Hi
I fully understand your view about the Rol, but after using one it is now past its sell by date too many things can go wrong with it and at wide open the focus guess is not too cool especially on a moving subject slow or otherwise.
it is a great camera to hold and is very small, but if you want a small camera with great lens thens there are others. i used the Leica as an example yes there is a price difference. it is als more reliable and metering / focus is spot on.
i have also used the Hexar a little bigger, but very sharp. Don't forget that if you pop the lens in at the wrong time or dust/sand gets onto the lens shaft, you will indeed be shafted!!!
This is only my opinion, i sold mine before it gave up.
Yes you are perfectly correct i am lazy about focussing, i was one of the first to use auto focus, even had an auto focus contax (heap of crap it was) the film plane moved to focus. the way i see things is that the camera can focus quicker in most light that anybody can.
there is no point in having an exceptional photo that is soft!
regards
from lazy John
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