CameraTechs has Rollei 35’s!!
If you want the Leica experience—super optics, frameline composition, battery independence, precision mechanical construction—but don’t want the size, weight, or expense, it’s Rollei 35! The Rollei 35 series of cameras are a favorite around here. We repair and sell these.
While, not for everyone, a Rollei 35 can be a lifelong image making companion. These little dynamos have one of the finest lenses to grace a 35mm camera, and a small one at that. At one point, the Rollei 35 was the smallest “full frame” 35mm camera being produced. A few cameras came along that were a little smaller (like the Minox 35, Ricoh FF-1, and the LOMO) but these were toys by quality comparison, and those cameras are rarely found working today. By contrast, it’s a rare day when a Rollei 35 comes through the door that can’t be serviced into top working condition. Rollei 35’s were made by the same company that produced the venerable Rolleiflex twin-lens cameras that produced so many of the 20th century’s iconic imagery. With a Rollei 35, you can’t go wrong.