The lens is very sharp, the camera feels very solid, everyting from full auto to full manual.

None for the kind of camera it is.

The camera has a good feel in my hand.The land is supper sharp, the auto focus is fast. This camer is capable of outstaing black and white shots. Fine for color also, but i do not shot much color film.If you have used a leica M6 or M7 and just need another rangefinder wing a fine lens as a back-up at a very good price. Thank a test dirve in one of these.

Customer Service

none needed

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Lieca M2, M3, M6 TTL, yashica electro 35 GSN, and CC.

Top quality!

Built in flash, only.

I own/use most of pro rangefinder cameras MF/AF likes of Nikon, Leica, Konica etc that are AF rangefinder cameras yet compact, but never pleased with this camera yet to come.
It has everything that compact (if has to be called so) AF rangefinder camera can have except the built in flash which is not necessary at all times but would have been a nice feature to include and make this camera a complete one.
The built design, controls, features and everything else are at pro range.
If you can't carry an SLR then this is the best possible so.

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None.

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Nikon 35ti, Konica Heaxar, Leica minilux, Fujifilm GA645Zi, Rollei AFM etc.

Beautiful lens, style, very versatile, a must if you don't want to spend for a leica.

lens cap falls off to easily, focusing needs to be learned( will take time but afterwards the camera is great ), flash system need to be built in.

I really wanted something that I could carry w/ me all the time. I own a hassy and a nikon and found that both were a bit bulky for everyday lugging around. I did a little snooping around and found that this was the best choice for the money. And trust me, I looked at contax, leica, konica, nikon( 35ti ), and others. The camera takes beautiful images. I really enjoyed that I could work off a manual mode compared to a A priority or S priority. Also, The quality of the lens is incredible. They are very sharp and contrasty and worth every second I spent shooting with this camera. I hate to say it but sometimes I feel it is better than my nikon 2.8 lens. While shooting models or portraits I have found that this camera is very unobtrusive and really lets me get to the heart of my subject. Just imagine having a SLR in your hands, with all of those capabilites but having it in a small package with a better lens. I also have to note that the titanium body really is awesome. They talk of titanium being a self healing metal......well after a fall of my car roof, the scratch ( more like a dent ) seemed to heal itself. I'm not saying that it has this unbeleivable power to heal wounds but I have to admit that the impact of the camera scared me. The dent made me look for a new camera. But now I look at it now...... and you can barely tell I dropped it from my car roof. I don't suggest trying this but my camera was checked out by Samy's and the camera works like it was brand new. Lastly the styling is beautiful and if you want a camera that is definetly a Posh P/S this the one.

Customer Service

no problems so far

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other p/s, leica, contax

1. Very, very sharp pictures. 2. Flash is strong, no chance for any red-eye.

1. Sometimes it would not fire shooting distant objects at AF mode, would have to switch to infinity at Manual mode. 2. A built-in flash would be very nice. 3. IR lens cap too heavy. I attached a UV filter instead.

I have been using a Pentax SF-1 for over 13 years. Wants to try a P/S instead. After reading reviews on cameras from Leica, Rollei and Contax..., I decided on this Rollei QZ based on $$ and performance. The camera has so many features. It is definitely not for casual users. The pictures are very sharp and crisp, but no better than my Pentax SF-1 SLR. Also, it is quite heavy. There are some idiosyncrasies that one has to get use to, but none that cannot be overcome. When I received the camera new, I found a "Made in Korea" sticker on it. I think it was a product of a joint venture between Rollei and Samsung. I also read about a comparable Leica camera which was assembled in Singapore. If the quality control is good, this should not be a problem.

Customer Service

Not yet!

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Pentax SF-1 SLR

Extremely sharp Schneider design lens. Attractive titanium body.

The worst flash system on the planet. Simple manual overrides are akward and difficult. Lousy case(s). Terrible manual. You must figure out this camera on your own.

