How do Zeiss T and Rollei HFT compare?
How do Zeiss T and Rollei HFT compare?.
How do Zeiss T* and Rollei HFT compare?
Since this has recently grown into a frequently asked question we feel it is appropriate to provide an official and unequivocal answer from Carl Zeiss:
HFT, meaning “High Fidelity Transfer”, is a multi-layer anti-reflection coating system co-developed by Zeiss and Rollei. This occurred several decades ago at a time when Zeiss T* coating was new on the market and could only be applied at the Zeiss Oberkochen plant to rather small camera lens production batches. Rollei envisaged very large volume production in their then new Singapore plant and therefore encouraged this joint development.
Today the situation is this: HFT has become a well established trademark for Rollei’s proprietary multi-layer anti-reflection coating. The optical performance of this Zeiss/Rollei co-development is so close to the performance of the original Zeiss T* that one can hardly detect any difference in all practical picture taking.
The Planar®, Distagon®, Sonnar® lenses that Rollei produces under license from Carl Zeiss are all HFT coated by Rollei. All the lenses that Carl Zeiss produces for Rollei at the Zeiss Oberkochen plant are actually Zeiss T*. coated. However, the designation on these lenses is “HFT” in the interest of remaining fully consistent throughout the Rollei product range.
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Mercury battery replacement for your vintage cameras
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The batteries are described in the SRT owners manual in this way.
“The Minolta SR-T 101 uses a 1.35v, button-shape mercury battery for photo-graphic applications (Mallory PX-625, PX-13, Eveready EXP-625, EPX-13 or equivalent). “
These mercury batteries your SRT was designed to use are now very hard to locate, as production has been discontinued in most of the world for very good environmental reasons. There are a number of possible replacements, but none of them result in exactly the same meter readings as the original design, at least without some effort at recalibration. This is because the meter is a very simple circuit which depends upon a specific stable voltage source.
There is a tremendous amount of data on the web regarding ideas for replacement power sources. I think most of these solutions are viable for the SRT application, assuming you have the capability to recalibrate your camera’s mechanical and electrical systems. Ok, I’ll repeat it, I don’t think there is a really ideal solution, without doing some recalibration. It might not matter too much, because it is entirely possible that that 25 year old camera of yours needs recalibration, even if you still use mercury batteries. In any case, once you get the hang of it, and build yourself a tester, recalibration is not very hard to do.
Possible Replacements
Here is a table detailing some of the possible mercury battery replacement options. This is ordered with my preference at the top and least desirable solution at the bottom. I highly recommend that whatever solution you choose, that you consider calibrating your meter for maximum performance with that power source. See my meter tune-up page for more information.
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