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eqripped    with the "high-efficien cy"  Schneider
Xenotor  f :2.8  lens fhe Rolleiflex 2.8 C offers q
new ond higher degree of photo grophic perform-
once. Io the olready  well known clnd distincfive
conyeniences of the Automolic Rolleiflex ore now
qdded new consfrucfionol features, designed fo
meef fhe most exocfing  professionol demqnds.
Truly, tr new Rollei leoder hos orriyed.

fhe following poges confoin a fully defqiled  de-
scriplion,  with  illustrqtions, of the operofion  of
the come ra. A  csreful  reoding should serve fo
speed fhe new Rollei owner on his way to ocquir-
ing on eosy proficien cy in fhe proctical use of his
comero. Helpful rules ond hints ore olso included.

We hope fhqt  fhis book  will serve to help open
new poths so thof the msny  possibilities of the
Rolfeiflex 2.8 C moy be eosily and fully explored.


     F R A N K E   & H E I D E C K E
       B R A U N S C H W E I G
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TO TOCATE THE MOST IMPORTANTPARAGRAPHSQUICKTY

Poge:                           P o g e :                             Poge:
 6    l. A Brief Rolleiflex-Anolomy       28   lll. looding  qnd Film            49  Plonts
                                            Tronsporl                        49  Color Pictures       Automotic                 Film Tronsportl0  The                                                                                    Multiple                                                                               Exposures                                      Bock                                28                                                                                          ry          n ism   Mecho                                                                                                  5l                                                                         Ponoio,mos                                 30                                            lnserting the Film Spool
                                                                                                  5l   Rollei'qrid Lens12   f l. Rolleiflex?,S C in Operqtion    n  Threod the Film Leoder
lZ  Ever Reody Cose               32  Film Tronsport                   525l  CoreMicrdPhotogrophyof Comero
12 Neck Strop                    35  lV. Floshlighf Technique          52  In Cose of Domoge to the
12 Lens Cop                      38  Flosh Photogrophy Tips             Co mero
    Holding the14             Cqmero            40 V. Tips on Picture-Toking16    Focusing           Hood                                                                           Tobles:
16  Focusing Mognifier             40 Londscopes
17  Direct View Finder             42  Poriroits                            2l  Depth of Field
l8  Focusing                    43 Children                     23 Speed of Moving  Obiects
l8  Diophrogm                   43 Animols                           ond Shutter Speed                         U  Snopshots                    36  Flosh-contoct ond Shutter19 Depth of Field                               45 Sports                           Speed
24  Shutter ond Shutter Releose     46 Theotreond Music-Holl         52 Speed of Emulsions
26  Self-Timer                    46 Nioht                        53  Procticol Accessories
26  Exposure                     47 CoFying                      54  Rollei Filters
27  Film Reminder                48 ReflectingSurfoces             55  Rolleinors


        This Rolleiflex instruction book  offers you the bosic informotion necessory fo'r the use of the
       comero. Procticol motters of technique ore odequotely discussed, usuolly in the form  of concise
         tips covering the most importont phoses of picture toking. Eosy to use,-highly informotive tob'les
        ore olso included. lt will therefore remoin o source of informotion of permonenl volue to you.
        lmportont:  Before ottempting  to use or hondle the comero we  urge  you  fo  reqd  corefulty
                                        pqges 12, 16, A  ond 28.
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I. A BRIEFROLLEIFLEX-ANATOMY


The Automotic  Rolleiflex  is o comero chorocterized
obove  oll by two speciol design feotures: the  rigid
construction of the twin lens reflex ond the outomotic
film tronsport mechonism. These technicol odvontoges
do not form merely o bosis for very high performonce
but  ot  the some time contribute moteriolly to  the
simplicity ond eose of  use for which the  Rollei  is
iustly fomous.
 It tokes but o glonce of the construction of the comero
to  recognize the  simple elements of   its  procticol
operotion.

