Hi Colin,
I also got a like new 35DC and three RDs (one just sold), the DC only
work from to 1/15s to 1/500s and there is no manual mode. The 35RD is
much better which work from 1/2s to 1/500s in shutter priority mode,
but optically they are the same. I never put any film on the DC, the
shutter do looks fine, but as kazuya Matsumoto mentioned the low
shutter speed is very strange, the leaves open and close slowly. May
be it is how it gives you an equivalent 1/15s speed, similar case for
35EC.
Concerning the 35RC, the lens is very sharp, if you found any
resolution problem, it could be focus adjustment off. It is a very
rigid compact camera, most of them were well used, hard to find a like
new. The RD is quite weak, most of the samples on ebay "look" very
good, they could be failed very early after people bought it so there
were no chance to make well use of them.
C.H.Ling
colin.melhuish@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Anyone out there in Zuikoland use/own/heard of the 35DC Rangefinder?
> I bought one on eB*y recently, by mistake. I thought I was bidding on a
> 35RD (they both look identical to me) and when I won with a rediculously
> low bid I went back and read the blurb. Doh!!!
>
> Anyway, in due course the camera arrived and it looked just fine, programmed
> Ae, Seiko shutter, 40mm f1.7 lens, backlight compensation and more! After
> running a couple of films through this camera I must say that it is an
> absolute joy to use and the resulting pictures are wonderfully sharp.
> (I've subsequently gone out and bought a 35RC but the lens quality just
> isn't
> as good as the DC) I think I'm beginning to love this little DC almost as
> much
> as my OM's.
>
> Anyway, I just thought that I'd share this nice warm feeling with you all
> on this cold, frosty UK morning. :-)
>
> Colin.
>
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