Roger, I'm glad you perceived the fun of this little camera. I would say Rollei 35 forever! I've got a Rollei 35 Tessar f3,5/40mm in 1974 and I've shot hundreds of films with it: B/W, colour and colour slides. I had it always with me and it has been a real comrade in daily life and during my travels. Because of the shortest focus of 90cm and its light weight, making a selfie was simple: hold the camera in your hand, place the index on the release button, stretch your arm, aim the lens on yer face and shoot! I have shot mine up till the end. You must know that in the film transport system a brass sprocket connected to the handle, drives a plastic sprocket further in the transport chain. Metal and plastic are a bad combination and the plastic sprocket worned out eventually. From another Rollei camera wreck I took that plastic sprocket replacing the worn one in mine. And I shot happily after.
I bought this camera when it was new, about 50 years ago and it is my go to camera for days out "just in case" I see something- worth photographing. I can recommend the Sunpak GX14 flash to go with this as it is perfect with the upside down hot shoe
Fabulous cameras. I have more than a few and my SE is absolutely my first choice for a camera to take with me. The design of the higher end ones is so clever. Everything can be seen from one position; speed, f stop, meter. They are a joy, so glad you have one…. Perhaps the prices will go up now!
That muddy trail you were on reminds me of when I use to go horseback riding way back in 1972 when I was a 16 year old snot nose brat. It was soo much fun being young.
Happy belated birthday to Emma! Very impressed by the results you got with that Rollei. I'm trying to imagine how goofy it would look to shoot with a speedlite attached.
Great little camera. The 2 inside white dots on the distance scale show the depth of field at f8, and the outside white dots show the DOF at f16. Owning the Zeiss Nettar I know how good 3 element lenses can be, and the Triotar lens certainly doesn’t disappoint
Nice family portrait you got there at the beginning. This is a neat camera. If I didn't already have the Canonet, I think I would try to pick this up. Keep it up, Boss!
I have the earlier Rollei 35 (no letter ) made in Germany. It has a selenium meter so no battery. 40 mm f3.5 Zeiss Tessar. Two piece body (slide off back). Also have a Rollei flash which is about 1/2 the size of the camera. The camera fits perfectly in a WW2 first aid dressing pack for pocket carry.
Some nice images, I used 2 Olympus 35RC cameras. The best compliment I had was at the portraiture group of my camera club when I won one week with an image I had taken on the little Olympus "It just shows you don't need an all singing and dancing camera to take a good image".
After shooting a disposable (Ilford XP2), I decided to grab an Oky Trip 35, so I can carry something smaller than my normal gear. Great fun! Zone focus only, and basically no controls (literally P mode, without batteries!). Makes you focus on composition.
You have to try the Olympus Trip Roger it’s a gem I just bought a refurbished one it’s so easy to use if you get a chance have a go yourself it’s a joy to use 👍🏻
I have a Rollei 35, one of the made in Singapore versions. Fantastic little performer, when it doesn’t tear film out of canisters. I almost always take a dark bag with me when I’m out with it, defeating the purpose of a tiny camera
I have a Rollei XF35 rangefinder, a nice and compact little camera too. Got it because my grandfather had one when I was a kid back in the 70:s. A little too automatic for my taste but very handy to carry around and just snap away.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Unfortunately my grandmother traded it for a fully automatic Pentax a few years after my grandfather passed away at the beginning of the 80:s as she found the manual focusing difficult. Don't know what happened to the Pentax, I believe my uncle may still have it.
I think it was a Pentax PC35AF-M with a power winder she traded it for. I usually loaded the film and changed the batteries for her, I also took a lot of photographs with it at all kinds of family hoiidays.
lovely seeing Prince George the pirate pup, you can't whinge at the shots you got from that awesome little camera, lens must be mustard...buy some hiking boots Roger for god sake lol
Great stuff, Roger. These little compacts are marvellous. I have a Rollei 35SE with the 40mm F2.8 Sonnar lens, it is T* coated. The quality of the negatives produced with this little compact has to be seen. Sunny 16 rules, BTW. I remember a time when the sunny 16 information was printed inside the film box.
Hi Roger, Great video as always. The Rollei 35 series of cameras are simply terrific - awesome optics. Once on gets the hang of focusing - capable of amazing image quality.
Firstly, wish the wifey the grandest of birthdays (belated)! I really enjoyed the song and dance! I thought for a moment I was seeing Marilyn Monroe! You guys crack me up. It's amazing that lil camera produced such grand looking images. It's a bit odd thou about having to cock the shutter then protrude it out before snapping it! Wait that doesn't work does it? Cheers!
Definitely you should try Minox 35. But only if it have working light meter, because it's aperture priority camera. It's folding camera (but with no bellows) so lens is better protected when closed. It's realy small cute camera, great for streetphoto etc.
Great series of video’s on vintage cameras! l hope you are enjoying developing the films and prints yourself in the Dark Room? Someone mentioned a Half-frame camera earlier….At 74, l have used many film camera’s. You might be interested in trying these…the Canon Dial half-frame ( with a mechanical motor drive ). Also the German Minox spy camera 16mm with many great accessories.
