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- From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Rollie S?000 (was: Re: Nikon F3)
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 22:22:52 GMT
- Organization: Sun
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- References: <1993Jan19.143458.25380@nic.funet.fi> <1993Jan19.215038.1109@dragon.acadiau.ca> <1993Jan21.094930.23574@eye.com>
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- Keywords: Nikon F3 interchangeable film cassettes
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- In article <1993Jan21.094930.23574@eye.com> paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan19.215038.1109@dragon.acadiau.ca> 871323o@dragon.acadiau.ca (Oliver Oey) writes:
- >>
- >>Somebody did make a body like this. However, I don't remember the
- >>exact brand name, could have been Minotla or Mamiya. I can recall
- >>about ten years ago a shutterbug friend of mine brought me along to a
- >>camera distributor when I was living in Hong Kong to see that camera.
- >>That particular model was newly introduced and being displayed at the
- >>distributor's office at the time. The body looked very much like a
- >>Hasselblad.
- >>
- >That would have to be the Rollie S3000 (S2000 maybe?). Set up to work pretty
- >much like a classic 2.25x2.25.
-
- Rolleiflex SL2000, later followed by the 3001, 3003, (and 3002?).
-
- I used to have an SL2000 with a few lenses.
-
- >A motorized "cube" body onto which you clipped lens, finder, and film magazine.
-
- Yep. Supported TTL flash, too. The finder(s) were built in. Eyelevel
- telescope finder, with diopter adjustment, and a removable flip-up waistlevel
- finder, that could be replaced with a magnifying finder for microscope use.
-
- >It was pretty much designed for studio work, and was supposed to be a
- >very well designed camera.
-
- Worked just fine in the field, although better than most 35mm cameras in
- the studio. Especially with the 300x, a side-mounted strap made it the
- most comfortable 35mm camera I've ever used at eyelevel, similar to one
- of the better 8mm video cameras. If it had just been made as an AF...
-
- >Unfortunately, it's heavy,
- >balky, and $$ compared to conventional 35mm's for field work, and 35mm just
- >doesn't resolve like 2 1/4 in the studio, so it didn't do very well in the
- >market.
-
- I found mine to reliable, easy to handle, and about as heavy as a Nikon or
- Canon professional 35mm system (but a bit more compact). Not real easy to
- find support, though.
-
- Word is that it was pretty popular in Europe, but then, Rollei probably
- gives better support over there.
-
- There was a pretty extensive system of lenses (good ones) and accessories
- for the camera...but the lenses are *really* expensive. Essentially no
- support from the imported, either. Which is why I eventually, regretfully,
- abandoned it.
-
- >KEH and others have plenty of used ones around at decent prices if
- >you're interested!
-
- They're pretty much overpriced.
-
- Considering the support given customers by Rollei in the U.S., it's no
- wonder that it failed to sell well here. Everything is horribly expensive,
- and the number of good Rollei dealers can probably be counted on the fingers
- of one's foot.
-
- Did I mention that support was not too good?
-
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