[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex SL 35M and Rolleinar 3,5/200mm

  • From: eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:59:39 +0000

Thanks for that description. I've always been curious about the SL 35.
I just started using a Canon FTb, and the thing I like best about it is the 
weight - very steady.

E.

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From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Finally I took my first roll-cassete (Kodacolor neg
> 400)with the SL 35M and the Rolleinar 3.5/200, a nice
> surprise to me. I won't say the SL 35M is a superb
> camera or even an excellent camera, but it's a very
> good camera, %100 metal made with an accurate Cds
> lightmeter and a reasonable weight to work camera
> handheld; I bought it with the film advance lever
> jammed but the old technician from my city did a good
> work and after a second overhauling no problem, the
> film advance worked fine with film, the shutter speeds
> are exact. The film advance lever travel is long too
> much, sometimes you forget to reach the travel top
> (there is no comparison point with the short travel
> for the Pentax P30t)and you think "Nooo, it's jammed
> again!" but with an additional movement for the lever
> things become right.
> I found remarkable the fact you can see the lens f
> stop number in the viewfinder, it happens via a
> reflection system because the battery is for the
> lightmeter only.
> 
> I liked very much the Rolleinar (Mamiya) 3,5/200, very
> light in comparison with the Pentax ED 2,8/200.
> I was seeing the 13x18cm color optical prints from the
> lab and when I could use a quick shutter speed (250
> and faster) the sharpness, color and contrast are
> excellent (I could use "superb" really, but it's the
> first film cassete) I even obtained useful images at
> f3,5 and 1/60, camera handheld, it would be impossible
> with the Pentax tele due to the weight.
> I hope to scan some images afterwards, I liked only a
> few for the web.-
> 
> All the best
> Carlos
> 
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