[rollei_list] Re: Yet another question, about F/G Rollei meters
- From: Kirk Thompson <thompsonkirk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Rollei List <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:21:58 -0800
This is a note of heartfelt appreciation to List folks & above all to Carlos &
Ferdi. I've received so much help understanding my new Rollei, and it feels
almost as if I have a tutor looking over my shoulder or can visit your home or
office for advice. And now I even have a pdf manual! The internet is a
wonderful thing, but it's people – with encyclopedic knwledge – who make it so
valuable.
Such gracious guidance. Many many thanks to you!
Kirk
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Yet another question, about F/G Rollei meters
> From: F.W.Stutterheim-77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:51:22 +0100
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hello Kirk,
>
> Op 8 jan 2012, om 07:00 heeft Kirk Thompson het volgende geschreven:
>
> > I've shot a first roll to check out my new/used FW, and have learned a
> > couple of things – but what's most important now is what I don't
> > understand: Lacking a manual, I'm not sure how the meter works.
> >
> > By depressing the shutter half way, I can turn on the red-yellow-green LEDs
> > and adjust exposure appropriately. I found the meter is within 1/2 stop of
> > my hand-held meter and very consistent with it, if I lower the ISO by 1/2
> > stop. I hadn't planned to use the meter, but occasionally I may want to
> > (as I do with F).
>
> Yes, depressing half way is ON, it shuts off automatically after some time.
> The yellow LEDs indicate half a stop off, the red ones (more than) 2 stops
> off.
>
> >
> > What I don't understand is the Off-On mechanism of the meter. At present
> > I can activate it only by depressing the shutter half way. I can't turn it
> > off except by waiting for it to go off automatically after a bit of time
> > has elapsed.
>
> There is no separate ON/OFF switch.
>
>
> >
> > Examining the camera, I guessed that the small green button above the focus
> > knob was a meter switch. But when I push it, a green light goes on beside
> > the knob, but the meter's LEDs don't go on. Is this a malfunction, or am I
> > looking in the wrong place?
>
> That button is the battery check only. The green light indicates battery OK.
>
>
> >
> > That's my only real difficulty so far, but I've noticed a few things:
> >
> > 1. The camera is mostly very beautiful but in some respects just a little
> > bit shoddy. It's not as heavy as I expected, and the crank and strap
> > holders, for example, look like aluminum rather than the usual shiny steel.
> > I hope the modest weight doesn't mean there are too many cost-cutting
> > parts inside!
>
>
> The film feeler mechanism is lost and the body seems to be based on the
> lighter T or Cord models.
>
> >
> > 2. There's no eye-level viewfinder at all in the FW – the front of the
> > viewfinder opens, but the viewing rectangle in the back is solid metal. I
> > know the viewfinder can't show a WA view, lacking the Newton glass from the
> > older RolleiWides. But I'd assumed I could frame the image, locate the
> > center, and re-aim from eye-level, which is an advantage when photographing
> > architecture. (Viewers expect an eye-level, not a chest-level,
> > point-of-view of architecture). I can't say I care about this much though.
>
>
> The Newton finder was too expensive to produce.
>
> >
> >
> > 3. There are no bellows-like internal light baffles (perhaps this feature
> > could interfere with 50mm lens coverage)?
> >
> > 4. I was surprised to find a modern hot shoe below and to the rear of the
> > focus knob. I wonder if it could handle a Leica SF58 flash – or whether
> > the camera's or the flash unit's circuitry might mismatch &/or be damaged.
> >
> > 5. The shutter release is remarkably stiff. I normally use a cable
> > release when hand-holding Rolleis, to prevent camera movement; but a small
> > cable release has trouble tripping the FW's shutter, and a heavier one
> > might show up in the corner of images. The camera came with a tiny
> > soft-release button, and I wonder if using this, rather than a cable
> > release, is advised?
> >
> > I hope I'm not being too annoying as a Newbie to newer Rolleis. If there's
> > an on-line source for an English manual – any model with the modern meter –
> > I haven't been able to locate it and would deeply appreciate directions to
> > the site. (DHW didn't answer my inquiry.)
> >
> > With thanks for any further advice,
> >
> > Kirk
> >
>
> I'll check my other computer for a manual.
>
> Best regards,
> Ferdi.
>
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