Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien wrote: >>Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that both the Rollei QZ35T and QZ35W are in competition for the Grand Prix of the biggest commercial disaster.<< Personally I think you are correct. While these cameras may be technical sophisticates to some extent, they are also the answer to a question no seems to have asked. From what I can tell they appear to be little more than over sized, over priced "point & shoots" for people with more money than than they really know what to do with. US $2000.00 for a point & shoot with slow lens that is not interchangeable? A lens that juts out ungainly from the front of the camera with all the grace and style of an anteater's nose? And have you noticed how they don't seem to play on the technical wonders of the Rollei or the merits of the lenses? The attempted draw seems to be that it is a "Porsche Design." Just what I always wanted, a camera designed by people with automobiles named like them. Personally I would prefer a real proletariot class camera, "Ford Truck Design" maybe? >>I'm wondering who are the marketing wizzards behind that camera ?<< I don't know but I sure hope Leica does not hire them to assist in the M7 design. :-) Don Bledsoe Boise Idaho