Consfruction of fhe Twin lens Reflex
In the Rolleiflex two seporote comeros ore ioined in
o twin-comero with o common sturdy die-cost body:
the bottom holf  is the
loking-comerq, in which the film  is exposed, ond the
upper holf is the
viewing-comerq, which is designed on the mirror-reflex
principle.  lts speciol iosk  is  to moke the focusing
visible on the ground gloss ond to supply o control
imoge essentiolly similqr to  thot  of the prospective
picture.
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The imoge forming roys ore tronsmitted by the fully
open viewing lens, proiected on to the ground gloss
screen vio the mirror ond the result is o right-side-up,
but  loterolly reversed ground  gloss imoge,  in  the
full size of the originol picture. This viewing imoge
is visible ot oll times ond every detoil of composition
ond froming moy be wotched even during exposure.
The ground gloss screen is ruled with o number of
verticol ond  horizontol  lines moking   it  possible to
detect errors, such os lines which converge but should
be porollel or o slonting horizon, in time to notice
ond  correct them.   lt  is eosy to  stroighten or  level
the comero by meons of  the  lines on  the ground
gloss screen.
Above  oll,  the  ground  gloss screen provides the
meons for focusing the cqmero. This is occomplished
by  rototing the focusing knob. Both lenses, which
ore inflexibly coupled to eoch other by meons of o
sturdy common  front  plote,  ore  thereby odiusted
simultoneously: o  shorp viewing  imoge  therefore
guoronteeson equolly shorp picture. Since the Rollei-
flex  is equipped with  o  fost viewing  lens ond on
opticolly prepored ground gloss screen, the viewing
imoge  is extremely bright ond  cleor ond  focusing
con be done very criticolly.
The focusing hood, which  is designed for one-hond
operotion is kept in both open qnd clesed positions
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mognifier,  odiusto,ble to  the  individuol  eye-sight.
It offers ot opproximotely 2.5 times mognificotio,n of
the entire ground gloss imoge, o  still more precise
meons for focusing the comero.

lf  the front  ponel  of  the focusing hood  is pushed
inword,   it  is tronsformed  into  o  direcl view  finder
through which the subiect moy be seen in  nofurol
size moking  it porticulorly eosy to follow fost oction.
In this cose it is still possible of oll times to mointqin
control over focus: this is mode possible by meons of
o second,qdiustqble mognifier in the bock of the focus-
ing hood, ond o diogonolly mounted mirror. A slight
roising or  lowering  of  the  Rolleiflex is  oll  thot  is
required to olternote between the right-side-up open
view  in  the  direct  finder, ond  the  reversed center
portion of the ground gloss focusing imoge. The foct
thot  the two  finder openings ore  locoted so close
together, enobtes quick froming  of the subiect ofter
focusing. The usefulness of  the  open  direct  view
finder  is thereby enhqnced for  sports pictures.

Focusing the front  lens ponel throughout the ronge
from  oo  (infinity)    40 inches (distonces meosured
from the focol  or  film plone to  the subiect) is oc-
complished by one  full  turn  of  the focusing knob.
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The speciol design of the focusing mechonism (o com-
 drive bosed on the principle of the orchimedic spirol)
 insures uniform movement of the lens ponel in both
 directions without ploy or bocklosh.

 Tied in with the movement of the lenses is o simple
 sliding mechonism, locoted beneoth the ground gloss,
 providing completely outomotic porollox compenso-
 lion. Consequently,the finol picture is olwoys fromed
 exoctly os  originolly viewed on  the  ground  gloss
 screen. Similorly complete control  is hod even when
 using supplementory Rolleinor lenses for  close-up
 work becouse of the Rolleipor which is built into the
 Heidosmot-Rolleinor.

 Diophrogm  openings ond  shutler speeds ore  regu-
 loted by smoll knurled wheels on  the front ponel
 while observing the scoles in the single window  ot
 the top. Involuntory movement of the control wheels
 is prevented by the outomotic orresting slide. Thus,
 oll  monipulortionstoke ploce with  the comero  in
operoting position qnd ore  eosily checked with  but
o s i n g l e g l o n c e .

