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looding lhe Comero:
Unlotch the comero bock @ ond open it. Pull out
the film knob @ ond insert the roll film from the
right. Threod the beginning of the bocking poper
into the empty spool. Wind up the bocking poper
until the morks on il reoch the red dots @. Then
stop.
Focusing
Fold open lhe focusing hood from the reor. Swing
out the mognifier O by slightly pressing in thc
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Summory
flop @. Turn lhe knob @ until the picture is pin-
shorp, or until the two holves of the imoge meel
i n t h e R o n g e fi n d e r W e d g e ( c e n t r e o f t h e v i e w
finder).
S e l t i n g f h e E x p o s u r eV o l u e :
D e t e r m i n el l r e e x p o s u r ev o l u e f r o m t h e t o b l e i n t h e
conrerobock or with on exposuremeter. Disengoge
the operture lever @ by pressing it inwords (to-
words lhe lens)ond turn it until the red mork is
opposile lhe required exposure volue @.
S e t l i n g l h e A p e r t u r e - S p e e dC o m b i n o l i o n :
Move tlre shulter speed lever @ until the requireC
operlure speed combinotion oppeors in the
window @.
Releosing:
Pull the releoselever @ fully to the left.
Unlooding:
After tlre twelftlr exposure turn the winding knoi:
t h r o u g l ro b o u t s i x t u r n s t o w i n d u p t h e e n d o f t h e
f i l r r r .O p e n t h e c o m e r o , p u l l t h e f i l m k n o b @ o n d
r e n r o v et h e f i l r n s p o o l .
The First Two Poges Where fo Find ,t
PogeB
g o v e y o u t h e m o i n p o i n t s o f R o / / e io p e r o f i o n i n o
n u f s h e / / .W e p u t f h e m i n t h e f r o n t o f t h e i n f r o d u c t i o n
f o s o v e y o u l e n g t h ys e or c h i n g . Y o u c o n s t o r f s f r o i g h f
a w o y t o k i n g y o u r f i r s fp i c f u r e s .
r h e f o / l ow i n g p o g e s o r e r e o / l yo n e x t e n d e do p p e n d i x .
T h e yo n c e m o r e e x p l o i n o p e r ot i o n i n g r e o t e r d e t o i l ,
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o n d t e l l y o u w h o f f o d o i n s p e c i o /c o s e s .
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Y o u o l r e o d y k n o w n o w h o w s i m p / ef h e c o m e r o i s t o 3
h o n d / e . B u f i f i s w o r t h r e o d i n g t h e r e s fo f t h i sb o o k / e f 9 9
o s w e / / t o f i n d o u l h o w t o m o k e l h e m o s fo f t h e s c o p e
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of your Ro/lei.
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R O T L E I . W E R K E F R A N K E & 1 1E I D E C K F
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fhe Ever-Reody Cose Opening the ccre: lift up lhe lid Removinglhc fronl (when required):
ot the reor @ ond fold open lo- Pushdown lhe clomp @. To reploce
words lhe front. Before closing set the front hook it in ploce ond closc
the comero to infinily. ihe cose.
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I n s e r t i n gt h e f i l m : P u l l o u l t h e f i l m k n o b @ o t t h e
lower spool chomber ond inserl the roll of film.
Insert the right-hond end first. Let the film knob
spring bock fully.
The mognifier focilitotes occurote fo opcn fhe frsme finder tully press
focusing. To swing it oul, hold the in the flop @ until it engoges. The
upper edge of the lid wilh two focusing hood then becomes o
fingers ond slighily press in the sports finder for oclion subiects.
Open the focusing hood by lifting flop with the finger tips @. Before You con follow moving obiecls
up the lid towords the front O. To closing lhe hood fold down lhe more eosily in the finder bY swing-
c l o s e t h e h o o d p u s h i n b o t h s i d e s@ . mognifier @. ing the comero ond releosing of
the some lime.
The hood itself is removoble (see l f y o u w e o r s p e c l o c l e sY o u c o n g e l To close the f rome f inder brieflY
poge 23) ond con be reploced bY y o u r d e o l e r l o c h o n g et h e m o g n i f i e r press in both sides of lhe hood @
the Rollei Pento Prismor the rigid lens (see poge l8). together.
Mognifying Hood.
