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Rollei Magic User manual
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- Rollei
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- Rollei Magic
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- User manual
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- English
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- 16
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Betore the First Shof :
. The ASA (or DIN) SPeedSettins
springoutogoinfullY.
Thissettingremoins unchonged
os longos you usefilmsof the s o m e
speed(- poge l3).
The A (Automqtic)Setting
Pressthe locking button 2 ond turn the
wheel 3 to A. (This olso serves for
setting the comero for flosh or time
-* poges 8 ond 9.) exposures
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fhe Evereody Cose Removing ond lnserting lhe Comerq: U n f o l d t h e c r q n k . P u l l u p b o t h l o t c h e sI o n t h e c o r r y i n g s t r o p , p u s h t h e s i d e s o f t h e c o s e o p o r t , o n d l i f t o u t t h e c o m e r o f r o n r t h e f r o n t . W h e n i n s e r t i n g t h e c o m e r o , f i r s t p u s h t h e c r o n k t h r o u g h i t s o p e n i n g . T h e n l o c k t h e s i d e s o f t h e c o s e t o t h e conrero with the lotch l Detoching the Front (if required): Pressdown the clip 2. To ottoch the f ront, h o o k i t i n t o t h e h i n g e o n d c l o s e t h e c o s e . The Corrying Strop T o o t t o c h ; P r e s s d o w n s o fe t y b l o d e s o n s t r o p h o l d e r w i t h k n o b o t e n d o f s t r o p ond slide upword. To rernove: Presssofety b l o d e s w i t h f i n g e r n o i lo n d s l i d e k n o b o u t . T h e c o r r y i n g s t r o p r e m o i n s o t t o c h e d t o the comero even when using the evereody c o s e . www.orphancameras.comView original page 5
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Focusin g Made Eosy
The Mognifier:
Grip the top edge of the hood with
two frngersond slightlypressthe
flop 4 inwcrrds.The mognifier
s p i l n g s u p .
Opening the Hood Closing the Hood: Roisingthe Mognifier
P u s h d o w n t h e m o g ni f i e r l e n s S ,
o n d p u s h t h e s i d e s o f t h e h o o d
inwords 6 to fold dowrr.
The Frome Finder:
P u s h i n t h e f l o p 7 u n t i l i t e n g o g e s .
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
pressthe side of the hood inwords 6.
Closingthe Hood The Frome Finder
lf you weor spectocles,y o u r p h o t o d e o l e r c o n c h o n g e t h e m o g n i fi e r t o suil your eyesight.View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
t,oodin ! 2t lt x 2t I t" Rof f Film
Opening the Comero:
Pushthe lotch I in the directionof the orrow, pull up
the lockinglever2, ond pull open the bock'
Insertingthe Film SPool:
Pressthe keys 3 ond 4 of the side, ond insert the spool
from the right.The empty spool* goes in the upper spool
chomber(olreodyin ploce in o new comero),ond the
full spool goes in the lower chomber.
Threodingthe Film:
Breokond removethe gummedseol.Pulloff the bocking
poper up to the empty spool, ond push it in the spool
slit. Turn the cronk to wind up the beginningof the
bockingpoper evenlyon the toke-upspool. Keep wind-
ing until two triongulor morks printed on the poper
reoch the r LI"SIoPI \
Closing lhe Comerq:
Pushthe bock ogoinst the body, fold down the lever 2
os for os it will go, ond swing bock the lotchl'
Setting the Film for the Firsl Exposure:
Keepiurningthe cronk 6 round ond round until it locks,
then swing it bock ogoin os for os it will go. This locks
' The slotted end of the spool must foce to the
right (to engoge the film tronsport shoft)'
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the cronk ond odvoncesthe film counter7 from 0 to I - the Rollei-mogicis reody to shoot! Double exposuresond blonks ore eliminoted.You con only work the cronk ogoin ofter exposing(* poge 3). A simplerule: turn cronk if it con be turned- forword ond bock to lock.lf it is lockedcomerois reody for shot. The cronk need not be folded down ofter eoch shot when shootingin ropid sequence. Unloading the Csmerrr After the twelfthexposurethe film is finished.The sign ' now oppeorsin the film counter. Wind up the end of the bocking poper by turning the cronk through s. Open the comero bock in the shode.P the side ond pull out the film spool from the left. Fold under the end of the bocking poper, ond seol it. Wrop up the film in its originol pocking,reody for processing. After tronsferringthe empty spool into the upper film chomber,you con lood the next film.View original page 8
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T h e f l q s h g u n : T h e R o l l e i lf o s h M i s f i t t e d i n t o Set the co mero os f ol lows :
the socket ot the left of the comero ond locked
i n p l o c e b y t u r n i n g . F o r f u r t h e r d e t o i l s s e e t h e l. Focus the finder imoge shorply ond reod off
R o l l e i f l o s hi n s t r u c t i o n s . the distonce from the distonce scole 2.
