hey Paul, whatcha complaining about? I was just providing the
counterpart to your nutty megashopper posting :-)))
right, as if that was the whole story! sure I read all the possible
postings before ... taking step two = learning from real life
experience.
actually I made my mind up instantly on each instance... after
purchasing the camera, of course! LOL
so, lets see.
the oly's I always liked for their compactness and sleek design, but the
lenses weren't as sharp as I'd have wished them to be. the best of the
lot was the first -series XA, but there the rangefinder focusing was
tiresome, not to mention that it was prone to all sorts of mechanical
probs. still I stuck to them, not knowing any better, until I met my
first rollei 35 (never seen a manual camera until then) and fell in love
with the feel, mechanics, looks and, of course, optical performance. out
went the oly's, in came the rollei 35 series- tried out the 35 S, SE, T,
TE and eventually decided to keep the first-series one (see why in
previous OT thread..). then I thought I'd try out an AF pocket, thinking
that it;d be nice to not guessfocus on those critical,
once-in-a-lifetime occasions.. I thought a high-end camera would
perhaps yield pics as good as my rollei 35. so I tried the nikon 35 Ti,
which was tack sharp but too 'clinical' to my taste, also it had
considerabe shutter lag, was very thick, and overall much less nice to
handle than the rollei. out it went, in came the ricoh gr-1 - much
nicer, much thinner, great optics but it had a 28mm lens - too wide for
my needs at the time, also there was the inevitable shutter lag.. I
traded it for a black contax T which was optically on par with the
rollei, but less nice as far as handling went (also it wasnt , of
course, AF - had the same rangefinder window as the oly xa, and I really
hate using it), sold that, got the rollei AF (the slim, expensiver
cousin to ricoh 10 : has two lenses, 24mm and 30mm), which was probably
the best AF pocket I ever had - combined sharpness, contrast, and true
pocketeability *but* the 24mm lens had severe vignetting, and the 30mm,
although excellent, is still a bit wide for my taste, so out that went
too. the last af pockets I tried was the yashica T5- great optics, but
rather thick and the usual shutter lag.. also the famous top finder was
so small, and the regular viewfinder so narrow, it took much of the
enjoyment outa using them.
SO, I ended up renouncing the AF idea, and teaching myself to guessfocus
more accurately! and get another Minox , which I heartily recommend :
marvelously quiet shutter, manual everything! great lens... its coming
with me everywhere.
hmm.. why do I get the feeling that my little narrative wont satisfy you
one bit? :-))))
as for Shel, he knows my advice! Rollei 35, bien sur!
Daphne
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