RE: [KOML] OT: Telerollei

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Eric,

We were only joking.  I own more Rolleis than I really need.  Never did buy
a tele just use my 1.5x Mutar with it or my .7x when I need a wide angle.

You got a GREAT deal on your tele-Rollei, wow! Around $500!?  That's not a
bargain that's stealing.  But, good for you.

The Mamiya is an excellent camera for portrait work. That is the only sore
point with the RO/KO.
But then again, it was never really intended to be a portrait camera.  

Whether the lens is a Sonnar knock-off does not make it any less in quality
or resolution than the original.  Case in point, the KO 90mm is a
Tessar-clone, buta modified one that will better the Zeiss Tessars.  One to
be sure of, the Kodak Ektar 100mm lens on the old Medalist cameras from the
40s/50s.  It is a Heliar-type (Heliar was a Voigtlander lens design if
memory serves) and it is by far sharper than any original Heliar. Some have
gone so far as to say it is the sharpest lens they have ever seen on any
camera.  Problem with the medalists is that they use 620 and to convert them
is about $250. So its an investment.  Its also a 6x9 format which is not
very popular.

Peter K

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Goldstein [mailto:egoldstein@usa.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 8:25 AM
To: Koni-Omega Mailing List
Subject: [KOML] OT: Telerollei


"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote: 
> I keep mine in the Bentley's glove compartment.

stafford wrote:
> Sure, I think I have one in the trunk of my Rolls Royce.

Sorry you guys wasted so much money on RR and Bentley's... they are not
really anything to write home about and way overpriced... maybe you
could sell them and get yourselves a decent camera?  8-)

As for the TeleRollei, I bought mine for less than just the prices 135s
for the KO are going for. That lens, BTW, is a Sonnar clone... I'd
rather have the real thing, thanks, along with a viewfinder which is
useful for portraiture...

In terms of the RB67 and close focus... I don;t think you'd want to get
in even as close as the rollei 2.8 C lets you... pronounced perspective
distortion closer than about 5 feet... for close up work, there are the
rollei close up lenses complete with parallax correction... very useful.

BTW, the 2.8 C DOES have parallax correction built in, as virtually all
rolleiflexes and modern (IIIs and up) rolleicords do.

Cheers,

Eric Goldstein