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In Australia they're charging $1699. It's a huge huge huge no from me.

The price is fair and may even look cheap to a lot of Rollie fans. The company that builds this camera is certainly not going to get rich. Most of the film camers are over 20 years old and the electroinics can crap out anytime. I am encouraged by the fact there are still people who invest in it so that we can carry on.

There is a factor in choosing to buy the Rollei (Mint) 35AF which I've not seen discussed anywhere, yet. Overall, the camera seems to be a conventional point-n-shoot of no more than average quality build, with the addition of a few pros and cons. Pros: Fully manual control of shutter speeds and lens apertures, offset some by a fairly poor manual metering readout arrangement. Cons: No filter mount, although this may be offset by third party adapters in the future; nagging questions about lens flare and resolution quality; a very poor viewfinder, even by cheap P-n-S camera standards; and failure of the DX film speed coding system in initial units (resolved ?). The big con, no pun intended, is the price. At $800 US, there looks to be at least $200 of surplus profit buried there, so Mint can recover its R&D costs with a minimum of early sales, before issues with the camera and less than perfect early reviews drag down sales of the first run of units. So far, this is business as usual, IMO. The wildcard no one anticipated is (1) Trump's election, and (2) Trump's destructive demand for tariffs on imported goods to offset his proposed reductions in federal taxes. The Mint 35 AF is wholly produced in China. Under Trump's proposal, it would be subject to a tariff charge at import of at least 40%. Add commonly charged sales tax and shipping, and your delivered price exceeds $1,200. This would kill almost all sales of this camera. Further, Mint claims that they bet the farm on the success of this camera, so if true, that might well mean the end of Mint. So, for all of those who say, "But it's a new camera with a warranty.", just who is going to honor that warranty? On the other hand, a casually interested buyer facing this disaster might explore what I'll call The LabBox Syndrome. The seller of the LabBox had so many production problems that they ended up having the product wholly redesigned and produced in China. At $200, the LabBox was dead on arrival in the open market. The tiny company with no manufacturing experience which produced it exhibited every mistake that can be made, so they will never have a second run. However. If you go to AliExpress and look around, you'll find The LabBox, in its original packaging, complete and for sale for less than $40, (The price of a basic Paterson tank.) being sold directly by its Chinese manufacturer. If Trump kills Mint, the MInt 35AF may end up on AliExpress for less than $300 plus tariff, tax and shipping, or about $450 delivered. (Since Mint licensed the usage of the Rollei brand for this camera, the potential Chinese seller would have to negotiate a new licensing deal with whoever owns the rights to "Rollei", or paint on a difference name.) So, if you really want Mint 35AF, jump it ASAP, or you may get "Trumped".

I must confess I didn't listen what you was saying at all.. all I heard was that smooth vibe on the background.. that made my day.. so cool and calming.. what tune is it?

Yashica MAT-124, that's my choice. I love it 😍

Please review 1. Double exposure 2. Film axis screw lock. Mine is 3.5 f can't lock.

Candid photography still IS controversial among all of us. My approach is to be "stealthy" as much as possible. Taking shots without others knowing that you are taking shots. Like a guerrilla style hit & run technique. Best is to wear those hidden body cameras like a hidden camera in a necklace or spy sunglasses camera. Those spy camera devices you can 90% takes lots of good candid shots without getting caught. But problem is that the spy cameras do NOT have good resolution. Another technique is called the "Sniper Technique", where you hide yourself far away from detection by surrounding people. Such as in a car with tinted windows or in a high rise tower. And you have a powerful high resolution camera to take as many "sniper shots" possible. This is how the FBI doing this to hunt persons of interests. As long as nobody notices you are taking candid shots. Then great, no conflict arises. But TOO RISKY. So beware of the risks & the consequences of taking candid photos in public.

It’s such a strange concept that a film camera with a tenth of the features of similarly priced digital camera is being released in 2024. There is actually 2 of them which is even more bizarre. Charging $500 for a $200 camera is crazy, but charging $800 for a $250 camera is even more insane. I know nostalgia was addictive, but I never knew that it carried such a high price hike.

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So you kept it, right?

I love the idea and the concept, but I also feel like maybe part of it happens because you're compensating for the differences in. I don't think you should. They should be set on the exact same settings f-stops and shutter and everything and that show the difference in how the isos handle the exact same settings.

How are you getting those edges along the border?

I love the Canon AE1. That was my first film camera and it was my favorite

You can also shoot at a 45deg angle either side.

Your adapter doesn't have screw thread, will it cause the filter to fall out?

Does the hack to increase aperture by reducing ASA necessarily mean you end up overexposing the image?