Thanks. I do enjoy the developing. Not so much when I come back from a weekend shoot and have 20 rolls or so to go through! That can get a bit boring! But worth it when I see the results. I wa out with a half frame camera yesterday. Not mine, borrowed. Tiny negs!
Bought mine a couple of years ago for $10 (NZ) The seller didn't know the lens came out and thought it was faulty. Yours has the screw cover missing on the lens like mine had but I managed to glue a small black ring from an old lens I took apart to cover the screws.
That looks like a lot of fun. I started eyeing to find a good Canonet QL 17 GIII, whenever it appears, I would be interested in getting one, same concept but a bit more advanced camera.
Lovely camera with a stunning lens. Love the shots a great selection throughout you knocked out plenty of keepers. I have the Rollei 35SE one of my fave film cameras I struggle at times with the scale focusing but when I fluke one it's a cracker. Top watch Rog cheers
The Rollei 35 series of cameras are brilliant little things, when i started film, i started with a 35 S, wich was my Grandpa's, my cousin now uses it since i got a Leica m3 from my other Grandpa wich now is my "daily driver", but still if i meet my cousin and she has the Rollei 35 S with her I always ask to snap some pics.
I have one of these, not sure if it’s younger/older than yours. The difference is the Light meter non/off switch is missing on mine. Instead the shutter button surround swivels to two red/green dots. Lens is a Triotar 3.5/40mm. Have not used it for a long while but its a gem
I got the Rollei 35s model and I paid £27.00 for it from a charity shop in London back in 2014 and it came with the original camera case and strap and lens cap and I got a front of lens filter for it and it work fantastic and produces good quality pictures as long as you understand how to use them and my model is 40 MM F2.8 Sonnar lens
another 'GIFT' Treasure for you ! It will be appreciated by you ! By The Way - you are so LUCKY you can get down onto your knees to get lower viewpoints -- I can no longer do that as at 86 my knees are worn out but not my 'Enthusiasm ' Ha Ha ! Keep Snapping !
Good Grief! A review of the Rollei 35mm compact pocket camera! You say the light meter is not working. On the Rollei B35 there is a light meter that doesn't require batteries, it seems to work on sunlight alone. I have just checked it on my camera. It's still working fine. I bought the Rollei B35 second hand in the early 1980's, I can't think how old it is.
Rollei B35 bought in 1976. Selenium cell lightmeter so no batteries required. Other than that identical. Been all round the world with me. Still prefer it to a digital, except for cost of film and developing.
I nabbed a Rollei 35 LED from my camera repair shop a few years back for $50. Great camera. While I greatly prefer the ease and even more compact size of the Minox 35, I still like to take the Rollei to concerts because it's all manual and you can lock or drag the shutter speed.
Tiny cameras that are easy to pocket are awesome. I tend to carry olympus af-1 mini infinity quite often. Even thought it's just a point & shoot the quality is quite stunning. Also, love the beard 👍 Looking like proper dabber gentleman! :D
I've used a Diana Mini 35mm for the last 12 years or so. About the same size as that Rollei, all manual, no meter. It's one of those "Lomography" cameras, so you probably wouldn't like it, as the whole schtick with Lomo stuff is that they are made with cheap plastic parts modeled after old Soviet and Chinese toy cameras, with soft focus for that "lo fi" look. But it fits in my pocket, and importantly it has a bulb mode and a tripod socket so I can shoot in low light. Maybe I should look into one of these Rollei 35 devices as it appears to have an acceptably sharp lens.
The Zeiss / Rollei Triotar lens shows its typical sharpness as well as a slight vignetting, here. Nevertheless of the vignetting issue, I love this camera, as well as the older silbling Rollei B35 (with selenium meter - no battery required), for being so handy. Just a hint: Rollei isn't pronounced as "Rolly", That syllable at the end of "Rollei", written as "ei", is in german language pronounced exactly like the english word "eye" - always.
No light meter means it work with none. I was spoiled with my Leica M6 meter before the moment I had film but no battery. Sunny F11 (over here) and some gestimating worked well. For learning I had the habit of guessing first and metering after that. That gave a good practice for the moment I was without a running meter.
I bought mine in a beautiful condition after watching this video among others. Just loaded a film and started shooting today. I was really happy until the shutter stopped working just after 12 shots... Looks like a pretty common problem with this camera unfortunately. Now I need to find a repair shop. Any suggestions appreciated! I'm based on the UK.
This camera was good enough for Stephen Shore, he shot an entire body of work with a Rollei 35, using flash too. The Rollei 35 is in fact the smallest 35mm, fully mechanical camera ever made. My late grandfather left me one he preferred to shoot with over his more sophisticated Minolta XG.
I can see how one would use it for work such as Stephen Shore. I don't think I would have any issue documenting an event or protest of sorts. F8 all day
I have had one since about 1975. Don’t use it much. Sharp and small. My problem - is if touch the back in a certain way - the counter resets. I have 35B with a non-functioning meter and a very beat-up 4th owner original Rollei 35.