I purchased this camera as a replacement for my wife''s Fuji auto-everything, point-and-shoot(app $180). My thought was "I''ll give her a camera that she''ll enjoy and that I can sometimes take for a spin too." Well, little did I realize how inapropriate the QW35t would be for her. First, let me say that as an auto-everything camera it is hobbled by its flash system. Though much of the literature on the web says that this camera has TTL flash, it does not. While much of the literature says that you can shoot with flash at any aperture, you cannot. The story that I have heard is as follows: Rollei originally planned to give this camera a very sophisticated TTL system. However, at some point they realized that the rear element of the two zooms they had designed (and already put into production) would not allow this. Hence, the scrapped the idea and put in its place a direct "distance-based" flash system; and there is no way to override this. Daylight fill-flash becomes quite time-consuming when in manual mode. And, since it is impossible to reduce the power output of the flash, you are stuck with the aperture that the guide-number indicates. The program mode tends to provide small apertures and thus ''black-out'' the background. Thus aperture preferred auto provides the only reasonable alternative. If you are really thinking about things (that is, taking the time to meter the background before shooting) you can usually come up with a decent exposure. However, now you have left the realm of ''point-and-shoot''. I would add here that my wife''s $180 Fuji consistently provides better flash exposures than the very expensive QW35t. I would also add that using simple features like exposure compensation is quite awkward. This involves pressing some very small recessed buttons in conjunction with the zoom rocker-arm. In short, this camera is fine if you (a)only rarely need daylight-fill (and are willing to work to get it); and (b) you don''t mind fiddling with tiny buttons and wading through electronic controls to achieve simple override functions. We have come to treat it as a "natural light" only camera. And when used in that manner it provides good results. (The f5.6 maximum aperture at 90mm is, though, a constant problem.) My advice: buy a Contax G1/2 or stick with your point-and-shoot.

Customer Service

No need to contact yet.

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Numerous Rollei cameras. Inexpensive point and shoots.

This camera features an excellent lens, strong build quality an a wealth of feaures. The zone exposure system is useful once one adjusts to it. I have shot hundreds of rolls on several long international trips. This is really an excellent all-around travel camera. It's a bit haevy compared to other point-and-shoots, but the versatility is excellent. I've even found the flesh system to be good for stage shows at 8-20 meters, although true TTL flash would be useful.

The lens cap will not stay on -- a 54mm push on replacement is a must! The detents on the dials should be stronger, the camera must always be checked carefully when first brought out of the bag. A custom camera case -- promised by Rollei a year ago, is needed. The autofocus is slow at middle distances and also at infinity in overcast conditions. As the camera is a focus-lock design, this can be a real problem. Some type of infinity focus lock that would allow the camera to fire, or an "off" switch for the sutter lock would be helpful.

This camera can replace a full-pro SLR system with no loss in image quality and a similar range of features. The lens quality is on par with a Leica system. This is a great travel camera at an excellent price for its high quality -- but please Rollei -- fix that lens cap!

Customer Service

Excellent -- I had one body that froze up. It was replaced under warranty in less than a week.

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Olympus zoom. Leica M6, Canon Rebel

Fantastic lense, excellent build quality, solid, lots of control options, extremely versatile.

A bit large for a p/s, lense cap falls off easily, autofocus easily confused, dials need stronger detents so they don't change settings unintentionally.

A great camera to bring when you don't want to lug a modern SLR but still want a good camera with zoom. The lense quality is excellent and the 2.8 and zoom capability make it a very versatile camera for taking along on an every day basis. The G2 was very tempting, but the Rollei's zoom and relative compactness made the choice clear in the end. Thus far it has been used on many outdoor ski days (skating & downhill) and has performed well and shots have all come out exposed correctly and very sharp.
The downsides are as follows. First, the lense cap is bulky and seemingly designed to fall off. Though the remote release is clever and useful, you need to buy a "real" lense cap unless you want to drive yourself nuts. Also, the camera can get confused focusing - usually at medium distance objects - and the camera refuses to fire. A very annoying habit. Compared with the F100 the focus is slow & timid - but when it does get focus it is always spot on. The only other complaint is that the detents are so light that the shutter speed and focus dials will spin off the "A" setting very easily. Since I use a belt pack when skiing, running etc. I have to check the dials carefully every time I take the camera out. Once out, it is reasonable. Ergonomics are good, but not stellar. Not nearly as good as on the F100, and probably not as good as the G2. Still, for the bucks you get a relatively compact camera capable of doing 90% of what a much larger SLR can do. Finally, the flash is very good for casual party shots, but not for much more.

