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I thought Marc's comments on the " foibles and quirkiness of the Rollei 35 was
interesting and useful. I never thought I would buy a camera like the small
Rollei 35 until I came on this list.

I would be interested in what other owners of  the Rollei 35 consider quirky ?.

Here are some of my observations - some that might border on general incompetence
on my part:

1. Loading film. At first it takes time to thread the 35 cartridge in
such a small camera. It is important that the instructions be consulted
on this and you practice on a dummy roll a couple of times.

2. At the end of the cartridge, if the film advanced is pushed just a bit more to
get
that last exposure or the shutter cocked, it may pull the film off the
cartridge.  I did that
twice and  my daughter did that once when I asked her to take a group
shot. When you reach  that end of film resistance - stop - do not try to cock
the shutter.  Lift the lever up and start rewinding . Then after
rewinding you may cock the shutter if you want to retract the lens.

3. The exposure meter reads from the top of the camera on the 35S. If you
inadvertently point the camera to the sky when you read it there will be
underexposed pictures.

4. The flash on the bottom is considered quirky by many. I have no
trouble with flash and have held the camera upside down as well as right
side up with no problems.

5. Manual, no range finder, focusing. While I coped with that in the early days,
I was concerned when I first went with the Rollei 35. I found that
following certain principles and practices make it easy and quick to self
focus. The manual covers that and Harry Fleenor had wrote a fine brief
e-mail on focusing.

Many of these quirks a common to other cameras too. As Marc mentioned it
is easy to adjust to the 35.

Roger

Marc James Small wrote:

>
> The camera is capable of extremely good work.  It is a bit quirky but you
> soon adjust to its foibles.  Light meters are often accused of being
> unreliable but the ones I have owned have always been pretty accurate.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall    FAX:  +276/343-7315
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!

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I thought Marc's comments on the " foibles and quirkiness of the Rollei
35 was interesting and useful. I never thought I would buy a camera like
the small Rollei 35 until I came on this list.
<p><u>I would be interested in what other owners of&nbsp; the Rollei 35
consider quirky ?.</u><u></u>
<p>Here are some of my observations - some that might border on general
incompetence on my part:
<p>1. Loading film. At first it takes time to thread the 35 cartridge in
<br>such a small camera. It is important that the instructions be consulted
<br>on this and you practice on a dummy roll a couple of times.
<p>2. At the end of the cartridge, if the film advanced is pushed just
a bit more to get
<br>that last exposure or the shutter cocked, it may pull the film off
the cartridge.&nbsp; I did that
<br>twice and&nbsp; my daughter did that once when I asked her to take
a group
<br>shot. When you reach&nbsp; that end of film resistance - stop - do
not try to cock
<br>the shutter.&nbsp; Lift the lever up and start rewinding . Then after
<br>rewinding you may cock the shutter if you want to retract the lens.
<p>3. The exposure meter reads from the top of the camera on the 35S. If
you
<br>inadvertently point the camera to the sky when you read it there will
be
<br>underexposed pictures.
<p>4. The flash on the bottom is considered quirky by many. I have no
<br>trouble with flash and have held the camera upside down as well as
right
<br>side up with no problems.
<p>5. Manual, no range finder, focusing. While I coped with that in the
early days,
<br>I was concerned when I first went with the Rollei 35. I found that
<br>following certain principles and practices make it easy and quick to
self
<br>focus. The manual covers that and Harry Fleenor had wrote a fine brief
<br>e-mail on focusing.
<p>Many of these quirks a common to other cameras too. As Marc mentioned
it
<br>is easy to adjust to the 35.
<p>Roger
<p>Marc James Small wrote:
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<br>The camera is capable of extremely good work.&nbsp; It is a bit quirky
but you
<br>soon adjust to its foibles.&nbsp; Light meters are often accused of
being
<br>unreliable but the ones I have owned have always been pretty accurate.
<p>Marc
<p>msmall  &nbsp; FAX:&nbsp; +276/343-7315
<br>Cha robh b&agrave;s fir gun ghr&agrave;s fir!</blockquote>
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