My pocket camera - Rollei 35s (with samples)

[lihoman0915]

Very unfortunately, the light meter of the camera is somewhat faulty; sometimes it is working perfectly but sometimes it's completely dead.
Any hope to repair?

Filmed with sensia 200










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[Attila]

Nice to see Hong Kong , rare oportunity here. Somehow colors are very strange on first pictures. I like last one best, closer shoots always help for 35mm print film. I am not familiar with this camera , sometimes solution is simple sometimes hopeless.

[JoeCool]

The Rollei 35S is a very good camera, the lens indeed is a Zeiss design Sonnar 40mm/2.8. A fantastic lens.
But it needs some time to get used to it. The meter can be off because it needs mercury 1.35V cells, which are no longer available. the todays 1.5V Alkaline cause the metering to be slightly off. Best you get a mercury cell or an external meter.
Focussing is the hard way: "guesstimate". No Rangefinder, just setting the distance you guess. it is ok for street or so, but not for close up pics with open aperture...This cam is not the best thing for every purpose.
Perhaps it is better to use negative film because of the not 100% exact metering.
In Hongkong there is a seller who makes an ever-ready-leather-case for the Rollei 35. Look at ebay for seller jyippie08.


have fun with this great little camera! It is a jewel.

Gerd

[poilu]

nice view of the city, negatives have great lattitude, sensia seems to have lost contrast and colors

[Jesito]

If the meter works intermitently I can think of a contacts problem.
If it's so shouldn't be too difficult to repair.
Nice shots.
Good luck!

Regards.
Jes.