2. Find the required operture for this distonce
from the instructionleoflet of the flosh unit.
Setting the operture: Set the required operture 3 Set the required operture 3 with the wheel l.
o c c o r d i n g t o t h e s u b i e c t d i s t o n c e .T h e i n s t r u c - Once the imoge is focused, You moy find it t i o n l e o f l e t f o r t h e f l o s h b u l b w i l l i n d i c o t et h e more convenientto observe the subiect through
o p e r t u r e sn e e d e d l o r o n y g i v e n d i s t o n c e .U s e t h e f r o m e f i n d e r .
t h e f i g u r e s c o r r e s p o n d i n gt o t h e s p e e d o f y o u r
f i l n r c r n d t o o n e x p o s u r e t i r n e o f t l : o s e c o n d . Ihe f losh is f ired on pressingthe releosebutton.
Tok ing Time Exposures
F o r s u b l e c t si n p o o r l i g h t w h e r e f l o s h is not procticoble, set the comero to the green operture
s c ol e ( ' p o g e 2 ) . Y o u c o n n o w o d i u s t the operture (with the wheel | ) ond the exposure time
o c c o r d i n g t o t h e l i g h t c o n d i t i o n s .T h i s i s s u i t o b l e o n l y f o r s t o t i c s u b i e c t s ,o n d n e e d s o s o l i d
conrerosupport.
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Inserting Removing Inserting Fitting
the Film Mosk the FocusingHood the ScreenMosk the FromeFinderMosk
Using lf you fit the l6-exposure mosk set into the comero before looding, you
con utilize your roll of film more economicolly.Insteodof 12 exposuresSixfeen 2 t l r x 2 t / ^ i n c h e s ( 6 x 6 c m . ) y o u c o n n o w g e t 1 6 e x p o s u r e s 1 5 l a x 2 t l a
Exposures i n c h e s ( 4 x 5 . 5 c m . ) w h i c h o t t h e s o m e t i m e c o n t o i n t h e p o p u l o r s u p e r
slide (ls/ex lsla inches or 4 x 4 cm.) formot.
The film mosk ond screen mosk cover the full lsls x2tla inch (4 x 5.5 cm.)
picture oreo. The limits of the ls/ex lsle inch (4 x 4 cnr.) imoge ore
shown by cut-outs in the edge of the mosk. A seporote mosk is used
for eoch size on the frome finder.
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Insertingthe Film Mosk: At the A (outomotic)
Open the comero bock ond push the mosk - setting:
with the sprung edge first underneoth the
l o w e r e d g e I o f t h e f i l m o p e r t u r e o n d t h e n Correcf
u n d e r t h e u p p e r e d g e 2 . T h o t o u t o m o t i c o l l y
Automolicc h o n g e so v e r t h e f i l m c o u n t e r t o 1 6 e x p o s u r e s .
The mosk con be removed, if required, by Exposures
p r e s s i n gd o w n w o r d s o n d l i f t i n g o u t . with Filters
Inserling lhe Screen Mosk:
Pressdown the two cotches ot the side of the On rototing the f ilter, its correction volue
focusing hood, ond pull off the hood towords (engrovedon the mount)oppeorsin the window
t h e b o c k . F ond is thus coupledwith the outomoticexpo-
Grip the frome of the focusing screen 4 ot the sure control. Mount the filter in the boyonet
s i d e , p u l l b o c k , o n d s w i n g u p . ring of the lens ond turn to the right until the
Insertthe screen mosk 5 in the comero. indicotedfilter correctionclicks into ploce in
Fold down the focusing screen. the window F.
Ploce the hood over the screen, press down, Exomple:With the Rolleilight yellow filter (-l),
o n d p u s h f o r w o r d u n t i l i t e n g o g e s . set the correctionvolue to l, with the Rolleipol
f ilter (-0.5)set to 1.5.Fitting lhe Frome Finder Mosk
S l i d e t h e s t r o i g h t u p p e r e d g e u n d e r n e o t h t h e The Rolleinorond Rolleisoftlenses:
button 5, push the mosk ogoinst the front of With thesesupplementorylensesond soft focus
the hood, ond fix by pressing in the two ottochmentno exposureincreosels n€c€ssor!;
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Hints You Will Find Useful
The lmoge Alwoys focus on ihe most importonl port of the subiect: the
inlhe eyes in o portroit, or foreground figures in londscopes wiih
Focusing Hood humon interest.
G e t t h e m o i n s u b i e c t | o r g e i n i h e p i c t u r e , o n d l e o v e o u t i r r e -
I levonl surroundings.In other words, get close to your subiect!