Since the two  lenses ore  of  identicol focol  length
 (f -80  mm)  it  follows  thot the imoge  in  both  sec-
tions of the comero will olwoys be criticolly focused
on the some portion  of  the subiect simultoneously.
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    The Xenotor   f  : 2.8  is o  five gloss construction with   The Automotic Film fronsporf
     two  cemented elements  (modified  Gouss-type) ond   Mechonism
     feolures outstonding correction for  block ond white                                                     The conslqni  reodiness of  the  Rolleiflex, o  noturol
    ond  color  pictures, while  the  viewing-Heidosmot                                                                   result of  its odvontogeous lwin-lens design, is further
          f  : 2.8 lens meets with  the speciol requiremenls for                                                    enhonced by the outomotic film tronsport mechonism.
      criticol ground gloss screen focusing. Both lenses ore   The quick octing cronk coupled wiih  on outomotic
     ireoted with  obrosion  resistont cooting. The boyonet    geor  mechonism performs five  importont  functions
     receptocles circling  the mounts qre  intended  for     with eoch pendulum swing;
     ottoching fhe lens hood ond supplemeniory opticol                                                                                                                                                         'l
     occessories, which  in  ihis woy   will  be  held  in                   . Advonces film  to next frome
     opticolly correct position ond form o solid unit with          2. Advonces film frome counter
     lhe comero.                                                          3. Tensions the shutter
                                                                               4. Releoses shuiter lock    The removoble combinotion  bqck  is ottoched to  the
    comero by meons of two hinges with outomotic lock         5. Engoges film lock.
    ond ot the bottom  it contoins the tripod socket ond    The shutter releose ond film odvonce cronk ore locked
     the  sofety bock  lock.  lts  odoptobility   for  the two    ond unlocked olternotely, thereby oftering full  insu.
      picture sizes 21/aX21/+", and 24 X 36 mm  is the result    ronce ogoinst double exposures or skipped fromes.
      of  the odiustoble film pressure plote which con be
             '120                                           For intentionol double exposures the cronk must be     set for      (B ll8)-film  (with poper bocking), or  for
                                                         unlocked ot lhe cronk boser Turning the cronk o  full    35 mm  film  (without poper bocking) when used in
                                                                      tu rn  to the  left cocks the shutter ogoin witho,ut
     coniunction with the Rolleikin 2 C ottochment. In both                                                        odvoncing the film.
     coses q  film  chonnel  is creoted  with  o  width  ihot
     corresponds to the thickness of the fflm being used.    Automotic stops limit fhe extenl of cronk swing. With
    Thus the film con be properly held in the focol plone,    the increosing thickness of  the film on the toke-up
     ond  olso con  slide through without undue friction    spool  the cro,nk swing decreoses from  3rt of  s  turn
    when odvonced.                                                  in the beginning to  lust under l12 'turn ot the end
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of the  roll. Thus the film  is olwoys odvonced exoctly
 one full frome.
 In oddition to this, eoch swing of the cronk outomoti-
 colly brings up ihe next number in the film counter
 window.
 The position'ing of the film so thot the first frome  is
 correctly ploced olso  is occomplished outomoticolty.
 After  inserting the  full  film  spool  in  the  bottom
chomber, the poper leoder must be possed through
 the  two  feeler  rollers  ond drown up on  to  the
empty toke-up spool. The feeler  roilers  will  ollow
uninterrupted possoge of  the  thin  bocking  poper.
only when the increosedthickness(ot the point where
film ioins poper) goes through the rollers, does the
outomotic tripping mechonism oilow  the counter to
go  into oction. The cronk continues briefly ond then
stops, firmly  -   the film hos reoched the position for
e x p o s u r eN o . l . T h e p r e s s u r e  o f   t h e   r o l l e r s
 i s    r e l e o s e d            i m m e d i o t e t y      o f t e r        t h e
p o s s o g e    o f     t h e     f  i l m ' s   b " g i n n i n g      s o
thot the rest of the  rotl will  slip through freely.

