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Rollei Magic II User manual
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- Rollei
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- Rollei Magic II
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- English
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- two woys with one comero:
outomotic or conlrolled picture toking.
You con use either -
ond choose from shot to shot.
The outomotic woy is the quickest-
the ideol method for the beginner.
It olwoys gives correcl ond shorp snopshots.
Reod obout it on poges 2 ond 3.
The controlled method is more versotile -
it is the woy of the expert Eo
for pictoriol effecls ond speciol subiects.
The rules ore set out on poges 6 ond 7.
!
Either woy:
Every shot is o ROLLEIshoi,
shorp os you sow it in the finder ond correcfly exposed.View original page 2Page 3 · Read text
Automofic Picture Toking
First of oll, os soon os you hove looded the film, set the
comero lo the correct film speed. This opplies to o | |
shots.
S e c o n d l y ,f o r o u t o m o t i c p i c t u r e l o k i n g , s e t t h e
comero for outomotic oPerotion.
Note: For outomotic piclures olwoys work without
the diffusing screen (* Poge 7).
l. The ASA (or DIN) SPeedSetling
The film speed is morked on the
film pocking in ASA or DIN
rotings. Set this volue to the
index mork os follows:
Pressdown the button I ond turn
it - lhen let it spring out ogoin
fully. The outomotic systemo n lY
works properly if the button
springs out.
2. The Autornolic Sefiing
Press the locking button 2 ond
turn the wheel 3 fully to the left. 'AUTO"The lettering in the
window indicotesthot the comero
is set for outomotic operolion.
Now you ore reody to shool. Coble releose socket
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The ROLLEI Finder
Open the hood by pulling up the
cover I to the f ront. Close it by
pushingin the two sides2.
T h e h o o d i s r e m o v o b l e ( - p o g e 1 1 )
o n d c o n b e r e p l o c e d b y t h e R o l l e i
P e n t o p r i s m . f,ooding o 2rlax2rla inch RO[[ FiLM
The mognifier mokes occurote
focusing eosier. To swing it out
grip the top edge of the hood with
two fingers ond slightly press the
f lop 3 inwords. Push down the
mognifier4 before closingthe hood.*@
lf you weor spectocles,your photo
deoler con chongethe mognifier to
suit your eyesight(* poge l0).
Opening lhe Comero: lnserling the Film Spools:
Pressthe keys 3 ond 4 ot the To open lhe frome finder push down side, ond insert the spools t h e f l o p 5 u n t i l i t e n g o g e s . T h e h o o d f rom the right. The empty now becomes o sports finder for spool goes in the upper spool oction subiects. You con keep the chomber(olreodyin ploce in s u b i e c t i n t h e f i n d e r m o r e e o s i l y b y o new comero) ond the full f o l l o w i n g i t w i t h t h e c o m e r o o n d .|20 No. roll film goes into the r e l e o s i n g o f t h e s o m e t i m e . Push the lotch I in the direc- lower chomber. The slotted
tion of the orrow, pull up the end of the empty spool must
T o c l o s e t h e f r o m e f i n d e r , s l i g h t l y locking lever 2, grip the bock foce to the right to engoge
p u s h i n b o t h s i d e s o f t h e h o o d 6 . by the lever ond pull open. the film tronsportkey.
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fhe FIlm lronsport
After every shot turn the cronk forword c, fer os it will go ond bock ogoin
until it locks. You con work lhe cronk oeurn only ofter releosing (* poge 3).
Rememberthe simple rule: if you con turn the cronk you musl turn it
- forword ond bock until it locks. A locked cronk meons thot the comero is
reody to shoof.
Double exposuresond blonk fromes ore impossible.
When shooling in ropid sequenceyou con keep the cronk unfolded.
Unlooding the Comcro
After the twelfth exposure the film
is finished.The morkO now oppeors
in the film counter.
