[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex SL 35 E
- From: Raid Amin <ramin@xxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 08:27:55 -0600
My mint SL2000F suddenly died after 3 months (of no use). I sent it to KEH
Repair, who were very good about the repair issue, and they told me that
the camera had to go back to Germany for the spare parts and repair. The
company in Germany needed about 6-10 months to find a replacement main
board as my camera's board (I was told) was defective and had died. After
some negotiations, I managed to get down the repair cost from about $800 to
$450 based on KEH's quote, but then the company in Germany withdrew any
warranties because of the lower amount paid. The camera worked for another
month or so and then died again. Now, it is pretty looking and large paper
weight at home.
I am still using the Zeiss lenses for it on my M 4/3 cameras. The Zeiss
Planar 85/1.4 is superb. It has only 3 aperture blades, which somehow broke
off. So now I use it only wide open for some amazing bokeh and colors and
sharpness.
I also have a Distagon 35/1.4 and a Planar 50/1.4 and a Schneider 50/1.8
and a Zeiss 35/2.8.
Dr. Raid W. Amin
Professor of Statistics/Statistical Consultant
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida 32514, USA
Phone: (850) 474 3014
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> At 05:07 PM 3/2/2014, Raid wrote:
> >The 2000F is a camera with short life. It is destined to die on you,
> >The SL35 is the cameraw ith the second best reliability of all
> >Rolleiflex 35mm SLR cameras.
>
> Raod. You may well be corrrect.
>
> Marc
>
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>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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