After  the  twelfth  exposure, the counter mechonism
outomoticolly disengoges ond the cronk turns freery,
permitting the complete winding  up   of  the  fully
exposed film.
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       Holding fhe Co mero                                 ing  (l).  In this position diophrogm ond shutter con-
                                                                               trols moy be operoted comfortobly with two fingers.
         Bosic rule: comero honging oround the neck with
          tout strop ond the comero held firmly by both honds.   The Ccrrying  Slrop  is odiusted  to  o  comfortoble
                                                                    length, so thot the comero moy be corried on  the
        The right hond grosps  the comero  ot  the bottom,
                                                              shoulder when not  in use. In order thot the shutter
          the index finger on  the shutter releose, the thumb                                                    moy be  releo'sed with  tout  strop  to  ovoid comeno
         supporting the uplifted cronk (quick hondling of the   movement, loop  the  strop oround  the  right  hond,
           film tronsport: p.34). The left hond does the focus-    th us  shortening     it   to  ochieve  normo I  viewing

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distonce (2). Further shortening of  the  strop when    Woist-level or eye-level positions for the comero ore
using the mognifier con eosily be effected by moking    considered normol  for most pictures. The extremely
use of the  left hond in the some woy  (3).                flexible Rollei, however, reodily  permits exposures
Coulion:  o  wrong   or  uncomfortoble "grip"  moy     of  or  neor  floor  level, overheod, shooting  stroight
couse you  to   lift  inodvertently the honging top  of    up or down, ond occosionolly,surprisesnops "oround
the evereody cose.                                        the corner". The illustrotions (4-7) show o few possi-
 In order to ossure solid contoct when working with     bilities for such pictures with the comero  in different
o tripod, do not use the ever reody cose.               positions.
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Focusing Hood                             Focusing Mognifier
To Open:   lift the  reor edge  of  the focusing hood   To Rqise:  pull  releose lever in  the open focusing
cover -  Spring tension keeps it open  (l).             hood upwords     the mognifier springs into posi-
To Close: pull bock focusing hood  (2).                    tion (3).
                                                 To Lower (before closing the focusing hood): push
   The push-button ot the reor of the focusing      down mognifier flop by pressure on the side of the
   hood  serves to  hold  the  Rolleikin ground       frome until  it snops into position (4).
    gloss screen mosk or  the  Rolleigrid lens.      Use of  the  Magnifier:  use the mognifier os close
                                                                  to the eye os possible.
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Direcf View Finder                           Focusing Mognifiers for Added Convenience
To Open (ofter roising the mognifier): push the direct      Both mognifiers con olso be
view finder flop inwords until  it snops into ploce (5).      focused  by  persons  with
To Close:  depress mognifier  flop  slightly     the       foulty   eye-sight,  but   not                                                          w€o'rihg glosses by  tilting
direct view finder ponel immediotely returns to normol       mognifiers out of their nor-
position (5).                                         mol position: grosp mogni-
The subiect is viewed ot eye-level through the direct        fier ot he sides, lift ond fo-
view finder ond focusing moy be checked by meons      cus criticolly on the ground                                                          gloss screen lines.of the second mognifier.
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                                        The Diophrogm
                ,,o,o9,,s,s,,s*s,,
                                                 The diophrogm controls the omount of  light possing
                                                        through the lens. lt hos o double effect:

                                                                          Stopping down
                                                                                                                                                                        i n c r e o s e s       t h e d e p t h o f  f i e l d o n d
                                                                                                             r e d u c e s       t h e e f f e c t i v eo m o u n t o f   l i g h t

                                                          Therefore  the  exposure must be  increosed corres'              I
                                                    ponding ly   ot  smolter  diophrogm  openings. The
                                                             following  toble  gives the  rotio  of exposure ot  the
                                                                 different openings:                                                                                                      i

  Focusing                                   Diophrogm   2,8  4  5.6  8   1l  16  72
   Focus the  Rolleiflex by  turning  the focusing knob,     E x p o s u r e 1 2 4 8 1 6 3 2 6 4 -
    of  the some time  criticolly observing the shorpness
    of the ground gloss screen imoge. The footoge scole    Notice  thot eoch succeeding smoller stop  requires
   serves olso  to  indicote the depth  of  field, o motter    exoctly double the exposure of the preceeding one'
   which need not concern you too much of  first.        The diophrogm scole itself is eo,silyseen, block figures,
   The mognifier focilitotes the most criticol focusing.     in the peep window obove the viewing lens. The dot
    lmportont:                                             before  t 222 indicotes the position for   f :'16.
       Focus so thot the greotest degree of shorpness        Setting the Diophrogm: turn the smoll knurled wheel
              prevoils of moin subiect distonce.             while depressing the orresting slide simultoneously.

