It does not have the same silky smoothness overall that characterises The GX requires that filters be applied to the viewfinder bayonet toĭetermine the compensation factor for the meter if the filter factor is The GX's meter is centre wieghted-a wide spot meter covering a bit over The GX does not have a flash sych cord lock. ie the distance scales on the focus knob. The GX has numbers and letters that are painted on rather than etched The GX does not have the mirror or lens in the waistlevel finder to view
The GX's film knobs will not lock in the "out" posistion. The GX has minimal internal baffling in the lens chamber. Roger you are in luck, I was on the rollei list a while back when a member made this post, I believe the member was named todd and this was the url in business today offers a mechanical leaf shutter with thatĭoctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> There any legitimate knock on the GX that I should know about (andĭon't mention the regrettable absence of a self-timer - no shutter I plunk down my money (Ken Hansen in NYC has GXs new for $2200), is (the old selenium averaging meter was no better than using the sunnyġ6 rule in my experience) and the shutter, currently a Copal, isĮvery bit the equal of the occasionally dodgy Synchro-Compur. Sharper than the old Planar 2.8 the metering system seems first rate And the estimable Harry Fleenor claims the 2.8GX is as Up." I know people who have used the GX for 10+ years without a Of fact, it weighs more than a 2.8F(iv) and appears to be metal inĪLL the same places as any classic 'flex. Myth #1: "It's made of plastic!" In point I have never seen any camera elicit more gratuitous bashing than the