Ace video! I’ve watched it 3 times now and loaded mine up last night for the first time in a while and took it to a fair in town last night. Loved using it, but forgot to change the shutter speed and focus ring for about 4 shots 😂 Oh well!! Gonna use it as much as possible this year now though, because I know it’s a great little camera and I should try and stick with it to ‘master’ it. Your shots are great on yours already though 👍🏼 Thanks for the inspiration sir. 🙏🏼
I've got a Rollei 35S and a Leica MP. Sometimes if I take the same photo with both cameras the Rollei pic actually turns out better. The Sonnar Lens has great character whereas the Leica lenses are more modern clinical. FYI the Made in Singapore models are considered to be better than the earlier Made in Germany models. Cheers!
Oh. And a large step is one meter as well. So with the sign and foliage (after the dogs attacking you), I’d walk to the sign post and go 3 big steps back.
I haven't but I do have one of those knock off go pros that I took the filter out which is great fun pointing the TV remote at it. I intended to get som IR LEDs for the darkroom so I could show stuff in the dark but never got round to it
hello Roger, greetings from Serbia 🙂 Your light meter is probably not working because the wire has become unsoldered, or should I say un-welded and that is difficult to fix because they didn't solder the wires in the factory, but somehow welded them, and since the wires are thin, it is impossible to weld them with a household hand tool , so Sunny Sixteen is your best friend 🙂 I have tested about 70-80 Rollei 35 cameras so far, (Rollei 35, Rollei 35 T, Rollei 35 S, Rollei 35 SE, Rollei 35 TE, Rollei 35 Classic...) and I fell in love with them 🙂 If you manage to get your hands on an S, SE or Classic model, you will be delighted with the Sonnar lens, Tessar is ok, but Sonnar is wonderful 👌 Mihal
My method of estimating distances is to transfer known reaches or lengths into the photographic situation: - a relaxed finger span is about 20cm - my arms with stretched fingers just reach over the 80cm kitchen table - I'm a bit less than 1.80 metres tall - I need a parking gap of round about 2.5 metres to park my car without hindring mine or my neighbours door operation - My car needs a gap of about 5 metres if I want to park it parallel to the street Accordingly: - 1m is the distance my fingers can reach plus a finger span - 2m is about the distance my head would touch the ground if I fell forward like a tree plus about a hand span - 2.5 m is the width of the parking lot and so forth After a while, these estimations work even better than most range finders.
I’d quite like one of these but have been a bit put off by the lack of a rangefinder. Looks like you were quite successful with focus though. But, I have an Olympus XA so can I justify the Rollei too? If I find a cheap one I’ll go for it.
Besides 35mm SLR's and 120 TLR's that I use occasionally, I love compact Rollei 35's and half frame Olympus Pen S and D's. Really "pocketable" cameras that I could bring along everyday without much space in my bag. I hope you could feature using the original 1959 Olympus Pen S.
I like this camera. In the hands of a skilled photographer it produces decent photos. 40mm is my favourite focal length. Sunny 16 is an approach every photographer should get himself familiar with. It is the same as overcast 8 and hazy 11. But be careful with Sunny Beach 22.
Love my old Rollei 35 LED. It was the first camera I bought with my own money in 1986, and I used it as my main camera for 2 years working as a trainee newspaper photog on my local paper. It was an amazing camera to learn with. To this day I can estimate distance with uncanny accuracy. I used it (upside down!) with a Nikon SB28 flashgun and used hand loaded canisters loaded with Tri-X from bulk rolls, most of the time. I later changed to Ilford HP5 when Kodak put prices up. I've just ordered some more film to shoot a personal project using the Rollei. Thanks for reminding me just how much fun this camera really is.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Not really, Tri-X was a bit grittier in my opinion, which worked really well for Press work as it was easier to take a good litho reproduction from it, but it didn’t actually make much difference to how we worked. I always preferred to rate Tri-X at 320 but HP5 was 400 by default. Everything was processed in ID-11 except if we had a rush job, when we would rate HP5 at 50 and push it through a diluted litho dev (the name and ratio has gone from my mind) which actually produced an awesome neg, really easy to print with ultra fine grain. The dev time was only 90 seconds and we generally printed the negs while they were still wet.
I've got the same model with matching flash, not used it for several years, lovely little camera, but now the shutter speed dial has ceased up. I've read that this is a common problem. :/
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss thanks for getting back to me. So I've read you can use 3 lr44 and 1 lr54 on top. Do you just use abit of foil on top to plug the gap? Possibly a very stupid question but I'm assuming the only way to know if they're working is by the light meter?
This breaks my heart! I can’t find mine, no idea where it is. Gorgeous little cameras. Fun fact, a plastic 35mm film canister cap makes a perfect lens cap. For street photography I would prefocus and shoot from the hip. No need to look through the viewer, eye level is boooooooooring. And no light meter?! Don’t you carry a phone? There are incredible FREE phone light meter apps! I’m never without a light meter.
Yeah I said Rusty, I left my phone at home LOL. Now. You got me running about and I can't find a 35mm can cap that fits. The dog shot was from the hip. Have you checked your trouser pockets for the camera?
