Boy, the photos in the video do not do the camera any justice. The Tessar lens used is actually quite sharp, like all other Tessars, in the range of 5.6 - 11.0. The 355TE here is exactly the same as the first Rollei 35 from 1968, except for the light meter. The original meter used a 1.35 volt mercury cell, and the accuracy of the meter was directly coupled to that voltage. When mercury batteries were made illegal in most countries, 1.5 volt cells replaced them, and the Rollei 35 meters no longer worked accurately without one or other workarounds. What distinguishes the meter in the TE (and is companion 35SE model) is that the solid state meter used only in these models is not voltage dependent for accuracy, so you can use a variety of single or multiple cells in the battery compartment, so long as they fit and add up to more than the 5.6 volt (mercury) battery the camera was designed to originally take. (I use four lithium watch batteries in mine. So far good for 6 years.) This battery convenience makes the 35TE and 35SE the best choice among all other Rollei 35 models as users. The other, 1.35 volt, models can work fine if you spend significant money to have them modified or use relatively uneconomical zinc-air batteries.
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hello. thank you very much for watching and taking the time to comment. i believe the sharpness issue is the digitization (sp?) process ... mostly ... i have made changes and improvements to that gradually since, so hopefully i am doing a better job of that now ... its a constant learning process. i do like the “se/te” variant as you can see the ‘meter’ inside the viewfinder, and i can adjust the shutter speed to match proper exposure without having to stop viewing through the viewfinder. i really appreciate your comments and i didnt know that the “se/te” meter still worked properly if slightly overvolt unlike the needle matching meter on the top of the camera. thank you again for your time and comments. the Rabbit. =:3
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