Hauke Fath wrote:
>
> >While you can do that (like you can with a Contax II), it degrades the
> >camera to a mere film holder, and is awkward (I imagine) compared to any
> >SLR.
>
>This makes no sense. I do not "degrade" a Contax
>II by taking pictures with it. I am using a fine
>instrument for its intended purpose.
With a 400 mm lens (and the associated mirror box - "Spiegelkasten")? The
point of a rangefinder camera is the rangefinder. Leave its useful range (>
135 mm even for the Contax), and it's blind.
> >Amazing... although I can relate. You must have been lucky, picking a
> >reliable SL35E, though.
>
>I have owned seven of them. All worked
>flawlessly. Never had a problem with a one of
>them.
I envy you. I dearly love my SL35E, but it required fixing in the late 80s
because of the usual shutter/mirror issue, and starts to show similar
symptoms again. I am slowly mustering the courage to dive into its interior
(including a dead SL35E to play with), but unfortunately it is way less
documented than, say, the Contaxen and Kievs.
> And their reputation for reliability is rather high.
8)
> >That experience still lies ahead of me, but after a holiday trip with a
> >Kiev 4a, I can well imagine.
>
>A Kiev 4a will be a fine tool for use in Jazz bars. Go for it!
The guy who did the CLA assumed light seals were unnecessary, and it shows,
so that also needs some work. Plus, focussing could be smoother. But then,
I wanted a camera to tinker with...
hauke
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"It's never straight up and down" (DEVO)
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