Wayne,
How about a flash for the price of shipping + $1($6?). I have a few
left over from my wannabe a used dealer days. I have things like the
small 2AA Vivitars and others, I do not want to bother selling them on
eBay. Drop me a line, and I'll look one up for you. I do not have them
easily at hand, but I can look to see what I have by tomorrow afternoon,
and then let you know.
John
Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
> > 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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