Re: [Rollei] Rollei 35

["Roland Smith" <roland >]

I purchased a used Rollei 35 several years ago with the f2.8 Sonnar lens and
was amazed at the quality of the pictures.

A little later, I bought a Rollei 35 with the f3.5 Tessar and used it to
take indoor factory pictures at 1/2 second at f3.5 with outstanding results.
The shutter does not seem to cause camera movement.

My daily routine with a briefcase is to carry my Rollei 35 with Ilford HP 5
film.  It seems to fit well in a small briefcase and is most handy.

Recently at my son's wedding, I carried my Rollei 35 and took some great
quality pictures taken with available light.   I never use flash.   It was
easy to carry and not have it in the way.   I left my Leica home.

I now have six of them.

Harry Fleenor will adjust the meter to use the 1.5 volt batteries now
available.  I haven't done this since, I have a supply of mercury batteries.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California

- ----- Original Message -----
From: <ROBROSE2  >
To: <rollei  
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:53 AM
Subject: [Rollei] Rollei 35


> I just purchased a Rollei 35 made in Singapore with a 40mm/3.5 Tessar
lens.
> Any insight into the quality of this camera as a picture taker.  I've
always
> liked its looks so I took the plunge.
>
>                                                                  Sincerely
>                                                                 Rosanne
> Reynolds (new member)
>

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