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Exposure Setfings
The comero is set for lhe correcl
exposure with the oid of exposure
volues. These con be reod off the
exposure toble (see poge l0) or on
exposuremeter. On setting fhe ex-
posure volue the operture ond
shuller speed ore cross-coupled.
You con then direclly choose lhe
required operture-speedcombino-
lion within the ovoiloble ronge,
occording to the subiecl movement
or required depth of field
The exposure volue (red scole Q) The shuller speed ond oPerture Seporote shuller speed ond operlure
oppeors opposile the red index oppeor in fhe divided window @. s e t t i n g s . F o r f l o s h s h o t s ( s e ep o g e l 9 )
mork. For intermediote volues sel They chonge together on moving ond lime exposures (see Poge 12)
h o l f- w o y between lwo morked the lever @. Note' the shutter speed y o u i g n o r e e x p o s u r ev o l u e s . T o d i s '
nu m b e r s . musl olwoys click into ploce exoctly engoge fhe cross-couplingkeep the
in the centre of the upPer window. lever @ pressed inwords, ond first'
Exposure volues con only be
engoge lhe shuller speed wilh lhe
c h o n g e dw i t h l h e s c o l e d i s e n g o g e d , Inlermediote exposure volues olso
lever @ in the middle of its
press lhe lever @ inwords ond ot leod to intermediote oPerlures.
( f / 3 . 5i s o l s o o n i n t e r m e d i o l ev o l u e window; ihen
lhe some time swing it sidewoYs.
lf necessory move lhe lever @ ol o n t h e i n l e r n o l i o n o lo p e r l u r e s c o l e ' ) selecl the operlure by moving
t h e s o m et i m e . The dot next to f/3.5 sionds for ll1. the lever @ while still dcprcssed
The Expos ure Table
The subiect br ightnes s i s i n d i c o t e d o t t h e h e o d o f t h e t o b l e w i t h
t w o s y m b o l i c i l l u s t r o t i o n sfor fi v e ty pi c ol c os es .
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fhe Ftlm lndlcotor
To find lhe correcf exPosure for every shot you must know the film
speed. lt is therefore usefut lo nole on the film indicotor the ASA
you
or DIN roling for lhe film in the comero. Do this every time
lood the comero'
press lhe builon in the centre of lhe indicotor disc ond turn it
to the ASA or DIN volue in use. The dols between the numbers
indicote oppropriole intermediote film speed sellings'
Seffin g the Time exposure A u t o m o t i c o l l y t i m e d i n s t o n t o n e o u se x p o s u r e s
Shuffer Speed
| 112 rl1 l/g l/ls r/30 r/60 rlrzs 11250l/s00
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Stotic subiects(useo tripod)
slow fost
movemenl
The figur es indicote the outomol i c - The shutler speed scole ond oper-
olly timed inslontoneous exposures ture scole ore divided into equol
os fr octions of o second. Eoch s et- i nter v ol s . Ev er y c honge l o o hi gher
ting clicks into ploce of its ex oc l oper tur e fi gur e l her efor e r equi r es o
volue. Intermediote settings connol doubling of the exposure time.
be used, so:
olwoys tet the shutler tpeed excctly After setting the exposure volue
in the cenlre of itr window. ( d e p e n d i n go n t h e s u b i e c t b r i g h t n e s s
ond fi l m s peed) y ou c on c hoos e
o p e r t u r e - s p e e dc o m b i n o t i o n s o c c o r d -
The B setting permits time exposures ing to the subiect movement or the
of ony length (see poge l5). required depth of field:
Subiect t I Movement
t
rfrm speed t
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<- Depth
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Which Shutter Speed?
T h e ch o i c e o f o fo st e n o u g h sh u l ter Whenever possible use l/60 or 11125 - l /S0 s ec ond ol gr eol er di s tonc es -
s p e e d ( s h o r t e no u g h e xp o su re ti me) for gr eoter sofety. for leisurely pedeslrions.
is one foclor controlling the shorp- Secondly: With moving subiectsuse R em em ber thot the gr eoter the s ub-
nessof the picture. shor ter exposur e times the foster th e i ec t di s tonc e, l he m or e effec ti v el y
subiect moves, to ovoid m ovement the c om er o c on or r es l s ubi ec t m ov e-
Firstly: Use short exposuretimes for blur . As o guide use l/500 secon d m ent. M ov em enl bl ur i s ol s o r e-
hond-held shots to ovoid comero for sports shots, ll?5f. second for duc ed w hen y ou s hoot oppr ooc hi ng
s hoke . H e r e l /3 0 se co n d i s the r u n n i n g c h i l d r e n , 1 1 1 2 5s e c o n d f o r m ov em ent r other thon m oti on oc r os s
longest permissible exposure time. fost wolking people, ll& second the fi el d of v i ew .