Customer Service

Don't know, but the 3 year warranty is comforting.

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Leica Z200 (not minilux), various low end p/s cameras, Rollei 35.

Good quality, very good lens. Some really nice features (described in the review summary).

Loud and slow power zoom, useless bulb mode, manual is too superficial.

The 38-90mm S-VarioApogon zoom lens shows good contrast and sharpness. I made a little test to compare it to Tamron/Pentax 28-200 zoom lens: Using tripod I photographed a full newspaper opening with different zooms (38, 50, 90) and different apertures (5.6, 8, 11), and the usual results were obviously different: with the Rollei lens the text was readable, with the other lens I had to guess what it says.

This camera is hard to use if you have to react to situations fast. The power zoom is quite loud (almost sounds like rewinding film) and takes time to go from 38mm to 90mm. The auto focus also is not of the fastest I have seen, but seems to be very accurate. Regarding focusing: I like very much how the camera focuses in darkness: it projects a red line pattern and uses it for focusing. Very convenient.

Metering: It took me some time to find out how it works. In the beginning I was assuming that it is multi-zone metering because the manual says so. I found out that my slides often were overexposed or underexposed. Then I carefully examined meter’s reactions to the light and dark objects in view and my conclusion is that the meter is behaving very much like a spot meter. It means that if you are using the automatic mode, you have to find an object that is not dark and not light and use the exposure locking. Or, if you are using tripod, measure the exposure in shutter or aperture priority automatic mode and then go to the manual mode. I think that a spot meter is a great thing to have, I just wish the manual explained that the meter works this way.

The camera does not have a cable release and there is no possibility to attach it. If you are working from tripod, you have to use the infrared release that is built into the lens-cap. After pressing the infrared release button you have to wait for about two seconds before the shutter fires. The problem with the infrared release is that it does not work in the bulb mode, and to use the bulb mode you have to hold the camera’s shutter release button with your finger. I could not believe in this and I contacted technical support from Rollei Germany. They said yes, the camera’s shutter release button is the only way to use the bulb mode.

The camera is not easy to use in ambiguous focusing situations where you have both close and distant objects close to the center of the viewfinder. The camera tells you that it found focus but does not tell to what distance it focused, and there is no visual way to check it. The solution is to switch to the manual focusing mode and to get focus confirmation at the desired distance.

What I miss very much is a decent lens hood that I could attach to this camera’s lens. The lens cap is quite big and heavy (because the infrared release is inside it) and easily comes off. Once I accidentally dropped it into a mountain creek. After disassembling and drying in sun it worked fine again. The control dials on the camera turn very easily and that is convenient when you are taking pictures but inconvenient when you take the camera out of the camera bag and have to check all the dials for proper positions. And it is too easy to switch on the date imprint while you are taking the camera out of the bag.

Customer Service

They answer my questions promptly but are not very descriptive.

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Yashica T5

Modern, up to date rangefinder with all the trimmings. Extremely well built and easy to use yet has all manual functions available as well. Great optics!

Multi-zone metering similar to Rollei 6008. Takes a little getting used to but after that - great exposures. The only minor complaint is the lens cap which tends to fall off now and then.

Great camera with incredible results! The Vario-Apogon zoom lens has to be one of the sharpest and most colorful lenses of it's type. No flare and none of the Leica "red bleed" but similar (slightly warm) color quality.

The body itself leaves nothing to be desired - it has it all from full manual control to point & shoot simplicity. Very rugged body (Titanium) and build quality typical of Rollei and the other classic German manufacturers. A great addition to anyone's camera system(s) and at the current street price of $1000.00 a real bargain. Now, if Rollei would only release a version with fully interchangeable lenses!

Customer Service

No problems so far.

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Contax G1/G2/TVS, Leica M6.