The 35SP is also quite loud, at least for a rangefinder. The 35RD and 35RC, as well as rangefinders like the Canonet and Konica Auto S3, are very quiet.
The 35SP has a program mode, but it doesn't let you know what shutter speed and aperture it has selected. Manual metering is possible, as is the useful spot metering, but you still have to read the EV scale in the viewfinder and transfer it to the camera.
In the end, I realized that the 35SP was pretty much the same size as an MX/ME Super with a 50/1.7 lens. I traded the 35SP. I still have a 35RC, which is truly tiny, and a lovely old Olympus 35-S from the late '50s (thanks, Keith!), which has a whole different feel from the '70s rangefinders.
Joe
At 05:50 PM 1/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
The Zuiko-G f/1.7 is legend for it's sharpness.(...)One solution is to use a shade, which, as you know, is tricky for a RF because you see part of it in the viewfinder. And with an effective tulip hood (made out of plastic Pentax 85/2 hood for example) the camera become about twice as noticeable... Maybe a smaller hood like the old Konica ones (not much wider than the filter ring) could help and keep up with this machine's style.What's the coating problem? Ghosting, loss of light, flaring? keith
I only tried this lens one (with Kodachrome 64) and it is... as crisp as a fresh Melba toast. X-acto comes to mind also.
Its spot metering is usefull if one remembers the different reflectance of some colors.
Andre
Mike Johnston wrote:> Then there's always the Olympus 35 SP rangefinder, with the Zuiko-G > 1.7 lens, widely considered the 'poor man's Leica,' because of it's > great optical performance.> It may be a "great lens," but the coatings on it are so poor it's almostuseless IMHO. I'll take a Canon QL-17 GIII any day (and, in fact, did). Best coatings, by rank: Pentax & Zeiss Leica Canon Nikon Olympus (*sucked* until about 1988, when it caught up to C/N) --Mike--
