[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras
- From: John Wild <jwild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:54:01 +0100
Carlos,
I thought that one of the reasons why the 35 'Classic' was based on the
original 35T/S was that the 35TE/SE cameras were battery guzzlers - the LEDs
of the day were power hungry but the advantage was that you could set the
correct exposure while having the camera to your eye which was less 'hit or
miss' than looking down at the camera from the top and hoping that it was
pointing in roughly the right direction to get an accurate meter reading.
This may be partly where the 'inconsistent' meter reading idea came from.
- 'Cover! Incoming---------' (from Marc) ;-)
John
On 15/04/2010 13:00, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I bought my Rollei 35 a few years ago, the lightmeter was
> disconnected regarding shutter speeds and f stops; the problem was
> solved during the CLA, I obtained the original mercury cell, the
> lightmeter is very accurate, someway surprising for so little
> mechanical camera.
> Rollei 35 SE cameras with electronic lightmeters were part of Rollei
> Singapore overproduction (150000 were made from 1979 to 1981) and sold
> beyond the bankruptcy, up to about 1983.
> When Rollei Fototechnik decided to produce Rollei 35 special editions,
> they came back to the traditional needle lightmeter made by Gossen and
> then I think spare parts for the TE and SE lightmeters are very
> difficult to find today.
>
> Carlos
>
> 2010/4/15 Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> At 23:37 Uhr -0400 14.4.2010, Marc James Small wrote:
>>> With respect, I had always thought the claims that the Rollei 35 family
>>> had unreliable meters was so much persiflage until I obtained my current
>>> Singapore 35S.
>>
>> Note that what the OP has is actually a 35 SE - the light meter being the
>> major difference between the S and SE, they are not really compareable here.
>>
>> Both my experience from roughly a dozen colour slide films on a Rollei 35
>> S, and my dad's experience from shooting slide film on a Rollei 35 T for 30
>> years seems to indicate that the meter is doing fine, as long as (like with
>> any light meter) you take into account the measuring angle and the integral
>> measuring characteristics.
>>
>> YMMV, as usual.
>>
>> hauke
>>
>> --
>> "It's never straight up and down" (DEVO)
>>
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