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Unreal. I had this weird intuition to look in my Leica bag, and there it was!!! I cried out with excitement, I thought it was lost forever. Hey, take your damn phone with you! 😂 What if you had gotten stuck in that mud and needed rescuing?! 😜 Love the channel, you’re awesome. And thanks for the inspiration, I’m so happy I can go shoot with mine! And yes, my film canister cap fits perfect, and threads on even. 👍
It’s a great and sheit camera at the same time, rollei35 cheap models eat film, their mechanics aren’t precise enough both B and LED version, had them both, same crap. Minox35ML though, no problem ever, oh, well, I had, twice, the shuttermechanism is vibration/shock sensitive and would lock up and needed repair easily. Otherwise, wonderful. Rollei35 SE, TE, S, T models german or singapore made can’t say a word, hope it’s better. I use as a compact a Ricoh R1 and a Barnack Leica IIIF, the later simply works, the first needs expensive batteries.
Makes sense. I guess how we say "Z eye sss" (Zeiss) is correct. Interesting. Americans say "N eye Con" instead of Nikon. Tomatoes etc. Also we say "RolleiFlex" (Rollyflex). Now, here's the tricky part, to say "Roll-eye" Flex doesn't roll off the tongue in conversation like "Rolly-Flex" does. From now on I shall try to pronounce it correctly "Roll-Eye" and wait for a comment telling me I'm saying it wrong ha ha. Thanks for the grammar correction
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss No worries, everyone understands it either way :) ...old habits won't change. And it's not just you, but literally every English speaker does the same. I was just trying to figure out why is that? Every german "-ei" always should be "eye" Einstein, Zeiss, Leica...
@@peinmilan There is a guy on YT that talks about cars. He is British and pronounces some cars like I've never heard. Obviously the correct pronunciation. BIG CAR his channel is
Roger, I'm glad you perceived the fun of this little camera. I would say Rollei 35 forever!
I've got a Rollei 35 Tessar f3,5/40mm in 1974 and I've shot hundreds of films with it: B/W, colour and colour slides. I had it always with me and it has been a real comrade in daily life and during my travels. Because of the shortest focus of 90cm and its light weight, making a selfie was simple: hold the camera in your hand, place the index on the release button, stretch your arm, aim the lens on yer face and shoot!
I have shot mine up till the end. You must know that in the film transport system a brass sprocket connected to the handle, drives a plastic sprocket further in the transport chain. Metal and plastic are a bad combination and the plastic sprocket worned out eventually. From another Rollei camera wreck I took that plastic sprocket replacing the worn one in mine. And I shot happily after.
Sunny 16 teaches you to read the light and it's probably the most useful skill for a photographer to have.
I bought this camera when it was new, about 50 years ago and it is my go to camera for days out "just in case" I see something- worth photographing. I can recommend the Sunpak GX14 flash to go with this as it is perfect with the upside down hot shoe
Yay! Wednesday is my work from home day and it's always a treat to have a video drop from SFLAB while I'm having me lunch. Cheers Roger!
Thanks Simon.
Great photographs might finally get my old OM10 out and have a play. You’ve really sparked my old love of film cameras, thank you 👍
Fabulous cameras. I have more than a few and my SE is absolutely my first choice for a camera to take with me. The design of the higher end ones is so clever. Everything can be seen from one position; speed, f stop, meter. They are a joy, so glad you have one…. Perhaps the prices will go up now!
This is a great video
0:49 I wouldn't say tiny! It's pretty normal! Lol. Beautiful photos mate! Keep doing you! Love the new trimmed beard! Cheers mate!
Its tiny
That muddy trail you were on reminds me of when I use to go horseback riding way back in 1972 when I was a 16 year old snot nose brat. It was soo much fun being young.
And the goal area of a football pitch!
oh the garlic farm! kept going there to see a red tree rat ! lovely place ! you were sat where we were for 3 days lol ! lovely ickle camera
Reds were everywhere. There Re no Gray's here
Happy belated birthday to Emma! Very impressed by the results you got with that Rollei. I'm trying to imagine how goofy it would look to shoot with a speedlite attached.
Thanks Danem
Great video, Roger. Your Birthday wife is the star of the show. Thanks. KB
Cheers Ken
That fence photo is great! Thanks for the tip on this camera.
Just love the underslung flash .. wow
Crazy right!
You always make me smile, plus I learn something. I love your videos.
Thanks Tom. Keep smiling,
Great fun! Smashing pics too.
Great little camera. The 2 inside white dots on the distance scale show the depth of field at f8, and the outside white dots show the DOF at f16. Owning the Zeiss Nettar I know how good 3 element lenses can be, and the Triotar lens certainly doesn’t disappoint
Yes it's a different scale than other lenses I noticed.
Nice family portrait you got there at the beginning. This is a neat camera. If I didn't already have the Canonet, I think I would try to pick this up. Keep it up, Boss!
Interesting little camera, definitely one on my radar to pick up in future.👍
My dad had one of those, slightly different model though.. It was quite a small camera. The one we had, had a a retractable lens
Great stuff, amazing results from something so compact!!
Form a moment you reminded me of Sean Connery. Thanks for the always informative video.
Yeshh
I have the earlier Rollei 35 (no letter ) made in Germany. It has a selenium meter so no battery.
40 mm f3.5 Zeiss Tessar. Two piece body (slide off back). Also have a Rollei flash which is about 1/2 the size of the camera. The camera fits perfectly in a WW2 first aid dressing pack for pocket carry.
