chris_law1

Well chaps many thanks for all the helpful comments! A decision has been made and ( at the expense of pack space ) the Spotmatic is coming away travelling. Love the Rollei to bits, such a nice handling camera, but being able to change lenses won over. Very nearly picked up the Leica...but that will just have to wait till next time - unless i see a nice one in the states...

Gotta love old cameras! Unless they break...

It would appear that the majority view is to take both! Both are well serviced so i would not be too worried about them holding out for three months on the road....there thats gone and done it, they will both break within about 5 mins of getting off the first plane now! Hmm, best empty some space from my rucksack...

Cheers for the advise, i am sure that the results that can be obtained with both those cameras would be amazing, and they would def weigh less but i do prefer the feel of the older stuff! Comment r.e. the Rollei does go along with my own reservations about taking it..!

Hi all! I am about to embark on a three month tour taking in the States then

India and expect to do a lot of walking around. With this in mind i am looking

for any thoughts you guys may have regarding which of my cameras to take.... I

have a Pentax Spotmatic with 55, 135 and 200mm primes, all SMC / Asahi

originals and a sweet little Rollei 35 ( original German ). They are both

capable of taking lovely shots but i dont want to take them both and cant make

up my mind which is best suited.. I reckon, at a push the Rollei will get

better results but it is less flexible with only the one lens. So although in

the right conditions when i get a good picture it will invariably be better

than what the Pentax would produce there are likely to be more occasions when

the Pentax would produce better. Obviously the Rollei lends itself to travel

more than the Pentax - size and weight - but i just cant decide if the lack of

flexibility would be too limiting? Another option, following the recent of my

Hasselblad would be to plough the money into the Leica M2 that my local camera

shop has in stock... Less money for beer tokens but a tempting proposition none

the less! Any advise would be gratefully received!

Hi all!

I am about to embark on a three month tour taking in the States then India and

expect to do a lot of walking around. With this in mind i am looking for any

thoughts you guys may have regarding which of my cameras to take....

I have a Pentax Spotmatic with 55, 135 and 200mm primes, all SMC / Asahi

originals and a sweet little Rollei 35 ( original German ). They are both

capable of taking lovely shots but i dont want to take them both and cant make

up my mind which is best suited.. I reckon, at a push the Rollei will get

better results but it is less flexible with only the one lens. So although in

the right conditions when i get a good picture it will invariably be better

than what the Pentax would produce there are likely to be more occasions when

the Pentax would produce better.

Obviously the Rollei lends itself to travel more than the Pentax - size and

weight - but i just cant decide if the lack of flexibility would be too

limiting?

Another option, following the recent of my Hasselblad would be to plough the

money into the Leica M2 that my local camera shop has in stock... Less money

for beer tokens but a tempting proposition none the less!

Any advise would be gratefully received!