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Depfh of Field
 Most   picture   subiects  require   thot   occeptoble
shorpness extend somewhot before ond  behind  the
exoct distonce focused on. Londscopes, for  instonce,
require  consideroble  "depth  of  field". Two  foctors
influence the  extent  of  the shorp zone:  distonce
octuolly focused on ond diophrogm opening.
 ln  controst to  close-up focusing the shorp zone  is
mony times greoter when  the  lens  is focused on
 l o n g   d i s t o D C € :

            l. The depth of field increoses with the
                   toking distonce.

In ony cose, however, the shorp zone of the picture
m o y  b e     i n c r e o s e d c o n s i d e r o b l yb y  s t o p p i n g
d o w n      t h e d i o p h r o g f f i :                      Depfh of Field Scole
        2. The depth  of  field  increoses when        On ond  next to  the focusing knob two scoles ore
                  stopping down.                          visible: the  movoble  focusing  scole  with  figur,es
                                                            indicoiing feet ond the fixed depth of field scote with
As  o  procticol  rule  the second olternotive  is  pre-    the diophrogm volues. The diophrogm stops 4_22 ore
feroble  ond  only   in emergency coses should the    orronged in poirs symmetricolly on both sides of the
toking  distonce be  increosed becouse  of   loss  in    centrol focusing point !    . The 5,6 positions ore  in-
imoge size.                                              dicoted by dots.
The extent of the depth of  field ot ony distonce moy    The center of eoch footoge figure indicotes the correct
be reod off on the focusing knob.                         setting for  thot  distonce.
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ln Procfice
After focusing, the neor ond  for  limits of the depth
 of field moy be reod off directly below the line morks
indicoting the diophrogm opening chosen.

  The section of the footoge scole brocketed between
   the mqrks representing the identicol diophrogm
   opening indicotes the exoct zone of shorp focus.


I. Exomple:  focusing   to   12 ft   with  diophrogm
opening 8 gives o depth of field l0ft  to l5ft. Focusing
to 12 ft with diophrogm opening  t  , 22 gives on the
other hond o depth of field from 7,5Ft to 40ft. opprox.
(Stopping down improves the depth  of  field !)
Consideroble  stopping  down   necessitotes greotly
increosed exposure time. To  obtoin  depth  of  field
with  the  lorgest possible diophrogm  opening,  o
different method of focusing must be employed:
 2. Exomple:  the  subiect  requires shorpness from
8 ft  to  l5 ft.  (Other distonces, if unknown, con be
reod  directly  oft the scole ofter focusing seporotely
to the limits required.) Procedure: the focusing knob
is turned  until  both  footoge  volues  ore  locoted
o p p o s i t ei d e n t i c o l d i o p h r o g m    o p e n i n g s o, n d   i n
t h i s w o y    t h e m o s t       f o v o r o b l e      d i o p h r o g m
opening is obtoined, in this cose f  : ll.
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Since the  shorp zone  in ?he picture does  not end     ln  order  to  obtoin  o  correci  perspective impression
obruptly,  but  groduolly chonges to  something less    of  10"  (o  comfortoble viewing  disionce) o  whole
shorp,   it  is generolly  sufficient  lo  reod  ihe  depih     Rollei negotive would hove lo be enlorged 3.1 X to
of field in round figures. With  this in mind the scole    7tleX71 la". Enlorgements of  this size, viewed ot 10",
on the focusing knob hqs been colibroted for quick   deiermine  the  bosis  for  the  minimum  occeptoble
ond procticol use,                                    shorpness. With  this  in mind the size of  the circle
                                                                  of  confusion  is  computed ond  the  limits  of  the          ,,1
 lf exoct figures ore desired, fhese moy be found  in    depth  of  field oscertoined. Negotives mode  in  this       a
the toble on poge 21.                            woy  will  permit enlorgements olso  to  lorger sizes,
                                                         while still retoining the some impression of shorpness.
                                                        This is becouse the viewing distqnce is olwoys cor-
fhe Depfh of Field loble                          respondingly increosed.
For normol use the u p p e r  of  the double row  of    With enlorgements from porlions of  Rollei negotives
diophrogm figures is used os  in the cose when on     or  from  Rolleikin negotives, the  requirements wilh
enlorgement is  to  be mode  loler  from  the  entire   regord  to shorpness ore more criticol.  ln  lhis cose
21/a,x2%, negotive. (These diophrogm openings ore    depth of  field is colculoted using o smoller circle of
bosed on  o  circle  of  confusion  of  1/1400 of  the    confusion.  In  procticol use ihe  required depth  is
focol length.)                                         obtoined through  lhe use of  o  smoller diophrogm
                                                        o p e n in g .
On the other hond  if enlorgements ore to be mode
                                                                                                                                           itself                                                                                                 the comero                                                                                 on                                              (or                                                                                    scole                                                                                         of                                                                                  the                                               Rolleikin                                                 The                                                                effectiveness                portion                              negotive                           of  ihe      o  smollfrom                                                                                                     by      t                                                                                            merely                                                                           monner                                                                                              in                                                                                 the                                                                  some                                                                                  I o w                                              e r row                                                        be extended                                by the                                            moy                 odvisoble                                  lo go negolives),                      it  is
 of diophrogm openings (circle of confusion :fpm).       using the next smoller diophrogm opening thon the
                                                 one indicoted for the desired zone.
 Explonolion:  the degree  of shorpness required from
o  negotive is exclusively dependent on the mognifi-       lf enlorgements of  very greot  size ore  io  be mode
cotion of the prospeclive enlorgement ond  its subse-   use o  diophrogm opening two  stops smoller lhon
quent viewing distonce.                                  the one indicoted.
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                     Tripod Pictures:                           Hond-HeldPictures:
        Time Exposure        I        Slow Speeds                            Fost Speeds
                               1 1 2     l l s       I / l 0          1l2s   l/5O    l/100  11250  l/500sec.