Some nice images, I used 2 Olympus 35RC cameras. The best compliment I had was at the portraiture group of my camera club when I won one week with an image I had taken on the little Olympus "It just shows you don't need an all singing and dancing camera to take a good image".
After shooting a disposable (Ilford XP2), I decided to grab an Oky Trip 35, so I can carry something smaller than my normal gear. Great fun! Zone focus only, and basically no controls (literally P mode, without batteries!). Makes you focus on composition.
I've never used a trip. I remember they had a massive marketing campaign on it back in the 70s and 80s
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss the ads are on TH-cam, great fun, "who d'ya fink you are? David Bailey?"
You have to try the Olympus Trip Roger it’s a gem I just bought a refurbished one it’s so easy to use if you get a chance have a go yourself it’s a joy to use 👍🏻
Such a great little camera. I've got a special edition 35 LED which comes with a flash in a presentation case.
What a fun family!
I have a Rollei 35, one of the made in Singapore versions. Fantastic little performer, when it doesn’t tear film out of canisters. I almost always take a dark bag with me when I’m out with it, defeating the purpose of a tiny camera
Interesting. I didn't mention I had to use. dark bag to get my rolls out.
You're a hoot, man. Nice images. You done good.
Thanks mate.
I think those exposures are pretty spot on. A really nice set of images.
Not bad were they! I couldn't go wrong though with it being bright day. Maybe different if it was gloomy
I have a Rollei XF35 rangefinder, a nice and compact little camera too. Got it because my grandfather had one when I was a kid back in the 70:s. A little too automatic for my taste but very handy to carry around and just snap away.
I wonder what happened to your Grandfathers?
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Unfortunately my grandmother traded it for a fully automatic Pentax a few years after my grandfather passed away at the beginning of the 80:s as she found the manual focusing difficult. Don't know what happened to the Pentax, I believe my uncle may still have it.
I think it was a Pentax PC35AF-M with a power winder she traded it for. I usually loaded the film and changed the batteries for her, I also took a lot of photographs with it at all kinds of family hoiidays.
lovely seeing Prince George the pirate pup, you can't whinge at the shots you got from that awesome little camera, lens must be mustard...buy some hiking boots Roger for god sake lol
A pleasure as always Rog. If it’s good enough for the Queen………
Great stuff, Roger. These little compacts are marvellous. I have a Rollei 35SE with the 40mm F2.8 Sonnar lens, it is T* coated. The quality of the negatives produced with this little compact has to be seen. Sunny 16 rules, BTW. I remember a time when the sunny 16 information was printed inside the film box.
Thanks Lensman
I enjoy using my Rollei A110. It has a Tessar lens.
Can’t believe how sharp the photos are.
Its a sharp little lense! Surprising.
great video! I only have the soviet copy of the mini rolleis! The Lomo 135 vs to be precise. Fantastic shot of the chair. Brilliant!
That chair was in perfect light from a large window.
I have that camera. Haven’t used it in a year or so, but a great little camera to keep handy.
Hi Roger, Great video as always. The Rollei 35 series of cameras are simply terrific - awesome optics. Once on gets the hang of focusing - capable of amazing image quality.
Thanks. Nice channel by the way!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks so much Roger😊
Firstly, wish the wifey the grandest of birthdays (belated)! I really enjoyed the song and dance! I thought for a moment I was seeing Marilyn Monroe! You guys crack me up. It's amazing that lil camera produced such grand looking images. It's a bit odd thou about having to cock the shutter then protrude it out before snapping it! Wait that doesn't work does it? Cheers!
Fantastic compact camera, great for the point and shoot aspect. Another great viewing video Roger. Hope the trainers survived the mud🤦♂️😊📷
Thanks Tom. I was very nimble!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thought you would say that Roger, keep up the good work mate 🙋♂️📷
Definitely you should try Minox 35. But only if it have working light meter, because it's aperture priority camera. It's folding camera (but with no bellows) so lens is better protected when closed. It's realy small cute camera, great for streetphoto etc.
Thanks someone else suggested that camera. Expensive one!
Great series of video’s on vintage cameras! l hope you are enjoying developing the films and prints yourself in the Dark Room? Someone mentioned a Half-frame camera earlier….At 74, l have used many film camera’s. You might be interested in trying these…the Canon Dial half-frame ( with a mechanical motor drive ). Also the German Minox spy camera 16mm with many great accessories.
Thanks. I do enjoy the developing. Not so much when I come back from a weekend shoot and have 20 rolls or so to go through! That can get a bit boring! But worth it when I see the results. I wa out with a half frame camera yesterday. Not mine, borrowed. Tiny negs!
Bought mine a couple of years ago for $10 (NZ) The seller didn't know the lens came out and thought it was faulty. Yours has the screw cover missing on the lens like mine had but I managed to glue a small black ring from an old lens I took apart to cover the screws.
Result! I've been thinking of ways to get a ring on the front.
The other way round that is put on a filter…. Then nobody knows
Hi Roger! You should try the Minox 35, even smaller then the rollei. And the hotshoe right on top if you want to use a rangefinder.
Br Ronnie
Crikey have you seen the price of them! I just looked! Cheers.
