Handling
Faults
and
Remedies
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IF ault
!Possible Cause
IRemedy
Meter needle does not Preselected exposure time outside Select shorter
or
longer exposure
respond setting range
time (see how)
Battery exhausted, not inserted
or
Change
or
(correctly) fit the
wrongly inserted
battery (see how)
Shutter does not release
Rapid winding lever only partly
Full y pull out rapid winding lever
tensioned
(
seehint
10)
Picture unexposed
or
partly
Shutter speed
l/30
second
or
Shutter speed too fast for flash bulbs
longer
exposed
(see hint 5)
Picture
un
der-
or
Wrong exposure measurement
Measure brightness
of
main
overexposed
subiect. See close-up
or
substitute
readings, (see hint 9)
Whole film under-
or
l
wrong
film
speed setting
Set film speed correctly. See
ASA
overexposed value
on
film packing
Whole film unexposed Film has not advanced due
to
faulty Correctly load film (see how),
loading
or
because torn
advance smoothly
but
not too fast
(see how)
Image partly
or
completely
Subject movement: exposure time too
Use fas ter shutter speed
unsharp
long for moving subject
(see hint 6)
Camera shake: exposure time too
Support camera
or
use a tripod
long for hand-held shot
(see hint 6)
Image inaccurately fosused
Focus exactly (see how)
Rewind knob does not turn Film wrongly loaded Correctly load film, leader into
outer slot ( see how)
Film torn
Remove
tom
piece
of
film (in the
clark,
if
exposed), trim new leader
and rethread (see how)
Heavy resistance against film
Excessive exploitation
of
film length, A void any force, rewind film
ad vance film entirely wound
off
somewhat, then finish lever stroke.
If
film is torn out
of
cartridge:
open back in total darkness only,
rewind film
by
hand and wrap up
light-proof
Bright pictures areas
Light contrast excessive for colour Select different picture area,
washed-out and almost film: particularly with photograph very bright and very
colourless, dark picture areas against-the-light shots, market and clark subjects separately, change
almost black and without street scenes under high sun, beach viewpoint
or
direction: give
discernable detail and mountain scenes at midday preference to moming
or
afternoon
sun
which is more suitable for
photographing,
(see hint 9)
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All
this information, texts,
and
images were extractedfrom the original "Rollei 35/
35T
/
35S
In Practical
Use"
and
intends to give sorne guidelines to new users that don't have access to the original manual.
(c
)
Rollei-Werke Franke
& Weidecke
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