Handling faults and remedies, Fault possible cause remedy – Rollei AFM 35 User Manual
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Handling Faults and Remedies
Fault
Possible Cause
Remedy
Meter needle does not
respond
Preselected exposure time outside
setting range
Battery exhausted, not inserted or
wrongly inserted
Select shorter or longer exposure
time (
)
Change or (correctly) fit the
battery (
)
Shutter does not release
Rapid winding lever only partly
tensioned
Fully pull out rapid winding lever
(
Picture unexposed or partly
exposed
Shutter speed too fast for flash bulbs
Shutter speed 1/30 second or
longer
(
Picture under- or
overexposed
Wrong exposure measurement
Measure brightness of main
subiect. See close-up or substitute
readings, (
see hint 9
)
Whole film under- or
overexposed
Wrong film speed setting
Set film speed correctly. See ASA
value on film packing
Whole film unexposed
Film has not advanced due to faulty
loading or because torn
Correctly load film (
advance smoothly but not too fast
(
)
Image partly or completely
unsharp
Subject movement: exposure time too
long for moving subject
Camera shake: exposure time too
long for hand-held shot
Image inaccurately fosused
Use faster shutter speed
(
Support camera or use a tripod
(
)
Rewind knob does not turn
Film wrongly loaded
Film torn
Correctly load film, leader into
outer slot (
)
Remove torn piece of film (in the
dark, if exposed), trim new leader
and rethread (
)
Heavy resistance against film
advance
Excessive exploitation of film length,
film entirely wound off
Avoid any force, rewind film
somewhat, then finish lever stroke.
If film is torn out of cartridge:
open back in total darkness only,
rewind film by hand and wrap up
light-proof
Bright pictures areas
washed-out and almost
colourless, dark picture areas
almost black and without
discernable detail
Light contrast excessive for colour
film: particularly with
against-the-light shots, market and
street scenes under high sun, beach
and mountain scenes at midday
Select different picture area,
photograph very bright and very
dark subjects separately, change
viewpoint or direction: give
preference to morning or afternoon
sun which is more suitable for
photographing,
(
see hint 9
)
All this information, texts, and images were extracted from the original "Rollei 35/35T/35S In Practical
Use" and intends to give some guidelines to new users that don't have access to the original manual. (c)
Rollei-Werke Franke & Weidecke