Re: [Leica] Leica Users digest V17 #182-Rollie 35 SE

["victor di sylvester" <vds1@hotmail.com>]

I agree. The Rollie 35 SE with Sonnar lens is great.  The contrast and 
sharpnest will stand up to my Leica lens when projected on a large screen.  
Focusing is an estimate which can of course be difficult on some type of 
shooting.  Great back up camera.


>From: LRZeitlin@aol.com
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Users digest V17 #182
>Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:54:02 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 6/17/00 3:14:35 AM,
>owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:
>
><<  If you could take only 1-2 lenses from an R or M system, what would you
> > take?  It may sound silly to many but I'm getting tired of carrying a 15
> > pound camera bag. >>
>
>My minimum superlight Leica travel kit is a CL with 40mm Summicron and a
>100mm Canon 3.5 with LTM to M adaptor. The 40mm Summicron is as good as 
>they
>come and the Canon beats any of the Leica similar speed and focal length
>lenses. The CL rangefinder is marginal to inadequate for anything faster in
>the 90 to 100mm range so the Elmarits are out. The 90mm finder in the CL is 
>a
>little oversize for 90mm lenses but frames the 100mm Canon exactly. I also
>carry a P&S (Yashica T4) for quick snaps, emergencies and the rare flash
>shot.
>
>Extending 35mm minimalization to its extreme point, if I had to carry only
>one small piece of equipment on a once in a lifetime trip, it would 
>probably
>be a Rollei 35SE. There is very little to go wrong in this entirely manual 
>cam
>era and its superb Sonnar 40mm f2.8 can handle most travel pictures with
>ease. Of course if the trip was a hunting safari in Africa I might 
>reconsider
>my options.
>
>LarryZ

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