    Shuffer ond Shutter Releose
    The  Synchro - Compur-shutter  is  q  between-the-lens   The  shutter releose  is sofeguorded  by  on  upword
     shutter ond operoles with the obove mentioned speeds.   movement of  the swinging releose guord ond  un-
     l/50th sec. stonds os lhe most commonly used iinston'    locked by o downword movement. When  lhe releose
    toneous shutter speed with  little  risk  of comero mo-    button  is pushed down lhe shutier opens only  ofter                                                  'li25th
    vement. Shutter speeds longer thon        sec. ore  in    overcoming  o  slight  but  distinct  resistonce. The
    generol possible only  with  o  tripod. Avoiding  un-    depressed releose button con olso be locked in  this
    shorpness due lo movement: see toble p.23.            position for  long time exposures. -  A cqble releqse
    The shutter speed volues oppeor  in the peep window    moy  be screwed  into  the  releose button  ond  con
    os  r e d figures -  reod lhem os denominotors of the    be used whether the releose is locked or  not.
     froction  volues,   i.  e. 25 -  l/25th  sec.  Intermediote
    speeds moy be set of ony points between  I  sec. ond    The cqmero moy be ottoched to o  tripod  by meons
      l/l0th  sec. ond between 1/25th ond  l250lth sec. Due     of the threoded socket on the bottom. C o u t io n  r
     to  o  supplementory spring, odded  resistonce will     the length of the tripod screw must not exceed 3/.|6".    be felt when setling to l/500th sec. The shutter should        lf  longer, employ  o  wosher  or  spocer  to  ovoid      i,f
    be set to or chonged from this highest speed b e f o  r e   domoge  to  comero.  For comerqs  with  continentol
     c o c k i n g    b y m e o n s o f c r o n k o c t i o n .                  lripod sockets o reducing bushing is ovoiloble.


                                                                             l / 5 00 ih se c. -  se t sp e e d first      -   th e n   co,ckshutter !