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Controlling the Depth
of Field
When the focusing screen imoge is
fully shorp, fhe comero is olreody
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sel correcily for the distonce of lhe
moin subiect.
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Wiihin o cerloin ronge, however,
o b i e c t si n f r o n t of ond be-
h i n d the focused disionce ore
olso odequotely shorp. This ronge,
lhe depth of field zone, is shown on
lhe focusing knob.
The depth of field indicolor consisfs
of on operlure scole next fo lhe
dislonce scole. There ore two index
lines for eoch operture setling. They Exomple l: A distonce setting of i t i s s o m e l i m e su s e f u l l o o d i u s f l h e
indicote lhe limits of the zone of 13feet ot f/8 yields o depfh of field focus setlingos well:
s h o r p n e s sl o e o c h s i d e o f t h e f o c u s - from obout l0 to l8 feet. With o
Exomple 2: The subiecf is required
ing index !. The white centrol oreo distonce setting of l3 feet of tl16
shorp from l3 fo 66 feet. (These
i n c fi c o l e s t h e z o n e t o r f 1 3 . 5 ,o n d t h e the depth is 8 to 33 feef. So siop-
d i s l o n c e sw e r e r e o d o f f t h e f o c u s i n g
dots for f/5.6. ping down increoses lhe zone of
knob by exoclly focusing on lhe two
T h e z o n e o f s h o r p n e s sd o e s n o t s t o p sh o r p n e s s .
obiects in lurn.) To ensure this depth
suddenly; definition folls off gro- turn the focusing knob until both
duolly. The limits of the depth of Smoll operlures, however, coll for distonce figures cre opposite the
field ore lherefore opproximote. The o p p r e c i o b l y i n c r e o s e de x p o s u r et i m e s . some operlure number. Thot fhen
shorpest point is olwoys thot on To moke the best of the depth of gives the lorgest usoble stop
which the comero is focused. f i e l d o t o r e o s o n o b l yl o r g e o p e r t u r e here f/l l.
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When to Aim ai Depth of Field
An extended shorp zone is porli- Select on odequole depth of field sion of the depth of field into the
c u l o r l y u s e f u lf o r c o n d i d o n d o c t i o n to ollow for possible chonges in f o r e g r o un d .
s h o f s ,s p o r l s s u b i e c t sl h o l c o n s l o n l l y d i s l on c e .
c h o n g e d i s t o n c e ,o n d v i e w s e x t e n d - Subiects exiending in depth: Focus
ing in deplh. seporotely on the neoresl ond mosl
Distont views wilh foreground: Sef d i s t o n t p o r l s o f t h e s u b i e c tt o m e o s -
t h e i n fi n i t y m m o r k o g o i n s t fh e ure the distonces.Set the figures
For oction shols presel the comero operturein useon the deplh of field obtoined oppositeoperture lines of
to the proboble subiect dislonce. s c o l e . T l r i s y i e l d s t h e g r e o t e s le x t e n - t h e s o m ev o l u e .
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Tensioning the Shuffer Coble releose: This screws info lhe r e l e o s i n g .y o u c o n t e r r s i o nt h e s h u t -
Push lhe shutter lever @ over 03 threod @. ter ogoin ond expose the some film
for os it will go, ond bock to its frome o second time, or os oflen os
originol posilion. fhe Double Exposure you like.
Lock Re-engoge lhe lock (offer the
Releosing Engoging the lock: Swing the lever completionof the double exposure)
lnsfonloneous exposures: Smoothly upwords @. Use this seiling with before tensioning the shutter.
push the shuiler lever to its oppo- roll films.
site slop @. The shuiler outomoti- Disengoging the lock: Swing the
c o l l y o p e n sf o r t h e s e t e x p o s u r efi m e . lever downwords @. The red mork The Film fronsport
T i m e e x p o s u r e so l B : A f t e r r e l e o s i n g , octs os o worning signol thot the
After every exposure turn lhe wind-
hold the shuller lever ogoinst its double exposure lock is out of
ing knob @ until it locks- to the
stop @ for the durotion of the oction. Use this setting with the
next number on lhe film counter.
exposure. The shutter only closes Rolleikin, the plote bock or for
Leovethe shutler lever olone while
ogoin on letting go off the lever. intentionol double exposures.After
winding.
