Rollei 35 ユーザーズマニュアル

Handling Faults and Remedies

Fault

Possible Cause

Remedy

Meter needle does not
respond

Preselected exposure time outside
setting range

Battery exhausted, not inserted or
wrongly inserted

Select shorter or longer exposure
time (

Change or (correctly) fit the
battery (

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Shutter does not release

Rapid winding lever only partly
tensioned

Fully pull out rapid winding lever
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Picture unexposed or partly
exposed

Shutter speed too fast for flash bulbs

Shutter speed 1/30 second or
longer
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Picture under- or
overexposed

Wrong exposure measurement

Measure brightness of main
subiect. See close-up or substitute
readings, (

Whole film under- or
overexposed

Wrong film speed setting

Set film speed correctly. See ASA
value on film packing

Whole film unexposed

Film has not advanced due to faulty
loading or because torn

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advance smoothly but not too fast
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Image partly or completely
unsharp

Subject movement: exposure time too
long for moving subject

Camera shake: exposure time too
long for hand-held shot

Image inaccurately fosused

Use faster shutter speed
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Support camera or use a tripod
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Rewind knob does not turn

Film wrongly loaded

Film torn

Correctly load film, leader into
outer slot (

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Remove torn piece of film (in the
dark, if exposed), trim new leader
and rethread (

Heavy resistance against film
advance

Excessive exploitation of film length,
film entirely wound off

Avoid any force, rewind film
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
washed-out and almost
colourless, dark picture areas
almost black and without
discernable detail

Light contrast excessive for colour
film: particularly with
against-the-light shots, market and
street scenes under high sun, beach
and mountain scenes at midday

Select different picture area,
photograph very bright and very
dark subjects separately, change
viewpoint or direction: give
preference to morning or afternoon
sun which is more suitable for
photographing,
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