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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 22, 2016 13:16:16 GMT -5
Togheter with some other photo stuff a rollei 35 TE came in to my possesion. it's a nice companion for my 35 S. Some people,seem to think these little cameras rock! and i would like to love 'em as well, but there's just to much wrong with them so they will never leave my display cabinet. The main thing wrong is they are viewfinder only so you have to guess focussing distance, with the S at 2.8 there's little space for error, so unless you've got all the time in the world and your subject won't move only then there's a chance of getting sharp pictures. offcoarse i could use the hyperfocal trick if there's enough light but then what's the use of wide apperture lenses on top of that i don't like photograps that are (semi)-sharp front to back. Another thing is these rolleis are rather vulnarable, these are the only two i've got that actually work (safe for the light meter on the S) I've seen more broken ones than working examples. Still they fetch good prices on the second hand market and with more than 2.000.000 examples produced they must have some appeal to some people.I for one only like them for their quirky looks or should i say their original design?  |
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Post by conan on Nov 23, 2016 5:13:41 GMT -5
Togheter with some other photo stuff a rollei 35 TE came in to my possesion. it's a nice companion for my 35 S. Some people,seem to think these little cameras rock! and i would like to love 'em as well, but there's just to much wrong with them so they will never leave my display cabinet. The main thing wrong is they are viewfinder only so you have to guess focussing distance, with the S at 2.8 there's little space for error, so unless you've got all the time in the world and your subject won't move only then there's a chance of getting sharp pictures. offcoarse i could use the hyperfocal trick if there's enough light but then what's the use of wide apperture lenses on top of that i don't like photograps that are (semi)-sharp front to back. Another thing is these rolleis are rather vulnarable, these are the only two i've got that actually work (safe for the light meter on the S) I've seen more broken ones than working examples. Still they fetch good prices on the second hand market and with more than 2.000.000 examples produced they must have some appeal to some people.I for one only like them for their quirky looks or should i say their original design? Totally agree about these Rollei’s. I think you made a post a few months ago about your bad experiences with them. I had 2 in the mid-seventies and both were exchanged under warranty and I eventually gave the second one away (probably to someone I didn’t like) I recently acquired a good looking B35 for $10 (About 7 euros?) just to put on the shelf next to an Olympus XA to show the smaller 35mm point and shoots. It’s going to stay on the shelf because I will not waste any film because although it appears to functions I damn sure it won’t when it sees a roll of film. |
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 23, 2016 5:47:28 GMT -5
Conan, i really wished i could be more positive about rollei, but (for me) they just spell trouble. One positive thing i can say about rollei is in the seventies i had a rollei SLX after a while it developed a problem with the secondary shutter. I brought it back to the shop for repair and within a week or three the SLX was returned to me repaired and with a note from rollei in wich they apologised for one of their products failing. There was no charge and even mailing and transportation costs from Germany were taken care of by rollei. now i very much doubt if they would do the same with their lesser cameras...
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Post by conan on Nov 23, 2016 6:19:08 GMT -5
Conan, i really wished i could be more positive about rollei, but (for me) they just spell trouble. One positive thing i can say about rollei is in the seventies i had a rollei SLX after a while it developed a problem with the secondary shutter. I brought it back to the shop for repair and within a week or three the SLX was returned to me repaired and with a note from rollei in wich they apologised for one of their products failing. There was no charge and even mailing and transportation costs from Germany were taken care of by rollei. now i very much doubt if they would do the same with their lesser cameras... I am glad you got some service out of them – was this normal or were you a working professional they needed to keep appeased? I was in the ‘trade’ so it wasn’t a repair situation – it was a replacement. I can at least remember when Rollei made some great TLRs and I had a couple of Ts (souped up Rolleicords) and 3 or 4 F models none of which ever let me down – although of course these were the pinnacle of TLR engineering (and price) |
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 23, 2016 9:14:16 GMT -5
I am glad you got some service out of them – was this normal or were you a working professional they needed to keep appeased? I was in the ‘trade’ so it wasn’t a repair situation – it was a replacement. I can at least remember when Rollei made some great TLRs and I had a couple of Ts (souped up Rolleicords) and 3 or 4 F models none of which ever let me down – although of course these were the pinnacle of TLR engineering (and price) I was a freelancer back then, still with the SLX no papers or warranty vouchers were neccesary, the camera alone seemed to be proof enough you were serious about photography. Sold the SLX after it was repaired as i didn't like the focussing screen and could use the money for other projects. Still have my rolleiflex 2.  K7D but it has problems with the film advance, but then again the camera is as old as i am, and i've got some problems with my advancing as well, got to visit the docter once a week, while i think the rollei could be mended with one CLA :-) Just found out the rolleiflex is one of the latest of its series as the highest production serial of the K7D is 1.620.100 while mine is 1620.084. |
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K7D but it has problems with the film advance, but then again the camera is as old as i am, and i've got some problems with my advancing as well, got to visit the docter once a week, while i think the rollei could be mended with one CLA :-)