That looks like a lot of fun. I started eyeing to find a good Canonet QL 17 GIII, whenever it appears, I would be interested in getting one, same concept but a bit more advanced camera.
Lovely camera with a stunning lens. Love the shots a great selection throughout you knocked out plenty of keepers. I have the Rollei 35SE one of my fave film cameras I struggle at times with the scale focusing but when I fluke one it's a cracker. Top watch Rog cheers
Cheers Paul
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss all good mate
Roger rocks the beard.
you should have a little 3 feet cane. Help you estimate distances.
Thats a good idea! I've actually got a stick in the car for when I ramble
Best video yet Boss man
Thanks
The Rollei 35 series of cameras are brilliant little things, when i started film, i started with a 35 S, wich was my Grandpa's, my cousin now uses it since i got a Leica m3 from my other Grandpa wich now is my "daily driver", but still if i meet my cousin and she has the Rollei 35 S with her I always ask to snap some pics.
Hope your grandpa kept his negs. Nice cameras!
I have one of these, not sure if it’s younger/older than yours. The difference is the Light meter non/off switch is missing on mine. Instead the shutter button surround swivels to two red/green dots. Lens is a Triotar 3.5/40mm. Have not used it for a long while but its a gem
Got to find my Olympus Trip!
I got the Rollei 35s model and I paid £27.00 for it from a charity shop in London back in 2014 and it came with the original camera case and strap and lens cap and I got a front of lens filter for it and it work fantastic and produces good quality pictures as long as you understand how to use them and my model is 40 MM F2.8 Sonnar lens
another 'GIFT' Treasure for you ! It will be appreciated by you ! By The Way - you are so LUCKY you can get down onto your knees to get lower viewpoints -- I can no longer do that as at 86 my knees are worn out but not my 'Enthusiasm ' Ha Ha ! Keep Snapping !
I can get down Pete but wobble on the way up 😂
How well did your sneakers fare in the battle with the mud?
A little muddy around the edges.
Took some of my best pictures with this exact camera
great video roger you should try a olympus trip 35 love using my one good fun little camera.
I've never tried one! I'm sure one will come my way at some point on my travels
Good Grief! A review of the Rollei 35mm compact pocket camera! You say the light meter is not working. On the Rollei B35 there is a light meter that doesn't require batteries, it seems to work on sunlight alone. I have just checked it on my camera. It's still working fine. I bought the Rollei B35 second hand in the early 1980's, I can't think how old it is.
Cheers Leonard. Its working now. I have the contacts a good clean up 🙂
Rollei B35 bought in 1976. Selenium cell lightmeter so no batteries required. Other than that identical. Been all round the world with me. Still prefer it to a digital, except for cost of film and developing.
I nabbed a Rollei 35 LED from my camera repair shop a few years back for $50. Great camera. While I greatly prefer the ease and even more compact size of the Minox 35, I still like to take the Rollei to concerts because it's all manual and you can lock or drag the shutter speed.
Thanks for sharing
Tiny cameras that are easy to pocket are awesome. I tend to carry olympus af-1 mini infinity quite often. Even thought it's just a point & shoot the quality is quite stunning. Also, love the beard 👍 Looking like proper dabber gentleman! :D
I needed to grow the beard to see how white it's getting! lol. Maybe I could be Santa next year.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Little more volume and that would definately work.
I've used a Diana Mini 35mm for the last 12 years or so. About the same size as that Rollei, all manual, no meter. It's one of those "Lomography" cameras, so you probably wouldn't like it, as the whole schtick with Lomo stuff is that they are made with cheap plastic parts modeled after old Soviet and Chinese toy cameras, with soft focus for that "lo fi" look. But it fits in my pocket, and importantly it has a bulb mode and a tripod socket so I can shoot in low light. Maybe I should look into one of these Rollei 35 devices as it appears to have an acceptably sharp lens.
Nothing wrong with the Diana. I don't have one myself but I do shoot the Holga which I love for a different feel and look. Kep shootin' it
The Zeiss / Rollei Triotar lens shows its typical sharpness as well as a slight vignetting, here. Nevertheless of the vignetting issue, I love this camera, as well as the older silbling Rollei B35 (with selenium meter - no battery required), for being so handy. Just a hint: Rollei isn't pronounced as "Rolly", That syllable at the end of "Rollei", written as "ei", is in german language pronounced exactly like the english word "eye" - always.
You need a running start to get over those muddy spots.
glad I got mine two weeks ago before this video came out.. I have a feeling prices are gonna go up now :-)
I hope not Larry! Given me an idea of shaping them up quick before I do more on the Rollie! LOL
*snapping
No light meter means it work with none. I was spoiled with my Leica M6 meter before the moment I had film but no battery. Sunny F11 (over here) and some gestimating worked well. For learning I had the habit of guessing first and metering after that. That gave a good practice for the moment I was without a running meter.
I bought mine in a beautiful condition after watching this video among others. Just loaded a film and started shooting today. I was really happy until the shutter stopped working just after 12 shots... Looks like a pretty common problem with this camera unfortunately. Now I need to find a repair shop. Any suggestions appreciated! I'm based on the UK.
This camera was good enough for Stephen Shore, he shot an entire body of work with a Rollei 35, using flash too.
