TLRs are a bit of a pain in the butt to begin with, due to the framing of the focusing lens not being the same as the framing of the taking lens. By shooting 35mm film in a TLR, you eliminate the one advantage that type of camera offers, a large negative, yet have to deal with its disadvantages. I have a 75mm Rollei Schneider Xenar 3.5 that dates from the fifties or earlier. I haven't used it since the seventies, because the focusing screen is broken, but it was just an average lens. Decently sharp but nothing exceptional, and the contrast was iffy in some situations. The Pentax medium format lenses seem to be far superior. Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > I don't know if it's the "best way" to go, but it certainly is an > option. I was thinking that film costs could be kept down by shooting > 35mm in the TLR, and not having to change film so often during a > session, while still having the choice of using a larger format. > > I don't know what you mean by the Rollei 80mm being as good as the Leica > lenses. As has been discussed before, there are many characteristics to > consider when judging a lens, and there are numerous short tele Leica > lenses, and several options for 75mm and 80mm lenses on the Rollei. One > thing to consider is that shooting 35mm with the Rolleiflex puts the > image in the lenses "sweet spot" whereas with the Leica, and other 35mm > cameras, one must use the entire lens to get the same image size, with > all that entails. > > William Robb wrote: > > > > http://edkrebs.com/ > > > http://www.edkrebs.com/ballpark5/main.htm > > > > > > All photos on the second page were > > > shot with a Rolleiflex 2.8E with > > > Rolleikin, which is an adapter that > > > allows the use of 35mm film in the 2 1/4 Rollei. > > > > There is some nice work there Shel. One thing I have to question > > though. Do you think the Rollei 80mm lens will be as good as a short > > telephoto Leitz rangefinder lens? I can't argue with the results > > he seems to be getting, I just wonder if shooting 35mm is the > > best way to go with a Rollei TLR. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
