Mostly because it is lightweight. Additionally, it has the capable of using 35mm, 6x6cm or 6x4.5cm and superslide if you still want to. Plus a Tessar or Xenar lens that can be very sharp. Peter K On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:33:06 -0500, Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > On Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Fred Fichter wrote: >=20 > > On Mar 29, 2005, at 4:54 PM, Jan Decher wrote: > > > >> Why a Rollei T and not a 3.5F? > > > > Yes, why? I'd love to learn from knowledgeable people on this list why > > the hell they picked up the economy model... >=20 > Sheer simplicity, maybe? >=20 > (I'm just guessing - I've never even seen a Rollei T in the "flesh", as > it were). >=20 > Cheers. >=20 >=20 --=20 Peter K =D3=BF=D5=AC