The Rollei 35 is in fact the smallest 35mm, fully mechanical camera ever made. My late grandfather left me one he preferred to shoot with over his more sophisticated Minolta XG.
I can see how one would use it for work such as Stephen Shore. I don't think I would have any issue documenting an event or protest of sorts. F8 all day
Great video, great little camera...might look at getting as I could do with a little compact. Beard suits you boss and who says no to beavers 😂
Cheers Malc!
Great video thanks a lot!
Thanks for watching
I have had one since about 1975.
Don’t use it much. Sharp and small.
My problem - is if touch the back in a certain way - the counter resets.
I have 35B with a non-functioning meter and a very beat-up 4th owner original Rollei 35.
Must be something to do with the door latch being too sensitive.
Must be something to do with the door latch being too sensitive?
I got one of these recently, I haven't had the chance to go out with it yet. Something tells me it will be less of a faff than my Bronica s2a
Ace video! I’ve watched it 3 times now and loaded mine up last night for the first time in a while and took it to a fair in town last night.
Loved using it, but forgot to change the shutter speed and focus ring for about 4 shots 😂
Oh well!!
Gonna use it as much as possible this year now though, because I know it’s a great little camera and I should try and stick with it to ‘master’ it.
Your shots are great on yours already though 👍🏼
Thanks for the inspiration sir. 🙏🏼
Thanks Paul. I took mine for a walk yesterday with a 400 film. I got the meter working but it's out by a couple stops.
Everything always looks better in B & W.
I think so
I've got a Rollei 35S and a Leica MP. Sometimes if I take the same photo with both cameras the Rollei pic actually turns out better. The Sonnar Lens has great character whereas the Leica lenses are more modern clinical. FYI the Made in Singapore models are considered to be better than the earlier Made in Germany models. Cheers!
Interesting! And your less likely to get mugged!
I use my arm stretched out when focusing closer by with this camera. Anything in arms length is approx 1m. Just don’t talk German when doing so.
Oh. And a large step is one meter as well. So with the sign and foliage (after the dogs attacking you), I’d walk to the sign post and go 3 big steps back.
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have you tried I,R, those cheap digi go pro copy with a 720 filter over lens fun
I haven't but I do have one of those knock off go pros that I took the filter out which is great fun pointing the TV remote at it. I intended to get som IR LEDs for the darkroom so I could show stuff in the dark but never got round to it
hello Roger, greetings from Serbia 🙂
Your light meter is probably not working because the wire has become unsoldered, or should I say un-welded and that is difficult to fix because they didn't solder the wires in the factory, but somehow welded them, and since the wires are thin, it is impossible to weld them with a household hand tool , so Sunny Sixteen is your best friend 🙂
I have tested about 70-80 Rollei 35 cameras so far, (Rollei 35, Rollei 35 T, Rollei 35 S, Rollei 35 SE, Rollei 35 TE, Rollei 35 Classic...) and I fell in love with them 🙂
If you manage to get your hands on an S, SE or Classic model, you will be delighted with the Sonnar lens, Tessar is ok, but Sonnar is wonderful 👌
Mihal
Thanks Pod!
I have 35 led and rollei 35 and what can i sey, my 35 led was a lil bit used but this is still good camera.
My method of estimating distances is to transfer known reaches or lengths into the photographic situation:
- a relaxed finger span is about 20cm
- my arms with stretched fingers just reach over the 80cm kitchen table
- I'm a bit less than 1.80 metres tall
- I need a parking gap of round about 2.5 metres to park my car without hindring mine or my neighbours door operation
- My car needs a gap of about 5 metres if I want to park it parallel to the street
Accordingly:
- 1m is the distance my fingers can reach plus a finger span
- 2m is about the distance my head would touch the ground if I fell forward like a tree plus about a hand span
- 2.5 m is the width of the parking lot
and so forth
After a while, these estimations work even better than most range finders.
I’d quite like one of these but have been a bit put off by the lack of a rangefinder. Looks like you were quite successful with focus though. But, I have an Olympus XA so can I justify the Rollei too? If I find a cheap one I’ll go for it.
Exactly Peter if a bargain comes your way.
Besides 35mm SLR's and 120 TLR's that I use occasionally, I love compact Rollei 35's and half frame Olympus Pen S and D's.
Really "pocketable" cameras that I could bring along everyday without much space in my bag.
I hope you could feature using the original 1959 Olympus Pen S.
Never used a Pen but I have developed negs from it from a friend.
Hi, may I ask? Is Rollie 35 LED a half-frame or full-frame camera?
I like this camera. In the hands of a skilled photographer it produces decent photos. 40mm is my favourite focal length. Sunny 16 is an approach every photographer should get himself familiar with. It is the same as overcast 8 and hazy 11. But be careful with Sunny Beach 22.
And Snow.
Love my old Rollei 35 LED. It was the first camera I bought with my own money in 1986, and I used it as my main camera for 2 years working as a trainee newspaper photog on my local paper. It was an amazing camera to learn with. To this day I can estimate distance with uncanny accuracy. I used it (upside down!) with a Nikon SB28 flashgun and used hand loaded canisters loaded with Tri-X from bulk rolls, most of the time. I later changed to Ilford HP5 when Kodak put prices up. I've just ordered some more film to shoot a personal project using the Rollei. Thanks for reminding me just how much fun this camera really is.
