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Author Message   Timdenning Tinkerer Username: Timdenning Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 02:41 am:    Hi - just acquired my first Rollei 35 - it's an early model made in Germany in very good cosmetic condition. The meter doesn't work but I'm looking into getting a suitable zinc/iron battery - the real problem is the failure of the release lever to release the sprockets so that the film can be rewound. Moving the lever to the 'up' position doesn't reliably free the sprockets although if I fiddle with the release lever and the film advance sometimes the sprockets become free and stay that way even if the lever is down... Any advice very welcome. Tim