And the initial run of the 35T had serious battery drain problems...Hmmm.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Morgan Sparks <msparks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Take Anywhere camera suggestions
| John A. Lind wrote:
| >
| > Hope you didn't mean the sub-mini Rollei 35 RF's have a reliability
issue
| > in general.
|
| I've had a 35 and a 35T. Nice cameras, but mine suffered the same
| drawbacks: first, a top plate that you can dent with your bare hands.
| I treated them well and they both aquired impressions in normal use.
| Second, even though I didn't use the slow speeds much, I did use the
| cameras regularly, and the slow speeds still bogged down. My Canonets
| go years without use and still run at 1/4 sec.
|
| > Also on the "forgotten" list:
| > (a) Canonnette GIII and/or QL-17. They are _very_ good.
|
| They sure are. They also do double-duty as a spot-flash meter. The QL
| models ("Quick-Load") not only have automatic film threading, but let
| you advance the film leader several cranks to the first unexposed frame
| without pushing the shutter. Very fast. Compare that to taking apart
| the Rollei. If I'm gonna disassemble a camera to load it, it might as
| well be a Leica.
|
| This thread originally drew mention of the Olympus XA, and there were
| some early autofocus knock-offs off this camera; a Ricoh I think, and
| the rarely seen Canon MC and Minolta AF-C. Like the XA, both had
| clamshell covers, 35/2.8's and detachable sidecar flash units. I keep
| an AF-C in my glovebox, and it's well-suited for this purpose. It's got
| a really good lens, accurate infared focusing, and unlike the XA, fully
| dedicated "flashmatic" flash over the full range of film speeds,
| including daylight fill. The only reason I mention this P&S is that you
| can manually set any film speed from 25 to 400. For me this feature is
| a "must have". It's too bad the camera (80's Minolta styling....)is so
| ugly compared to the XA.
|
| Morgan Sparks
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