Sorry, this review makes no sense. The two cameras have nothing in common save possibly aesthetics. It is not made by the former Rolei company. Nobody could afford a nearly 100% metal machined camera. I’m sure you won’t strip any gears anyway. Focal length.. it is what it is and your opinion is just that. You talk a lot about your feelings, how about just reviewing the camera instead of an apple-orange comparison. These types of reviews are a major reason few will take the risk to produce new film cameras.

So the original one was a hassle to put the back on. I had two Rollie 35s and both the same. Also first iteration of a new film camera so will have kinks. I am sure that the camera was £800-1500 back in the day and a used one which is roughly up to £300. I don’t see the price and its kinks being an issue. Great news seeing new film cameras on the market, instead of toys or old cameras that need an immediate CLA and no longer have any kind of support.

I think the advantage of Mint doing this camera is updates can hit production relatively quickly at the volumes they are producing. Camera companies, including Leica, made mechanical updates to models without even changing the model name (compare all the mechanical component variations of the M2 and M3 without the need to "release" a new incrementally improved model every year). If they develop a new wind ratchet mech, baffle that AF motor noise, and dial in that backplate, most of the consumer doubt would go away.

Shot this film stock in different conditions (day, night, cloudy, sunny) and.. seemingly results are better in broad day light. It is completely different to metropolis or purple. I would put it in the same category as cinestill 400D. It is a very MOODY film stock.

Keep in mind that Rollei 35s was selling for $1800 in today’s money. Would you pay $1000 more for a better built quality? From what I saw both lenses perform about the same. The Sonnar is a bit warmer. Rollei was a very powerful company. It was able to invest a lot money into developing this camera. Considering this, MINT did pretty well.

Hi when you do the 5x6 and 6x7

Great video ! I have a couple of Rolleis and when they need a tune-up I send 'em to Harry.

Mint Cameras have awesome projets but all their cameras are held back by their use of really cheap materials and lackluster hardware engineering

I've had a couple of Olympus OM-1 bodies that I bought used, which developed fungus in their viewfinders, sometime that's never happened with any of my many other cameras, including a couple of fifty year-old Pentax Spotmatics.

I got GAS for the ZF, and now this camera.........and I have 0 money. This is great lol.

TL;DR: disappointing review overall, missed a lot of nuances and info. I appreciate the critical nature of this review, especially about the build quality. However, it missed the mark on multiple points. First, it faild to consider who this camera is for. It's for people that want a fun, AF camera that can fit in a jacket pocket. It's NOT like the G1 or F100. The advantage of this back design is that there are no light seals. AF is a massive advantage for almost everyone. Especially for low light shooting. Try zone focusing at f/2.8. The photos were weak overall. The tree shot was okay. The axe had potential but he gave up before even trying.This camera was made more for the streets than the mountains. Warranty and parts availability definitely factors into the price. The fact that his Rollei 35S meter is broken makes my point. That's over $100 to repair, and double that cost for a CLA. Would've liked to see actual close-up comparisons across the frame.

I have an old version love it although i do struggle with the view focussing my distance judgement is pretty naff so i really fancied the af on the newbie but tbh ill stick with the old one and buy loadsa film and practice my distances and use my lil rangefinder. Good on mint doing this it can only be good for film photography.

This should have been its own camera or a copy of a less legendary camera. Such a small company reaching way too far for a goal. If they just made their own camera i feel like this wouldve turned out a lot better. Also the fact you can buy the original of this camera for half the cost. All you lose is AF 🤷‍♂️

Ugh... at first I was excited for the pentax, then I saw it.. I'll hold off for the rollei.. then I saw the reviews... you copy an old camera, and actually made it worse.. brutal.. now I'm back with fingers crossed that pentax is putting out another camera that will actually be quality and deliver.. the pentax17 and this both come off cheap, and for the price, the quality needs to be upped

They went too Silicon Valley on the camera. Should have stayed as simple as possible with just the AF. Also, lots of scratches?

I think they missed the mark on the price. And I know people are saying things like "if you take the original and adjust for inflation, blah blah, etc" but there's no point in comparing the price of this with the price of the original Rollei. That comparison will be valid in 30-40 years when we see if any of the 35 AF cameras are still functioning, until then it's a meaningless thing to bring up. The warranty may be worth the money? Maybe?

Thanks fora solid honest review of this camera and interesting to directly compare the lens to the original. The Zeiss planar resolves much more detail at infinity which you can clearly see in the mountains. Impressive! I was very excited about this camera coming out and was on the wait list. While waiting I settled on getting contax tvs 2 for a reasonable price. It’s not as small, but has manual controls, a decent lens with useful zoom, AF, good build quality and last but not least, manual focus! I knew it was a gamble, and the first one I bought was a dud. The seller kindly accepted a return and although bummed I thought I’d give it one more shot. The second one is great and I’m loving it so far. I only paid like $300 so when comparing the $800 it just didn’t seem worth it to me. Also with the contax I can do street stuff and zone focus which is impossible with the Rollei AF. Ultimately I’ll skip this one and keep saving for something else.

