Newest Film Camera Details | Rollei35AF

[@edouardcamus3065]

You know what, I'm just happy to see NEW film cameras being made, no matter what kind (P&S, SRL, medium format...) It's just nice to see!

[@coreymagz3145]

I am so damn excited for this! 35mm 2.8 is a dream.

[@WalshPhoto]

I loved this camera when I bought one in 1981. I had an anniversary edition that came out. It came with a personally engraved name plate with my name on it. I gave it to my sister a couple of years ago. She is also still a photographer

[@CRAusmus]

It's also fully manual. I'm particularly excited about it, and will be purchasing it when it is released in September.

[@areallyrealisticguyd4333]

I have the original Rollei 35 with a pocket rangefinder. I'd say it's one of the best compact cameras ever made. I would definitely get the AF version just because I enjoy the size and sharpness of the lens.

[@hansyang1697]

It’s more like a zone focus camera

[@Shmooexe3440]

Get this man the new Rollei camera! This guy deserves it the most! as well as some sun block, the tan line looks saw haha

[@metalfingersfilm]

Hahahaha

[@blakelindsay4658]

Looking forward to the review of this camera when it comes out

[@numbersix8919]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[@rolfenstein_exe]

Get this man a pre-launch copy!

[@marcdeckard7064]

I've had a couple of the 35S model. A remarkable camera. If this is as reliable as the 35S then this is a real winner.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

It looks like the 'Auto' controls referenced to and the knob shown are for autoexposure. The 'AF' in the name indicates autofocus, so it looks to have both.

[@majoraswrath9590]

Hopefully the build quality is up to par. Id hate to see another Yashica "Digifilm" catastrophe.

[@Democratiser]

I reckon this is a great initiative. I have the 35S and it is such a unique pocketable camera. There was nothing quite like it really - especially that small - with a great lens; and the new generation I’m sure will be a success. It is a perfect EDC.

[@Franco_Deleo]

That’s exciting! Hope you get your hands on one for a review.

[@mechaben]

This sounds like the perfect pairing of ease of use and vintage feel. I do hope it comes with a hotshoe for ttl external flash options

[@JenHamon]

This looks really cool. I hope it lives up to the legacy of the predecessors.

[@jasonabrahamsmith]

I’ve been squirreling away a little cash every month since they announced. With the prices of premium point and shoots, I’ll gladly pay 600-800 for a brand new camera that (I’m assuming) will have some sort of warrantee and available parts for repairs.

[@Shutter2speed]

I agree! Especially considering how certain old cameras are going for double that LOL

[@anachronismic]

Personally I feel like auto-focus is the only way they'd tap into new film photographers, which would be the long-term play I imagine. Anyone who'd look past zone focus or look at zone focus as a good thing is probably a smaller subset of people already shooting film, which doesn't seem like a large enough market (especially for a compact camera).

[@anachronismic]

Though if image quality is up there I'm way more inclined to spend bigger bucks on it over any of the premium P&S options probably (if I weren't already happy with my cheap as hell minolta freedom iii lol).

[@sconathon]

yeah, for those of us who prefer the control of zone focus, we can just buy an old one for less.

[@ryan2stix]

I was super excited for the pentax 17....buuut......after hearing about the Rollei35AF....I think I will be going that route.

[@monkeybull445]

Wouldn't be shocked if that little OLED display will be used as a frame counter of some kind

[@ryejack]

I'm very curious what the price difference will translate to. Will it be a different body material, different functionality, or added accessories? Hopefully they'll shed more light on this as it gets closer to launch. Either way, I'm in for the pre-order and I'm super excited for this new film camera!

[@june_yah]

This sounds like a great daily carry

[@Iamgeoffw]

Super excited

[@Mygrainphotos]

Rollei, give this man the camera!!

[@mackysobrevega1780]

I would get this over the Pentax

[@DecentGatsby]

“ *with the rise of film popularity, we will be rereleasing the Leica m7. It’s back in production, we want everyone to be able to experience the Leica M magic at a reasonable price- $8,995* “ -Leica spokesman

[@stuartallenphotos]

Zone focus is more suitable to street photography though as it is quicker. The less is not all glass from what has been said elsewhere and the camera looks larger than the originals which is a shame.

