Sharpness - Olympus Trip vs Rollei 35

I have the "cheapest" Rollei (you pay for the Rollei name either way), the 35LED, with triplet lens, and it's plenty sharp. The Trip has a tessar-type lens, right?
Scale focussing a 40mm is easy enough in daylight, but may get tricky in lower light if the lens is wide open. A wash there.

The Rollei's have more shutter speeds and are fully manual. I'm guessing the Trips are less expensive. On sharpness alone they are equals, I'm guessing.
 
benlees said:
I have the "cheapest" Rollei (you pay for the Rollei name either way), the 35LED, with triplet lens, and it's plenty sharp. The Trip has a tessar-type lens, right?
Scale focussing a 40mm is easy enough in daylight, but may get tricky in lower light if the lens is wide open. A wash there.

The Rollei's have more shutter speeds and are fully manual. I'm guessing the Trips are less expensive. On sharpness alone they are equals, I'm guessing.
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I don't have either of these cameras, but I have shot plenty of this kind of camera, both foreign and domestic. Nearly all of the 35mm format normal(ish) lenses are needle sharp. Especially if you shoot them near f/8. In fact, I find the difference in the film and development has a greater influence on the sharpness than does the manufacture of the lens.
 
I think difference in specs, controls and ergonomics matter more than diff in lens sharpness which yet have to be seen in real world scans and prints.
 
I've used both cameras (several Trips but just one Rollei 35 with a Tessar lens) and there's no doubt in my mind that the Rollei gives me much better image quality.
 
Mablo said:
I've used both cameras (several Trips but just one Rollei 35 with a Tessar lens) and there's no doubt in my mind that the Rollei gives me much better image quality.
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With same aperture and focusing distance or just in general? What light conditions? I think such comparison should be based on matching data. If Trips were forced to larger apertures this also impacts results.
I'm not rying to say there is no difference between them, though.
 
Hi,

I'm not sure how you'd measure sharpness, other things affect what we think and what we call it sharpness. Also the Trip 35 is zone focussing and so, unless you were using a range-finder on it or a tape measure, that's another fudge.

Regards, David
 
My personal experience includes the Rollei 35 (original model, Tessar) and the Olympus Trip 500 (fixed, plastic lens) from the dying days of the mass consumer film market.

Sharpness? - no contest.between those two, but I'll be interested to learn about any Trip models (I suppose we're thinking of the Trip 35) that might now appear in the charity shops 😉 .
 
Hi,

Will this do as a sample of an Olympus Trip 35?

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This one left the factory in 1979 and was refurbished about 5 or 6 years ago. As you can see the photograph was taken indoors and I was guessing the focus.

Regards, David
 
I have both of these cameras, I'd say the Rollei is marginally sharper, especially at wider apertures. Don't get me wrong the trip is nice but I could notice the difference in medium size prints.

Here are two blog posts with images:
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/olympus-trip-35.html

and
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/rollei-35.html

Rollei 35T wide open 400 film pushed to 800 in Rodinal (Really dark conditions).

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In the end both are scale focus so your skill will set the sharpness level.
 
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