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Unlooding the Film The Core of Your Camero
After the lost exposure wind up the resl of thc bocking Toke good core of your Rolleicord lo ensure long
poper. Open lhe comero bock in the shode, pull out ond relioble service.
lhe upper film knob, ond loke out lhe film spool @
which is olreody pushed out by fhe spring. Fold the The lensescorry o hordened onti-reflecting cooling
end of the bocking poper well under @ - to focilitote which stonds up to cleoning. The silvered surfoce
b r e o k i n g l h e s e o l b e f o r e d e v e l o p m e n t - o n d s t i c kd o w n of the finder mirror olso hos o scrolch'proof
the gummed seol. Keep the exposed film wropped up protective loyer. Neverf heless cleon the surfoces
light-tight in its originol contoiner. very corefully, ond only when obsolutely necessory:
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Chonging the Camera nolive mognifiers over o ronge from
using ]he self-jlmer
Bock *3 to -3 dioplres qre ovoiloblc,
'The
occording to the required spectocle self-limer con be used with qll
(for use of the plote bock)
prescription. shutter speeds from l/500 lo I second
Fully swing open the cqmero bock To dronge lhe mognifier open lhe ond olso for flosh shots. lt only
ond swing up lhe locking lever works when lhe shutter is tensioned.
@ frome finder ond hold both sides of
ol the lefl-hond hinge. Remove lhe lhe lens from lhe front. Pull bock- On pressing lhe releose the shutter
bock from the hinge cn this side @. words ond swing oul upwords opens ofler o deloy of qbout l0
@. seconds.
To insert the lens press it forwqrd
ogoinst the spring ond let it snop
Changing ]he Magnitier
into the mount.
Setling lhe self-timer: Tension lhe
lf your qre shorl-or for-sightedyou For convenient cleoning swing down shutler. Move the lever @ down.
con slill focus wilhout spectoclesby lhe mognifier while lhe frome finder words until it stops. press the
dronging the mognifier lens. Atler- is open. releose.
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Flash Shors
With flosh you con toke oction shots even on occosions
w h e n t h e p r e v o i l i n g l i g h t i s i n o d e q u o t ef o r i n s t o n t o n e o u s
hond-held shols.
T h e S y n c h r o - C o m p u r - Xs h u t t e r i s X ( l ) - s y n c h r o n i s e d f o r
o l l e l e c t r i c o l l yf i r e d t y p e s o f f l o s h . S h u t t e r s p e e d s '
F o r d o t o o b o u t s hu t t e r s p e e d s , o p e r t u r e o n d f l o s h
distonce see the monufocturer's instructions for the
v o r i o u st y p e s o f f l o s h u n i t s o n d f l o s h b u l b s .
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The Rofleicord ds q Multi-size Camero
W i t h s u i t o b l e o c c e s s o r i e sy o u c o n o d o p t t h e R o l l e i c o r d T h e u s e o f t h e 1 6 - o n d 2 4 - e x p o s u r es y s t e m si s d e s c r i b e d
io o voriety of picture sizes, numbers of exposures ond on poges 22 dnd 23. Detoiled instruction leoflets ore
types of film -moteriol. The toble below shows ihe enclosed with the Rolleikin ond the plote ond sheef
vorious possible combinotions. film odopter.
l 5 l s x l 5 / ei n .
l6 (4x4cm)
'16-exposure
outfit
Size 120 16
lslsx2tlsin.
roll film (4 x 5.5cm)
I x |/2 in.
(24 x 36 mm)
24-exposure outfif
24 lr/s x l5/ain.
(28x 40 mm)
20,36 I x l r / 2i n .
3 5m m f i l m Rolleikin (24x 36 mm)
21hx31/zin. (6.5x 9 cm) 214x21/+in.
Plote bock I
o l o t e so n d s h e e tf i l m (6x6cm)
The 16- and 24-
Exposure Outfits
E o c h o u t fi t c o n s i s l so f t h e f o l l o w i n g
items for swilching over lhe filrn
tronsport ond reducing the picfure
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Inserting the Screen Mosk Fitting lhe Frome Finder Mork
(removing the focusing hood)
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