Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rollei 35 RF
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 14:52:41 -0700
References: <6b.16ada0ca.2c62cf71@aol.com>

Larry

Nah!  None of the Rollei 35s ever were a problem to adapt to, and
use.  I have had them all.  It was only my re-discovery of the Leica
CL that led to my epiphany.  Now the only Rolleis that I use are the
TLRs.

Jerry

LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:

> > The Rollei 35S is not your typical P&S. You actually have to know something
> > about photography to use it.
>
> Boy, that's an understatement!  Did you not feel limited by the scale
> focusing?  I've never been able to work up enough confidence in my ability to
> estimate distances to try/buy a Rollei 35.
>
> John,
>
> With a 40mm lens, exposing at f5.6 or smaller, zone focusing works pretty
> well. I'll bet if you practiced you could judge distances between 8 and 20 feet
> with less than 10% error. Over 20 ft. it doesn't make much difference. The only
> time I had much of a problem is shooting wide open between 3 and 6 ft. Quite
> a few respectable cameras, including the early Leicas and the Robots used
> scale focusing.
>
> Larry Z
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