Alwoys hold the comero level. Line up the horizontol ond verti-
col lines in the picture with the oid of the lines engroved on
the focusing screen.
Moving A lorge pointer movemeni is porticulorly suitoble for shots of I
Subiects moving subiects (running children, boll gomes, cors, sports, etc.).
With reolly fost oction subiects use the frome finder or Pento t
Prism ottochment.Follow the opprooching subiect in the finder
by swinging the comero, ond expose during the swing.
Subiects Toke color subiects by front light. The colors then oppeor ol
in Color their most brilliont. The ideol lighting is with the sun behind
you or slightly from one side. Overcost doylight mokes colors .xr
look softer.
Filt-in Flqsh Electronic flosh con olso be used to light up shodows when the
comero is set for outomotic operotion. This mokes color shots
ogoinst the light more luminous.As o rule of thum.bkeep obout
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12 or 14 feet from the subject. In cose of doubt moke o few test
exposures from differenl distonces to get on ideo of the most
fovoroble flosh distonce for your porticulor flosh gun.
The comero will olso fire floshes during time exposures- for
exomple to light up the foreground of night shots with long
exposure times.
To mount the comero on o tripod, screw it on to the iripod The Tripod
screw (which must not be longer thon 3/reinch or 45 mm.). The
Rolleifix tripod heqd mokes mounting much quicker ond more
convenient.
Most color films in generol use hove o speed of 40 to 100 ASA The Risht Filmv (17o-21oDIN). They ore porticulorly suitoble olso for the Rollei-
mogic ond fully utilize the outomotic exposure ronge.
Foster films ore suitoble moinly for moving subiects in poor
l i g h t o r i n o r t i f i c i o l l i g h t .
Whenever possible, use films of the some speed for block-
ond-white ond for color shots. Thot eliminotes chonging the
ASA-DIN setting on the comero (- poge 2).
'l-he
divisions of the ASA scole correspond to speed rotings ASA Rqtings
of 12 - 16 - 20 - 25 - 32 - 40 - 50 - 64 - 80 - 100 - 125 - 160 -
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Handy Rollef-mogic Accessories 'I
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Among the wide ronge of occessorilsovoiloblefor oll Rolleicomeros,the following l
itemsore porticulorlyrecommendedfor everydoyuse: j
iThe evereodycose.The non-slippod for the corrying strop. The leother cose with
lens hood* (olwoysodvisoble)ond two filiers*. Populorfilters for block-ond-white
shotsore the yellow* ond the oronge*filter to emphosizepictoriolcloud effects.For
color shotsthe H l* filter suppressesihe slightblue cost usuollyfound in londscope
shots.The Rolleipol*filter eliminotesdisturbingcotch-lightsond other reflections.
The Rolleisofi*soft-focusottochmentis porticulorlyuseful for portroits.For flosh
shots use the speciol RolleifloshM flosh gun (for bulbs)with corrying cose. In
odditionon extensionunit, the Rolleifloshcomb 2, is olso ovoiloblecompletewith
extensioncoble. The 16-exposuremosk set provides olternotivepicture sizes ond
greoter film economy.The Rolleifixtripod heod permits instont mountingon o
tripod. The PonoromoHeod focilitotesphotogrophyof brood vistos in individuol
sectionsfrom o tripod. As on oliernotiveto the focusinghood, the RolleiPentoPrism
permits eye-levelobservotionof the upright ond righi-woy-roundfinder imoge.
The use ond opplicotionsof oll these occessoriesore described in detoil in the
booklet "The ProcticolAccessories".
* With size II boyonel mount
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A Word on fhe Core of Your Comero
The Rollei-mogicoppreciotes coreful hondling ond will repoy it by relioble
operotion.
The lensescorry o hord cootingthot will stondup to normolcleoning.Similorly,the
silvered surfoce of the viewing mirror corries o scrotch-proofprotective loyer.
Nevertheless,these surfocesshould only be cleoned when obsolutelynecessory,
ond eventhen with greot core. Firstdust the lens,ihe focusingscreen,ond the view-
ing mirror with o soble brush.Thencleon off ony finger morkswith o soft linen or
chomois leother rog. Never touch the groined under-sideof the focusing screen
with the fingers, use only the soble brush. Never wipe off condensotionon the
lenseson coming into o worm roomi let it evoporoteon its own.
Moisture,dust, sond, exposureto strong sunlight,ond hord knockscon horm even
o precisioncomero. So use the evereody cose for proieciion, corry the comero
round your neck,ond find o cushionedspot for it in your cor. ln brief: treot your
Rollei-mogicwell.
Finolly,Fronke& Heideckein Brunswickore olwoys interestedin the further well-
being of your comero.lf you should ever come ocrossspecioltechnicolqueries
when using it, the customerserviceof the monufoctureror of his ogenciesobrood
is olwoysot your disposol.
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