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Setting the  shutter speed: turn  the  smoll, knurled    Instonlqneous Exposures: unlock releose button ond
wheel while  depressing the  orresting slide simul-   depress it gently until  it stops (2).
toneously.                                         Time Exposures: set shutter to  oB", unlock releose,
Cocking the shutter w  it h the film tronsport: outo-    push  it  in, ond keep  it depressed for  the durotion
moticolly through cronk oction (poge 32).                  of  the  exposure. For exposures free  from  comero
Cocking w  it h o u t  film tronsport (for double expo-   movement: use q coble releose!
sures, possible only when cqmero is looded;  if plote    Long Time  Exposures: set  shutter  to  "8",  depress
odopter is used: cock shutter in the usuol woy): turn    releose button slightly (without opening the shutter!)
releqse ring  of  cronk bose os indicoted by  orrow,    ond  lock  it  in  this position (3o). Exposurer depress
t h e n t u r n c r o n k o n e c o m p l e t e         l e f t r e v o l u t i o nu n t i l    releose completely (3b). Releqse sofety guord  to  ter-
it stops (l).                                            minote the exposure (3c).
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                                              fhe Exposure
                                                  The  correct  exposure   is  dependent  upon  existing
                                                             illuminotion  (more  exoctly:  subiect brightness) ond
                                                              results from  the selection of  the proper diophrogm
                                                     opening ond shutter speed. Consequently the following
                                                          relotionship exists:
                                                         Depth of Field            SubiectSubiect MovementMovement
                                                                   Brightness





                                                      With  the  Rolleiflex, vorious  settings of  diophrogm
                                                     openings ond speeds moy be combined os required
Self-Timer                                                     for  normol  picture-toking. Only  under  unfovoroble
With  cocked  self-timer the  shutter opens  opproxi-    shooting conditions ore  these possibilities limited,
motely l0 seconds ofter  it hos been releosed. With    so thot o compromise solution is sometimes necessory.
the  exception  of  B ond  l/500 seconds  oll  shutter    Nevertheless the  following  must be  kept  in  mind:
speeds from   I  to   I l2filh seconds moy be used.         under-exposure  results  in  hopelessly  lost  shodow
Operotion  of  Self-Timer (when  shutter  is  cocked)'     detoil, whereos over-exposure moy be compensoted
cock self-timer lever until   it stops (l), then releose.    for to o greot extent by proper processing.
                                               A golden  rule for sofe exposUre:  The shutter ond  self-timer moy be  left cocked
  even when the comero  is  loid owoy  for  short
   periods of  time without weokening the power         Alwoys expose  for  the shodows,  rother  o  bit
   of  the  springs.                                             more thon  too   little !
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The Exposure loble

The toble on  the bock  of  the comero  is bosed on
the speeds of the two most commonly used types of
film:  the upper scole  is used with  films  roted  ot
100 ASA  (21110" DIN), ond the  lower scote  is used
with film roted ot 50 ASA (l8il0o DIN). Conversion of
the toble for use with other film speeds is possible,
if   it  is remembered thot  holf  the ASA  roting  (or
minus 3/l0o DIN) meons thot  double  the exposure
 is required (see poge  52).

For  the  fwo  months  immediotety  brocketing  the
summer months o  r   if  the sun  is lower  in  the sky                                                                                                                                                                                                                            :t///t/////.//////////2
o  r    if  the  sky  is  overcost, double  the  indicoted
exposure. lf more thon one of these conditions prevoil,                                            Film Reminder in Focusing Knobdouble the exposure for eoch   foctor.
                                                                  In order to know with which film moteriol the com-
Exposure            in             the wintertime                         oround                                  noon:                                            with                                       snow                                                        ero wos  lost looded two  odiustoble discs, locoted-   use the          normol                                                                                    -                 volues of the                                  toble,                                     without                                     snow
multiply exposure by 4.                                           in the front  port  of  the focusing knob, ore  rototed
                                                      by meons of o com  in the center:  if turned to the
The  toble,  olthough  not  olwoys  exoct, hos  never-    right   (l)    ir  indicores rhe  speeds 8  to  160 ASA
theless proved  itself so good  thot serious exposure
                                                             (10/l0o  ro  23l1ooDIN),    if  rurned  to  rhe   left  12)errors ore  generolly  ovoided.  In  difficult coses or
 for greotest occurecy,  it  is odvisobte to use o photo-        it indicotes the film types Ortho, Pon, Color doylight
 electric exposure meter.                                            filnr ff  ond Color  ortificiol lighr film fi.
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