Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Rollei 35S
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:41:19 -0500

At 10:11 PM 12/17/97 -0500, Steve Hickel wrote:
> My Rollei 35 S is not a Point & Shoot by today's standard.
>It has a match the needle exposure meter. Everything is manual operation.
>It does have avery sharp sharp Rollei (Carl Zeiss) 40mm f2.5 Sonnar HFT lens.
>
>Maximum shutter speed 1/500. Since it has a leaf shutter, you get flash
>sync at all speeds. Great for daytime fill flash.

<<SNIP>>

>Rollei still makes the camera as a $2000.00 collector's item in Gold with
>Black Lacquer finish. It is called a 35 Royal.


The Sonnar used in certain of the Rollei 35's is an f/2.8 lens, not f/2.5.
And production ceased several years ago when the supply of size 00 Compur
shutters was exhausted.

Marc


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