[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:29:43 -0500
My uncoated tessar (Super Ikonta B) is just as sharp, or sharper, than my
Yashicamat 124G! I comparison-shot them.
Peter nebergall
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:21:07 -0400 Eric Goldstein
<egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Richard Knoppow:
>
> > Rolleiflex's seem to have earned a reputation for
> > sharpness early on. I suspect this is because of the
> > excellent focusing means provided by the reflex finder and
> > careful matching at the factory. When the Rollei was first
> > produced most roll film cameras were guess focus or required
> > focusing with a ground glass adaptor. While the ground glass
> > would be precise it was useless for hand held work. The same
> > is true of the Super Ikonta and its earlier version, the
> > Super Ikomat, the excellent rangefinder allows precise
> > focusing of these cameras yielding sharp pictures even
> > though the front element focusing Tessar has some faults.
> > This is probably also true of the Leica. The original Elmar
> > lens was just a version of the Tessar, a very good lens but
> > the reputation for sharpness was at least partly the result
> > of the precise rangefinder. Cameras which can not be focused
> > precisely will rarely produce sharp pictures no matter how
> > good the lenses are.
>
>
> This makes an awful lot of sense. Same is true for the mechanical
> integrity
> of the camera. Precise focusing and precise mechanicals (I'm
> thinking most
> cameras before the TLRs were bellows, folders, etc.) make a huge
> difference
> in image quality.
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
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