Yes we thought the problem had been resolved with a reduced gap and black roller in the new Rolleis but I have the same roller reflection at about the same frequency in my FX as in my F though not to the same degree. It is a peculiarity of the Rollei that you have to sometimes crop out.
Dennis On May 29, 2008, at 06:17, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
Elias: The famous (or infamous)roller reflection issue is about the lower roller and not the upper roller, your Easter sample is showing the lower roller reflection; It was verified that even respecting the factory height specs (it's always better to respect these specs) between vertical rails and horizontal limits of frame the roller reflection can happen under certain lighting and exposure adjustment conditions. Shooting different Rollei TLR along decades, I had never watched this reflection, never; however after to see several users get the reflection sometimes, I did experiments some months ago shooting the 3.5F and 2.8C outdoors to get significant overexposure, there was no way to get a roller reflection with the 3.5F, however I got roller reflections with the 2.8C overexposing three and four f stops the previous frame _if_ the f stop was f4 or f2.8 and the shutter speed 1/25 or 1/50. I think this reflection has to do with the camera general condition and the parts adjustment about film tension specially, including the film transport mechanism adjustment. All the best Carlos --- ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:A Rolleiflex technical querry for a change. : ) I've been thinking a bit about the problem (discussed many times already) of over exposure in a line along the top of the frame. Example here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2422405163/ I was looking at the two vertical rails on either side of the frame, that the film is pressed against, and noting how much higher they are than the two horizontal limits of the frame. I can understand the need to recess these to avoid scratching the film as it winds past, but I wonder if they are too low? Does anyone have a 2.8C and a later model that does not exhibit this "Bug"? And can you compare the difference in height between the vertical rails and the horizontal ends around the film frame? Illustration of question here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2533890102/ Cheers, E. --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list__________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! ¡Abrí tu cuenta ya! - http://correo.yahoo.com.ar --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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