Thr6oding the Film: Closing lhe Comerq: Settingrhe Film Wind up the end of the bocking
for the FirstExposure: poper by turning the cronk round
four limes. Open the comero bock in
the shode. Pressin the key 3 ond pullBreok ond remove the gum- out the film spool from the left. Foldmed seol. Pull off the bocking under the end of the bocking poPerpoper ocross to the empty Keep lurning the cronk 9 ond seol it. Wrop up the film in itsspool ond push it into the round ond round until it locks, originol pocking, reody for pro-spool slit 5. Turn lhe cronk lo ond then swing bock fully. cessing.wind up the beginningof the This locks the cronk ond
bocking poper evenly until Push the bock ogoinst the odvonces the film counter
the two lriongulor morks on body, fold down the lever 7 f rom 0 to l. Once you hove After lronsferring the empty spool
the poper reoch the red dot 6. os for os it will 90, ond set the film speed, the Rollei- into the upper film chomber,you con
Then stop. swing bock lhe lotch 8. mogic is reody to shool. lood the next film.View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
Working with Exposure Values l. Delermine the ExposureVolue
Point the comero ot the subiectond reod
off the exposurevolue next to the pointer.
Intermediotepositionsbetweenlwo index
You will olreody hove noticed the numbers next to the lines correspondto intermedioteexposurepointer: they show the oppropriote exposurevolue. vo I ues.
When set for outomotic operotion, the comero selects the
exposurevolue itself. For controlled exposuresyou yourself 2. Set lhe ExposureVqlueset the volue indicoted in the scole window. As before, you
get correctly exposed shots but you con chooset To disengogethe outomotic setting, first
turn click-stop-wheelI until exposure
the shutterspeed to suit the subiect movement,ond volue 18 oppeorsond, for eosierreoding,
the stop to control the depth of field. is brought into the centre of the window.
Then, depress locking button 2 ondThot gives you more scope for controlling imoge shorpness. simultoneouslyturn wheel I until the fullBy modifyingthe indicotedexposurevolue you con in speciol or holf exposurevolue, indicoted by rhecoses olso control the effect of the exposure. exposuremeter, oppeors (scoleC).
For odjusting the lower exposurevolues
8.5 to 10, bring light volue sectionfirsl
inio the right hond side of window (by
Whqf the Scqles Indicole turning click-stop-wheell).
To chonge from one exposurevolue toA Distonce scole: I metre to o -3t/z feet to oo (infinity). The octuol onother: depress locking button 2 onddistonce setting is opposite the index mork in the centre of the
simultoneouslyturn wheel l.window. The red morks ore coupled with the operture setting ond
indicote the limits of shorpness. The dots on the distonce scole stonC Thot providesthe combinotionsof operture
f o r s e t t i n g s o f l . l , 1 . 3 o n d 2 . 5 m e t r e s . ond shutterspeedfor correctexposure.
B Shutter speeds:1./roto r/soosecond. The selected setting clicks into
position in the cenire of the window. The setting ronge finishes once 3. Seleclinglhe Speedond Shorp Zoneyou go beyond r/so second.
Turn the wheel I from setting lo setting
C Exposure volue scole (white figures). You set the exposure volue (it clicks info position eoch time) within
in the centre of the moving window. For intermediote volues sel its ronge. The shutterspeed must olwoys
holfwoy belween two morked figures; for exposure volue 8.5 use oppeor in the centre of the window
t h e i n d e x l i n e o t t h e e n d o f t h e s c o l e . (scoleB). ScolesA ond B then show you
the best combinotion of deplh of f ield
D Aperture scole. The operlure volues oppeor in the cenlre of fhe B (zone of shorpness)ond shutterspeed.window. Intermediote exposure volue settings give holf-stops (between
two morked settings). The index line ot lhe exlreme end stonds for D The ronge of combinotionsis exhousted
stop f/3.5. The exposure ronge finishes when stop f/22 disoppeors when you go beyond tln second or
(the releose locks). beyond t/22.
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I
I fime Exposures Using Filters
With the Rollei-mogicyou con olso moke time exposuresfrom I second The mount of Rollei filters olwoys corries on engroved filter volue.
to severol minutes (for exomple night shots in town). Mounting the filter on the comerq directly tronsfers this volue to
the exposure system.
For long time exposureso coble releose with lock is odvisoble. This
screws into the threoded socket next to the releose. Mount the comero In every cose you get correct exposures.
on o firm stond. For quick ond convenient mounting of the comero With the outomqtic control disengoged, the pointer shows the
use the Rolleifixtripod heod. correctedexposurevolue lhol you hove to use with the filter.
