[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex clones
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:58:48 -0300
According the Japanese OlympusFlex collector Mr Suzuki, the six
elements Zuiko 2.8/75 was replaced with a 3.5 version because the 2.8
was soft too much at the corners. The OlympusFlex couldn't keep the
45º secondary mirror due to a F&H patent still in force. This camera
did not have automatic DOF indicator, automatic film feeler mechanism
and other features you can find in the Rolleiflex cameras, the last
OlympusFlex model was manufactured in 1956 and it was considered a
Rolleicord copy, not a Rolleiflex copy like the three first models.
The Seikosha shutter was not so good like the Compur.
The Koni Omega is not a TLR camera, It's a RF camera similar to Mamiya
23 and Mamiya Universal, the images you can see in the web taken with
the Koni Omega are not impressive.-
Carlos
2009/10/3 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>:
> The Olympus Flex with F Zuiko 6 element 75/2.5 certainly came close in
> image quality. That lens was the only glass that came close to the
> Planars/Xenotars.
>
> I still shoot an Omegaflex 67 TLR, and although it is a much larger
> camera, the lenses are as well corrected to the Rolleis if not
> superior. Plus there are 4 interchangeable optics from wide to tele.
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> I wrote some days ago that the Japanese industry could not produce a
>>> 6x6 TLR so well balanced like the Rollei TLR cameras IMO. The only 6x6
>>> TLR camera that could rival the Rollei TLR was the Mamiya TLR, this
>>> camera has interchangeable lenses, built-in bellows and a lot of
>>> accesories, however the Mamiya TLR is a studio camera mainly and/or to
>>> be used with tripod and after some years of use they tend to have
>>> light leaks due to bellows damage, BTW they are not so compact like
>>> the Rollei TLR.
>>> Another issue is the pieces quality and internal mechanisms assembly
>>> right adjustment and working, Rollei TLR don't have rivals for this
>>> issue. F&H were lucky from the point of view that Nikon decided their
>>> TLR prototype no manufacture due to the 35mm cameras and lenses
>>> success :-)
>>> BTW, one of the mechanical cameras pinnacles were the Rolleiflex F
>>> models, there was no a TLR model like this.
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>> 2009/10/3 Marvin <marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> > Of all the Rolleiflex clones out there, which one is the best? Is there
>>> > one
>>> > that rivals the Rolleflex?
>>> >
>>> > Marvin Wallace.
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