Thanks for sharing Paul. Was there any change in quality when you switched to HP5?
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Not really, Tri-X was a bit grittier in my opinion, which worked really well for Press work as it was easier to take a good litho reproduction from it, but it didn’t actually make much difference to how we worked. I always preferred to rate Tri-X at 320 but HP5 was 400 by default. Everything was processed in ID-11 except if we had a rush job, when we would rate HP5 at 50 and push it through a diluted litho dev (the name and ratio has gone from my mind) which actually produced an awesome neg, really easy to print with ultra fine grain. The dev time was only 90 seconds and we generally printed the negs while they were still wet.
I had a camera of that era and would push the film advance lever forward to activate the light meter. ????
The battery compartment needed cleaning. All working now :)
Just Checked my HiMatic-7 it still has 25 frames to shoot, yippee!
Lovely camera.
Roger you need some boots my friend 😂.
You may have a rollei made in Germany, only the back is made in Singapore 😅. Cheers mate 👍
Hey Peds!
What battery do you use? I found one camera with a 5.6 V battery but it is hard to find where I live. Thanks!
I've got the same model with matching flash, not used it for several years, lovely little camera, but now the shutter speed dial has ceased up. I've read that this is a common problem. :/
That's a shame. Probably the lube has dried up
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss , perhaps a drop of Singer oil will penetrate enough.
Can I ask which battery you are meant to use? I can't seem to find the right one!
I have 4 LR43 batteries in the compartment (which don't fit) so I made the rest of the room up with some tin foil and it's worked fine since
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss thanks for getting back to me. So I've read you can use 3 lr44 and 1 lr54 on top. Do you just use abit of foil on top to plug the gap? Possibly a very stupid question but I'm assuming the only way to know if they're working is by the light meter?
Hello, is a battery necessary for this Rollei or is it fully manual ? thank you !
The battery is only for the light meter.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thank you ! also is double exposure possible with that camera ? thanks!
This breaks my heart! I can’t find mine, no idea where it is. Gorgeous little cameras. Fun fact, a plastic 35mm film canister cap makes a perfect lens cap.
For street photography I would prefocus and shoot from the hip. No need to look through the viewer, eye level is boooooooooring.
And no light meter?! Don’t you carry a phone? There are incredible FREE phone light meter apps! I’m never without a light meter.
Yeah I said Rusty, I left my phone at home LOL. Now. You got me running about and I can't find a 35mm can cap that fits. The dog shot was from the hip. Have you checked your trouser pockets for the camera?
Seriously? Is a canister cap the same size? Awesome. I’ve got the original one but it doesn’t stay put.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Unreal. I had this weird intuition to look in my Leica bag, and there it was!!! I cried out with excitement, I thought it was lost forever.
Hey, take your damn phone with you! 😂 What if you had gotten stuck in that mud and needed rescuing?! 😜
Love the channel, you’re awesome. And thanks for the inspiration, I’m so happy I can go shoot with mine!
And yes, my film canister cap fits perfect, and threads on even. 👍
I have bought and sold most models of this over the years - I am currently Rolleiless and regretting it :(
They pretty cheap on eBay I saw.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss yea, but I have to many cameras as it is.... :(
brill mate shows you dont need a new camera is the person behind it
the Rollei 35 has a meter in it, why arent you using it?
It’s a great and sheit camera at the same time, rollei35 cheap models eat film, their mechanics aren’t precise enough both B and LED version, had them both, same crap.
Minox35ML though, no problem ever, oh, well, I had, twice, the shuttermechanism is vibration/shock sensitive and would lock up and needed repair easily. Otherwise, wonderful.
Rollei35 SE, TE, S, T models german or singapore made can’t say a word, hope it’s better.
I use as a compact a Ricoh R1 and a Barnack Leica IIIF, the later simply works, the first needs expensive batteries.
Wife: "Can we go now?" Priceless! Who can relate?
I'm from Germany, please somebody explain why all native English speakers pronounce it wrong? Rollei is pronounced as "roll-eye", not rollie...
Because English generally does vowel combinations reverse to German.
Which is odd, given how many loanwords it has from German.
Makes sense. I guess how we say "Z eye sss" (Zeiss) is correct. Interesting. Americans say "N eye Con" instead of Nikon. Tomatoes etc. Also we say "RolleiFlex" (Rollyflex). Now, here's the tricky part, to say "Roll-eye" Flex doesn't roll off the tongue in conversation like "Rolly-Flex" does. From now on I shall try to pronounce it correctly "Roll-Eye" and wait for a comment telling me I'm saying it wrong ha ha. Thanks for the grammar correction
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss No worries, everyone understands it either way :) ...old habits won't change. And it's not just you, but literally every English speaker does the same. I was just trying to figure out why is that? Every german "-ei" always should be "eye" Einstein, Zeiss, Leica...
@@peinmilan There is a guy on YT that talks about cars. He is British and pronounces some cars like I've never heard. Obviously the correct pronunciation. BIG CAR his channel is
you don't learn, do you Roger.
Once again foiled by inappropriate footwear!
I know! It was bone dry until that bit!