The Rollei 35 is an excellent camera. I just picked up a used one at my local Ma & Pa camera shop for $90, although it is a Made in Singapore model, and not the Made in Germany model which is more popular. If you can swing it, buy one with a Carl Zeiss lens. They are shockingly crisp lenses. The Schneider Kreuznach 'Xenar' lens is pretty good, but my prefference is for the Zeiss models. Rollei first made the 35 with Zeiss Tessar and then later with Zeiss Sonnar lenses. The Sonnar is faster (f/2.8 vs. f/3.5) and has more elements than the Tessar.
If anybody lives in London, check out the Film's Not Dead stall at the Brick Lane Market, first & last weekend of every month. (Instagram user: filmsnotdead). You can always pick up a decent camera on eBay for 100-200 USD, but it's nice to hold the camera in your hands and talk to the owner before buying it. For service, I can highly recommend Harry Fleenor at Oceanside Camera Repair. (http://www.rolleirepairs.com) He has fixed a number of my Rollei cameras. My estimate for getting back into film with a 'decent' Rollei 35 and then having it cleaned & calibrated would be $350 to $400. Really, that's not so bad. NOTE: Whatever you do, never put your camera in your checked luggage. Those gorillas at the airport *will* throw your bag. I now own a Rollei 35 with a broken light meter thanks to United Airlines. Always bring your vintage camera with you in your carry-on. Cheers! Ellis On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10:16:16 PM UTC+1, Philip Williamson wrote: > > If I get back into film, it would be with a Rollei 35. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 7:33:40 AM UTC-7, Ellis Dee wrote: >> >> I really enjoy film cameras too! The film camera that I travel with is >> an old Rollei 35 from the late 60s. I had a guy make a custom leather case >> for it and that has worked out great. I have carried on a bike and a >> motorcycle. A compact camera is a good way to go. The lens on the Rollei >> 35 collapses and goes into the body, so the camera is extremely compact. >> >> Really, if you're traveling with a camera on a bike, go for something >> compact and lightweight. Lugging around a bulky SLR and a spare lens is a >> bit silly. No offense meant, I just can't see why you'd want to bring >> glass lenses weighing a kilo or more. >> >> I tried traveling once with a Hasselblad 500 CM. My gawd that thing was >> a beast. So heavy! The Rollei 35 is my go-to film camera for bike trips. >> >> Cheers! >> >> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 5:44:24 PM UTC+1, Jason Leach wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> How do people safely carry a camera by bike? >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
