[rollei_list] Re: Rolei 35 T/S vs TE/SE lightemeter
- From: Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:06:31 +0100
At 19:21 Uhr -0200 13.2.2014, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>I was reading some discussions in Flickr, Photonet and other forums
>about Rollei T/S CdS needle match system lightmeter vs TE/SE Cds LED
>lightmeter. It seems most Rollei 35 users agree that the needle match
>system is better very much than the three LEDs in the TE/SE
>viewfinder. The match -needle system allows to have a direct idea of
>how much you are over or underexposed, it's more intuitive and the
>needle position in the T/S is more flexible to take the readings since
>the TE/SE viewfinder does not give info about shutter speed and
>f/stop.
Carlos,
as you say, the overall design of the Rollei 35 expects a top-down view -
just like for the Rollei TLRs.
I wonder whether this was a decision made by Heinz Waaske before he showed
his prototype to the colleagues at F&H, or whether it was a concession to
the "Rollei way" (in the mid-60s, the TLRs were still going strong)?
>In spite of the Rollei Werke F&H effort to "modernize" the Rollei 35
>with the LEDs lightmeter, Rollei Fotetechnic returned to the
>traditional needle-match lightmeter for the Rollei 35 special
>editions.
As for the TE/SE models, the time demanded LEDs in place of a needle meter,
and the associated electronics required a bigger battery, which had to be
exchanged more often than the 1,35 V Hg cell. So you got an ugly black flap
on the top. Plus, you got to jump back and forth between top view for
setting the controls, and view through the viewfinder, for reading the
meter.
Waaske's position apparently was that there should be a re-design of the
model, instead of shoe-horning features into the existing Rollei 35; but I
guess in the late 70s Rollei became short of breath, and wanted to go cheap.
On a related note, I bit the bullet recently and sent off my 35S to
Braunschweig, where Werner Bruer <http://classic-fototechnik.de>, a retired
Rollei service technician, still works on Rollei (and other) cameras. While
at it, I asked him to adjust the 35S for an alkaline 625 1.5 V battery, and
I sent a late, black Rolleiflex 4x4 along whose shutter needed some
attention.
He confirmed that what the 35S thought was infinity in fact was about 3 m.
It looks like my complaints about the distance being hard to get right may
well go back to a painful fall on a ski hill. He adjusted the focus, and
found no further damage with the camera. Turnaround was quick, and the 40
EUR I paid were better than a smack in the eye. I'm looking forward to the
first test film from the 35S.
Work on the 4x4 cost me another 60 EUR, and its controls are smooth again.
I can recommend his service.
hauke
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"It's never straight up and down" (DEVO)
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