Ordered another 3.5f today

[kennethcooke]

I say another. I had a mint condition 3.5f White Face Planar with case but I felt totally overburdened camera wise so I returned it. Since then I have sold my Nikon F3p and f3hp and an assortment of Nikkor primary lenses which now just leaves me with a couple of Leica M6's and assorted Summicron Optics which feels good and I now feel in a good place to order a Rolleiflex. The one I had before was a 3.5f Planar Type 1 but this one is 3.5f Type 2 with Schneider 75mm Xenotar. It will be interesting to compare CarlZeiss Planar to Schneider Xenotar some say in Leica speak it is a bit like Summicron V Elmar others say the Planar has Jena links whereas Schneider are Schneider pre war and post war. The most important thing for me is that it has just had a service and comes with a 6 months guarantee

 

[mkvrnn]

Ken, there's no reason to feel guilty about it: you can't have too many 3.5Fs in my opinion. And there's no need to put up with Nikons and Leicas when there are serious cameras out there to be bought.

 

[kennethcooke]

Ken, there's no reason to feel guilty about it: you can't have too many 3.5Fs in my opinion. And there's no need to put up with Nikons and Leicas when there are serious cameras out there to be bought.

I am proposing to keep my Leica M system and run it alongside the Rolleiflex

 

[curmudgeon]

I am proposing to keep my Leica M system and run it alongside the Rolleiflex

I did that for quite a while, first switching between a Leica and a Hasselblad, and then adding a Rolei TLR to the mix. I scan my own negatives and was eventually won over to shooting just MF because of the quality of the images.

My father did essentially the same thing and settled on 35mm. That's how I got his MX-EVS. He made smallish wet prints his whole life, which may have influenced his choice.

--Doug