[@hondafication]

600 does seem steep, however, for embarrassing the industry and supporting the film never dies, cause, I think it's not that much of a reach considering the Ricoh Gr 3 is $1000 and is sort of the more artsy point-and-shoot.

[@malman1080]

I don’t know whether i want to go for the rollei 35af or the Pentax camera tbh. I need to see what the price point for each is. I can’t imagine the 35af is going to be much cheaper than $1000. It’s got a pretty expensive lidar autofocus and rollei branding to go behind it. The Pentax camera is actually scale focus, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but if it’s got any sort of aperture control that shouldn’t be a huge deal. Half frame is intriguing too. I can see getting a lot of mileage out of that for the right price.

[@13squier]

JCH reporting this one will be $800.

[@cstpa1]

i just bought the S . i will buy this too tbh

[@neoey]

Man that cam looks great, but im not sure if its 850€ great

[@petegleeson1]

Brilliant they are making this camera and if I can find the money and have yet another camera …..

[@mapgeek6]

The number of elements in the lens doesn't really tell much of a story. It could be a refined Tessar design with an extra element (classic Tessars are 4 elements in 3 groups). More elements in a lens offer the opportunity to provide more correction of optical aberrations, but for a simple single focal length, 5 elements is a little uncommon. My guess is some sort of refinement of a Tessar design, since Tessars are well-known. Fewer elements generally leads to greater contrast at a penalty of smaller image circle and potentially a few remaining aberrations. Fewer elements also leads to a lighter weight lens that is less expensive to make. But, without more information we can only suppose at what kind of design the lens actually is. Saying it has 5 elements is akin to saying that a car has 4 wheels. It leaves a lot of information out.

[@Leandro_Montibeler]

I think I would've liked the og 40mm focal length better, but if they think that a 35mm would appeal to more people, I'm probably on the minority

[@robblincoln2152]

42mm on a standard 35mm film “frame” was just about the perfect focal length for me when I was just doing “walk around” photos in grad school. 35 felt too wide.

[@KimeeZM]

Definitely pricey but I could see my sibling with one to get a start in film. I'd love to see a half frame version too if it takes off good.

[@13squier]

Roll-eye not Rolly. This thing looks awesome, I would love to have one.

[@GeekyGalore]

Got an email in march about being the 1st 2000 people get to be able to secure the new camera. The price is my only hesitation having so many other cameras. A good problem to have i guess!

[@gideonleventhall-airley1501]

Agreed. I appreciate the R&D and demand issues, however, $600+ seems [gulp] a hard swallow.

[@zenonbillings9008]

❤ I'm on the list for the first 500 and can't wait for it to arrive 😊

[@confidentband]

they better release a new medium format camera in a RF70 body

[@DarioSpeed.]

love the shirt!

[@cropmotionargentina]

Soy usuario de una 35T, desde hace 35 años; la amo. Me encanta que reviva esta pequeña maravilla, pero me parece que va en detrimento no tener la posiblidad de poder usarla en "M". Ningún usuario antiguo compraría una camara así. Me parece genial que sea automática, pero me parece un horror, que "SOLO" se pueda usar en "A". Una pena. Gracias por difundir!!

[@StepsAndStoness]

I'm down!

[@tim31415]

Looks like they are putting a lot of effort into making a quality camera. The only unfortunate thing I see is the auto focus. This is just marketing hype. Focusing a 35mm lens is as easy as it gets. The auto focus is a very complex and unnecessary feature that's just going to end up causing problems.

[@insinYT]

Wouldnt you be able to manually focus anyways?

[@tim31415]

@@insinYT It didn't look like it from the picture. We shall see.

[@jonathans.9372]

It seems that the AF used here is a LIDAR system, which has been successfully implemented in cinema rigs. I feel like they're opening their product to a much wider market by making this a high quality point and shoot. If you wanted a zone focus Rollei, the original is much cheaper than this.

