Is a Rollei b35 lens swap mod possible?

P. S. Honestly when I compare the Minolta 40mm F2 second generation “multi coated” the quality difference is night and day.

Radost said:

I don't doubt it, that's a great lens. It would be the op's route if they wanted a high end lens, maybe mounted on a CL to keep the package small. That's an expensive setup though, and finding CLs w/ working meters can be quite a hunt.

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I've been shooting the little Pentax SLR cameras lately, that's a good way to go for keeping things light and affordable. The lenses have been excellent. An early Retina 1a is small and the lens is as good as a Leica, but those are somewhat heavy. That's why I went w/ the Pentax cameras. Might as well get TTL metering, interchangeable lenses and SLR accuracy w/ basically the same size.

Radost said:

I really like the rollei b35 size and on the lens controls but the trio tar leaves a lot to be desired.
I was wondering if it is possible to modify and install the optical elements of a tessar or even Sonar if I find a broken camera with a nice lens
I understand it will be only F3.5 but I am fine with that. Maybe if the barrel can be reduced?

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You can not swap the Tessar lens into the Rollei B35. The barrel machining is different on the B35 and it can not accept the front element of the Tessar. I suppose if you want to re-engineer the camera, anything is possible.