Rollei QZ cameras
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | 35mm point and shoot |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | fixed |
| Lens | f=28~60 mm (35W) or 38~90 mm (35T) |
| F-numbers | f/2.8~5.6–22 |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | 35mm |
| Film speed | ISO 6–6400, 1⁄3 steps |
| Film speed detection | ISO 25–5000, default 100 |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) min. |
| Focus modes |
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| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority, or Manual; ±2 EV in 1⁄2 steps |
| Metering modes | center-weighted, EV -1 to 22 |
| Flash | |
| Flash | 20QF dedicated external unit, GN 65 (ft, ISO 100) |
| Shutter | |
| Frame rate | 1 fps |
| Shutter speed range | 16–1⁄8000 sec + B (flash sync 1⁄180) |
| General | |
| Battery | 2×CR2 |
| Dimensions | 5.7 in × 3 in × 2.3 in (145 mm × 76 mm × 58 mm) |
| Weight | 1 lb 8.6 oz (0.70 kg) with battery |
The Rollei QZ 35W and 35T are luxury titanium-clad point and shoot cameras that were produced by Rollei starting from 1997; they are equipped with a high-quality Rollei VarioApogon lens and body to compete with similar premium compact cameras produced during the Japanese bubble-economy era, including the Contax T line, Konica Hexar, Leica minilux, Nikon 28Ti/35Ti, Minolta TC-1, and Ricoh GR series. Both of the cameras used 35 mm film; the 35W was equipped with a wide-angle zoom lens (28~60 mm), while the 35T was equipped with a standard to short telephoto zoom lens (38~90 mm).
The cameras were developed in partnership with Samsung Aerospace Industries.[1]: 288 Industrial design was performed by F. A. Porsche.[2] They were featured in the Popular Science 1997 year-end feature "Best of What's New"[3] and won an iF Product Design Award in 1998.[4]
The 35T is more common than the 35W.[5] Externally, the two cameras can be distinguished by the small colored square below the "Rollei" logo on the camera's front: the 35W has a blue-purple square,[2] while the 35T has a dark magenta square instead.[6]
Lenses
The 35T and 35W lenses are both branded S-VarioApogon; both have 10 elements in 8 groups.[7][8]: 46 Popular Photography raved about the "spectacular" lenses' performance: "they test out as good as, or better than, zooms or single-focal-length lenses from the ranking camera makers ... It's the lenses that will sell these cameras."[2]
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The optical diagrams[8]: 50 bear similarities to a wide-angle zoom lens patent filed in 1994 by Hae-Jin Lee and assigned to Samsung Aerospace Industries, Ltd.; that patent describes a slower, 11-element/8-group lens with greater zoom range, with focal length varying from 29~87 mm and a maximum aperture of f/3.8~10.25.[9] Those specifications more closely match the lens fitted to the Rollei Prego 90 and Samsung Slim Zoom 290G.