[@joaolouro1085]

I do remember that the old Rollei 35s were difficult to focus with. Many people would have ruined photos due to how difficult it was. I do agree though, it's more points of failure and since it's a new version I'm a bit wary of these things by being an early adopter.

[@sesa2984]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m super excited about this, but I think they could have made something on this platform that I could actually afford. I get prices, and I wish I had a brabd new camera that was only ever mine and is minty fresh (pun intended) but the fact of the matter is, I’m never going to own one of these because I can get an amazing real Singapore Rollei, and 6 perfectly good autofocus Olympus’s (or the like) if I just need to have something easy that takes great pictures for the same price or much less. I personally would love to see them come out with as affordable as possible half frame version. Thats the camera I want to be my everyday carry. A Rollei that I can shoot half-frame on. But for now, raiding my Aunts and Grandma’s attics is where its at.

[@BlackOrdinance]

Please make a black model, Mint.

[@sesa2984]

Zone focus is what made it cool.

[@lakey7886]

1:46 that whole description kind of feels like it was written with AI just saying

[@juliovila8233]

For $600-800 I can buy all top ten film cameras of the 1980’s

[@Brando90198]

Good luck finding a m6 under 1500. And a f3 will eat half of the “budget”.

[@stevenmccaughan2752]

I have held the original and my hands are to big to use it the autofocus my change my mind

[@jufegom]

Tengo la 35 T y la 35 S, excelentes, no encuentro interesante esta cámara, las originales eran para fotógrafos que si supieran manejar los tiempos y diafragmas con seguridad, me parece un poco Point and shoot que sea solamente automática y me resulta muy extraño que no se exprese con claridad que diseño de objetivo tiene, yo se que mi 35 T tiene un Tessar y que mi 35S tiene un Sonnar, en esas cámaras Rollei era muy claro, la mas económica tiene un Triotar. Con una distancia focal de 35 mm (las anteriores eran de 40 mm) es casi innecesario el autofocus y es un dispositivo complejo que fallla con facilidad. No compraría esa cámara.

[@leftblank]

oled display? something that will be broken in 20 years, No thanks. they were close to making something good but just miss the mark

[@taylor1038]

As bad as it sounds, if we can get a few manufactures to make new film cameras, we don't need them to last 20, 40, 100 years. I'm sure this will at least be more reliable than 90s plastic fantastic point and shoots.

[@Zee216]

I have literally never seen an OLED display stop working, how on earth do you know it will only last 20 years

[@leftblank]

@@Zee216 do you not know tech? screens from the clam shell macbooks are already solidifying. You'll understand when you get older

[@Zee216]

@@leftblank my brother in chaos there has never been an OLED MacBook in the history of the world

[@leftblank]

@@Zee216 You're clearly to stupid to understand, electronic parts such as OLED screens will limit these cameras to landfill given time. look at the x-pan film cameras. timebombs

[@slowbot68]

sounds cool, but 40mm is better imo.

[@theonlinething1039]

It‘s a film camera, and thus way too expensive for what it is. They had to do zero research on anything modern electronic. 250-300 would be alright

[@petegleeson1]

Erm the knowledge of how to make film cameras and the supply chain has gone. So they have started from scratch, incorporated lidar as the older auto focus components are no longer available. If you think that didn’t involve considerable R&D you might benefit from doing some research to understand supply chains and how now making mechanical things is actually far more difficult than digital . I challenge you build a film camera that isn’t a pinhole and see how easy it isn’t!

[@nikytamayo]

​@@petegleeson1like when they say we couldn't make the Saturn V today. The tooling and the web of suppliers and parts needed for that tooling and everything else associated with them don't exist anymore. Easier to engineer something from scratch that's not reliant on that.

[@theonlinething1039]

@@petegleeson1 Nah, it's a German company, so there should be endless documents and Patentunterlagen, there's nothing at all lost, no matter who own the company. And there isn't any hightech or overly complicated machining going on

[@mgman6000]

I bought a new rollei 35 in 1975 for around $125 that's over1000 today $700 is reasonable