It's a TOV sensor, not LIDAR, they're LIYING

I think mostly every segment had something that triggered me, but the fact you close this review by saying the old rollei, a nikon f100 or a G1 are cheaper than this as if it's a valid point for the audience, really made me think you fell on your head during your smug hike.

Earlier this year, I ordered a Mju in near mint condition. The autofocus stopped working after one roll of film and it can’t ever be repaired. Buying an old point and shoot film camera is buying a lottery ticket. I’ve pre-ordered a Rollei 35 AF and looking forward to getting it. Never getting a second hand point and shoot ever again. Learnt my lesson on that one.

Willy Warnecke, the constructeur how engeniers the Rollei 35, 1966 would be very proud that his construktion in remake 60 years after his work. He made the complete construction and sell it to rollei. The production was from 1966 to 1970 in Brunswick, Germany, Sahdumerstreet. The building, also the big rollei signs on the rooftop is still there, go in, first floor on the left side was the rollei 35 production. From 1970 to 1981 the rollei 35 was produced in singapur and was the start of the fine industry in singapoore.

The back plate is a pain in all the rolleis... I have some... And some of them are tight and when you load the film, you need to consider 3 hands hahah

The picture on the 10.50 min... Is a scanner death point. I think you are being to hard with the camera by comparing two dirrefent cameras from different eras. Is like comparing Rollei 35s with an olympus mju. Maybe this is the problem making a resto mod of the original, leaving very very very high spectations. Whereas the Pentax 17 there is no comparison from older models. I do like the new Rollei and I congrats mint for taking that risk...

Prototype….

Makes me laugh when people say 800 is expensive, if you take any of the popular cameras from the 80s and 90s and convert for inflation it's prob cheaper than what they were, I think you lot think common ebay prices for 40 or 50 year old cameras is the norm..... It ain't. Besides that fact, all the photos I've seen in reviews look awesome, I'm def gonna pull the trigger and support them

The Rollei AF seems to handle lens flare much better than the old one. Also, you picked a bright sunny day to use both. How about trying to get some in focus pics when the light drops or you are indoors w the old Rollei. All of a sudden that zone focus will become pretty much impossible at 2.8 or f4 unless you are at infinity. While the new AF with it’s lidar focus will nail focus at max aperture.

for that money just got an over prized fuji x20, i like film, have a fed 50 avtomat that could give similar results as the honk kong rollei.

This is one of the most objective reviews I've come across for this camera. I have pre-ordered this camera but is deciding whether or not I should cancel the pre-order because the build quality does not seem to be great specifically for the rewind lever. Can anyone suggest a camera with a similar size and feature set that costs around $800? I'm familiar with old film cameras-I own a Leica M6, Olympus Mju, Rolleiflex 2.8F, and a Hasselblad 500C/M. My partner has a Contax T3, which has highly accurate autofocus, and the image quality often rivals that of my Leica M6 paired with Leica lenses. Plus, the Contax T3 is much more compact and easier to carry. However, the Contax T3 costs $2000+. In comparison, while my Olympus Mju is cheap and compact and produces decent images, but some come out blurry due to poor autofocus. This brings me to my main point: is there any camera, old or new, that matches the compact size and feature set of the Contax T2/T3 for only $800? Even the Contax G1 is significantly larger. The Yashica T4 might be a contender, but I don't have personal experience with it.

Brooo, I'm more impressed with the older camera😂

The new Rollei makes absolutely no sense to me, especially at 800 bucks!! To me, it has nothing new to offer, compared to an old cla'd camera, which costs a fraction of the price, with superior lens and build quality. And the sound of the new Rollei firing... sticky and icky! Great video, especially the comparison between old and new.

Comparing the mini rollei 35af to nikon f100 is not that fair, imo you can do review comparing the rollei 35af to a contax t2, leica minilux or other high end pocket cameras

Looks like a horned lizard, aka horny toad.

I don't really like the idea I keep hearing repeated that "support this company to keep film alive." heard it about the Pentax 17 and the Rollie 35AF and I don't believe it from a logical point of view but I also feel it is a bad way to do business. Not to mention there are piles of old film cameras (generally of better quality) that can be had for cheap all over.

I think the photos look fantastic. 800 for a new point and shoot with warranty seems fair. I imagine if pentax re released something like the ricoh gr1 series it would cost the same.