Setting the Fiher Volue
Insertthe filter in the boyonet
ring of the lens ond turn
clockwise until the indicoted
volue engoges in the
window F.
l. Set fie Comerq to B Exomples: With the Rollei
Turn lhe wheel I to bring the green light yellow filter (- l) sel to
letter B (on scole B) into the window. l; with the Rolleipol filter
(- 1.5) set to 1.5.
2. Set the Aperfure
With lhe locking button 2 depressed,
selectthe operture (scoleD) occording
to the required zone of shorpness With o combinotion of two colour conversion filters lhe filter
(scole A). volues ore odded. For exomple for on R 2 filter (- 0.5) ond on R 5
filter (-0.5) the combinedfilter volue is - l.
3. Exposing Lens Attochmenls wilhoul Filrer Volue
B c (Rolleinorclose-up lenses,soft focus ottochment) Pressdown the releosefor the required D
exposure time. Letting go of the For exposures with these occessories set the window F to the
releoseconcludesthe exposure. volue 0, unlesso filter is used in oddition.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
fhe Evor-ready Cose
Removing the comera: Unfold the cronk. Pull up both lotchesI on lhe
corrying strop. Push the sides of the cose oport, ond lift out the
comero from the front.
Inserting lhe comero: First push the cronk through its opening. Lock
the sides of the cose to the comero with the lotch l.
Detoching the front (if required): Pressdown the clip 2.
Anoching the front: Hook the front into the bottom of the cose ond
close the lotter. The clip outomoticollyengoges.
The Camying Sfrop
is ottoched to the strop Chonging fhe
holder of the comero by Magnitier io Suif Your Eyesigh] pushing in the two buttons 3.
When ottoching the strop
press the securing spring lf you weor spectocleswith prescriptionsfrom + 3 to - 3
ogoinst fhe comero with the dioptres, but prefer to focus without them, you con hove
button 3; when detoching, the mognifier chonged.To do it yourself:
press with o finger noil.
The corrying strop remoins Open the frome finder ond grip both sides of the
ottoched to ihe comero even mognifier lens from the front. Pull bockwords ond lift
when you ore using the ever- out 4. To insert the lens push it forword ogoinst the
reody cose. The rototing spring ond let it engoge in the mount.
lotches on the strop holders
hold the sides of the comero To get ot the lens for cleoning,fold down the mognifier
cose in position. with the frome finder open.
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Four Exposurcs Mor.c -
wlth ihe l6-Exposvre Mosk Sef
lnserting lhe Screen Mosk
(Removing the focusing hood)
lf you use the l6-exposure mosk set, the Rollei-mogicwill even
yield 16 exposures insteod of 12 per roll. This gives you o
Press down lhe cotches ot the horizontol picture size of l5lex 2tls inches (4 x 5.5 cm.) which you
side of the hood 3, ond pull off con subsequently trim down fo the populor super-slide size
(15/ex ls/e inches or 4 x 4 cm.). With these reduced picture sizes the hood towords the bqck.
you con fili your frome with the sublectof greoter distonces. Grip the frome of the focusing
screen 4 of the side, pull bock,
1 ond swing up. Insert the screen
The l6-exposure mosk set contoins mosks to cut down the film mosk 5 in the comero. Fold
opening ond screen imoge to lslax2tla inches. Notches of lhe down the focusing screen.
edges of the mosk indicote the limits of the l5/ax lsle inch size. Reploce the focusing hood, ond
Colour tronsporenciescon then be cut down to this size lo fit push down ond forword until it ,IIII into stondord2x2 inch slide fromes.A seporotemosk is used for engoges.
eoch size on the frome finder.
To engoge the mosk ot the top lnserting
ond ot the bottom behind the) the Film Mqsk film opening of the comero,
the mosk hos o spring looded
locofing strip.
First push this strip behind the
film opening ot the bottom ond
press it in ogoinst the spring l.
Swing the mosk into ploce ond
slide it under the top of the
film opening 2. On inserting
the mosk fhe film counter
outomoticolly switches over to Fitting the Frqme Finder Mosk l6 exposures.
Slide the stroight upper edge
To remove the mosk, push it underneoth the button 6, push
down in the film opening to the mosk ogoinst the front of
compress the spring, ond lift the hood, ond secure by
out. pressing in the two buttons 7.
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