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Filtran
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Username: Filtran
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 03:17 pm: | 
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I have just bought a well-used Rollei 35B (Singapore) in a junk shop. All working well except for one thing: the film advance lever has to be wound on TWICE before the shutter is cocked, and on the first stroke, the shutter actually fires at the end of the stroke. On the second stroke it primes the shutter correctly (which then fires correctly as required). Also, about 50% of the time the shutter leaves do not close properly leaving a pinhole at the centre.
Questions: 1) Does this camera usually require two strokes to advance the film and prime the shutter, and 2) Can this be fixed easily?
Thanks/Colin |
Reiner
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Username: Reiner
Post Number: 41
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 05:56 am: |
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1.) No
2.) No, but it can be fixed |
Filtran
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Username: Filtran
Post Number: 2
Registered: 03-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 10:54 am: |
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Thanks Reiner - any idea what is causing this 'double advance + exposure' problem - it will help me very much if I can take it to a repairer and describe the problem!
Colin |
M_currie
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Username: M_currie
Post Number: 39
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 10:27 pm: |
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I had a similar problem on my 35, which turned out to be a slightly worn part in the cocking mechanism. Local shop fixed it for something in the range of $60 with a cannibalized part. Mine fired the shutter and kept on going with every wind, only occasionally stopping without firing. I wouldn't worry too much about diagnosis. A good repairman should be able to home in on it without much description, just by trying it. You could get lucky and find it's something sticking, rather than worn. |
Reiner
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Username: Reiner
Post Number: 42
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 01:56 pm: |
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Hi Collin.
Sorry, that I did not come back to you earlier. Honestly, I never had a Rollei 35 B in my hands but I have repaired one Rollei 35 LED and many original Rollei 35 and many 35 S and SE. Some of these cameras had the same problem than yours.
Under the top cap you should find a big cog wheel attached to the wind lever. During winding this cog wheel drives a smaller cog wheel which drives the film transport and the shutter cocking mechanism. These two wheels have to be carefully synchronised. If this is not the case the shutter will not be cocked by one wind cycle and you have to wind a second time.
It is a bit tricky to get them synchronised. You have to try and retry and to observe the effect carefully until it works fine. I needed quite a while at my first attempt.
Good luck! |
