[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex SL 66 repaired
- From: "Evan Dong" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "ejdong@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:59:56 -0700
Good Morning Carlos,
I find the optics used in the Rollei products, being either for 35 P&S, 35
Rangefinder, 35 SLR, MF TLR, and Medium format SLR, has met and exceed most
everyone's expectation of its superb performance.
Based on what I saw in your list of 35 SLR optics, do you any preferences
toward which optics? Meaning the West Germany manufacture and the Singapore HFT
manufacture?
One of my friend used the Rolleiflex SL35M along another SL35E, but with
majority of the newer Singapore HFT lenses. I still have several of his prints
shot form those lenses and the color are truly eye popping... Majority of them
were all C41 film that was printed on a calibrated NORITSU printer. He insisted
on have a calibrated printer before submitting his work to be printed. Always
asked for the target balancing test result before giving his order.
Some of his best work was done at sunset where he took advantage of the natural
lighting with balancing filters and of course a good flash...
Because of the reliability issue of the camera bodies as you mentioned, I
ventured into the Contax Yashica offering of Zeiss optics. Majority of my
optics are the Japanese optics with MM designation. On occasion, I use some of
my finer M42 optics on it with the M42 adapter.
Evan
On Saturday, June 28, 2014 7:42 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don:
Your comment about the Rollei 35 is very interesting really,
however we were talking about the 35mm Rolleiflex _reflex_ cameras,
SLR.
Carlos
2014-06-27 23:16 GMT-03:00 Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>:
> At 07:48 PM 6/27/2014, Carlos wrote, in part:
>
> Anyway, it's true these cameras had some reliabilities issues and they were
> expensive cameras. I don't think the problem was quality control, these
> cameras are very well made, the SL 35 is a reliable camera, the SL35M and
> siblings had no a proper development for different mechanisms (f.e. some too
> small parts in spite of the camera large size, according comments) because
> they were based on the ZI 701, a camera hardly produced for the market due
> to Zeiss Ikon closure; and then it could be a design issue, not a quality
> control issue.
>
>
> Interesting thing about the 35s. I once had the opportunity to talk about
> cameras with
>
> David Breashears at a book signing near San Diego. I think it was shortly
> after he had returned from that trip to Everest where he made that first
> Everest IMAX film after rescuing several people and even giving some folks
> some of his oxygen tanks:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Breashears
>
> Someone in our discussion group had a Rollei 35 hanging around his neck and
> David said it was the only still camera he trusted and carried on the
> Everest ascents. (Of course he did manage to get a lightweight IMAX camera
> to the top and there is a picture of him reloading the IMAX camera with bare
> hands.) I have the resulting film in DVD form and it really fails to
> capture his, and his team's sacrifice to save folks and still make the film.
>
> I had always wanted a Rollei 35 and wanted to own one after that meeting but
> it was not to happen.
>
> Check the Wikipedia site above and also do a search on his name, truly an
> outstanding guy and photographer.
>
> Regards to all,
> DAW
>
>
>
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