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Re: [OM] light travel kit usage [Wayne]

Subject: Re: [OM] light travel kit usage [Wayne]
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:09:26 -0300

> The 35, 35T and 35TE have a 40/3.5 4-elem/3-group Tessar.  The 35S and
35SE
> have a 40/2.8 5-elem/4-group Sonnar.  More complex and more difficult to
> manufacture, the Sonnar is a better lens overall although the Tessar is no
> slouch.  I've owned a 35T and still have (and use) a 35S.  IMHO, it's a
> much better small camera than the XA, in spite of lacking a rangefinder,
> and even more so compared to the XA-1 through XA-4 which are "programmed"
> exposure with zone focusing.  Found it took a little practice to estimate
> distance out to about 15 feet, but it can be done accurately enough, even
> for projected slides and the wider apertures.
>
> If the shot demands critical focus being placed with that great precision,
> I pull out the OM or a Contax IIIa and shoot it with that.  Keep in mind
> it's a manual exposure, manual (scale) focus P&S, and it's a very high
> quality one.  Only thing that keeps it from being classed a professional
> grade camera is lack of a rangefinder.  They were never intended to be
used
> for critical, formal use, but for casual, informal shooting instead.
>
> Considered and compared the XA and the 35T when I bought the 35T (new) in
> about 1978.  Bought the 35S in 1979.  Still wouldn't change the decision,
> especially after also owning an XA-2 for almost 20 years (the other half
> used it).  The clamshell and lighter weight were appealing, but somehow
the
> plastic body and thumbwheel winder bothered me, along with the specs on
the
> glasswork, and lack of a PC socket or hot shoe.  Over 20 years later I
> still have the same aversion to plastic body cameras.
>
> -- John

I have a couple of RC's now, one is on its way.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1363700015
Maybe its nostalgia, but I do like the RC. So does my wife, so might lose
this one. Also got a somewhat similar Trip 35 recently, which my 9 year old
son has taken over. I've been teaching him to estimate distance, and use the
focus scale numbers on the bottom, rather than the symbols on top. He does
quite well actually, even setting it sometimes to what would be between the
symbols! I may upgrade him to the RC in a year or so. If anyone has a
suitable small (cheap) flash for a trip 35, that they want to sell, we could
use another one.
I had an XA, but let it go recently, to look for a better one. The biggest
fault I found with the XA was the viewfinder. Same fault with the Epic MJU.
Perhaps it's because I wear glasses, but they are hard to frame compared to
the RC. But are a lot more pocketable.
I've never seen the Rollei"s, and maybe never will, based on my initial
search on the auction site for one :-).
Wayne


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