Handling Faults and Remedies
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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 (see how)
Change or (correctly) fit the
battery (see how)
Shutter does not release Rapid winding lever only partly
tensioned Fully pull out rapid winding lever
(see hint 10)
Picture unexposed or partly
exposed Shutter speed too fast for flash bulbs Shutter speed 1/30 second or
longer
(see hint 5)
Picture under- or
overexposed Wrong exposure measurement Measure brightness of main
subiect. See close-up or substitute
readings, (see hint 9)
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 Correctly load film (see how),
advance smoothly but not too fast
(see how)
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
(see hint 6)
Support camera or use a tripod
(see hint 6)
Focus exactly (see how)
Rewind knob does not turn Film wrongly loaded
Film torn
Correctly load film, leader into
outer slot (see how)
Remove torn piece of film (in the
dark, if exposed), trim new leader
and rethread (see how)
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,
(see hint 9)
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All this information, texts, and images were extracted from the original "Rollei 35/35T/35S In Practical
Use" and intends to give some guidelines to new users that don't have access to the original manual. (c)
Rollei-Werke Franke & Weidecke