Been trying to get an SII, and they're quite scarce. Or more expensive than I care for...
I will, tho', eventually. I need one for my collection. keith Andre Langevin wrote: > > >I had an Olympus 35SP for a while, too -- beautiful lens and a > >beautiful camera. It's huge, though -- much larger than the Oly 35RD > >and 35RC, and larger than the Canonet QL17 GIII. > >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 > > 35-S (and SII) are great silent cameras. Most impressive of all is > the 1957 Wide-S with a 35mm f2 made of 8 elements. Almost no > distorsion. I've tried the brickwall (only at min dist.) and a photo > with straight building lines and cannot spot any distorsion. Hexar > fans, hold on your hat... The Olympus is the smallest 35/2 > rangefinder around. > > Andre > --
