Franke & Heidecke Rollei Magic User manual

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Picture Toking
with
ROLLEI

Betore the First Shof :
. The ASA
(orDIN)SPeed
Settins
springoutogoinfullY.
This
setting
remoins unchonged
os
long
os
you
use
films
of
the
s
o
me
speed
(- poge
l3).
The
A (Automqtic)
Setting
Press
the
locking
button
2 ondturn
the
wheel 3 to A. (This
olso serves
for
setting
the comero
for flosh or time
exposures
-* poges
8 ond9.)
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Reody fo Shoof:
lf you see
tlre
pointer:
shoot
!
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Getthe
finder
imoge
shorp
Unfoldthecronk,
turn
it forword
os
foros
it will
go,
ond
bock
ogoin
untilitlocks.
- The
Rollei-mogic
isreody
for thenext
shof.
Alter Every Shof :

fhe Evereody Cose
Removing
ond lnserting
lhe Comerq:
Unfold
thecrqnk.
Pullup both lotchesI on thecorrying
strop,
push
the
sides
of the
cose
oport,ond lift out thecomero
fronr
the front. When inserting
the comero,
first push the cronk
through its opening.
Then lock the sides
of the cose
to the
conrero
with the lotch l
Detoching
the Front
(if required):
Press
down the clip 2.
To ottoch
the f
ront,
hook it intothe
hingeond close
thecose.
The Corrying Strop
To ottoch; Pressdown sof
ety blodes
on
strop holder with knob ot end of strop
ond slide
upword.
To rernove:
Presssofety
blodes
withf
ingernoil
ond slide
knob
out.
The corrying strop remoinsottoched
to
thecomero
even
when using
the evereody
cose.
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Opening
the Hood
Closing
the
Hood
lf
you
weor
spectocles,
Focusin g Made Eosy
The
Mognifier:
Gripthe
top
edge
of thehood
with
two frngers
ond slightly press
the
flop 4 inwcrrds.
The mognifier
spilngs
up.
Closing
the Hood:
Push
down the mogn
if
ier lens S,
ond push the sides of the hood
inwords
6 to fold dowrr.
The
Frome
Finder:
Push
in the
flop 7 untilit engoges.
To close
the frome finder,
slightly
press
the
side
of the
hood
inwords
6.
Roising
the
Mognifier
The
Frome
Finder
suil
your
eyesight.
your
photo
deoler
con
chonge
the
mognif
ier
to

t,oodin ! 2t
lt x 2tI
t" Rof f Film
Opening
the Comero:
Push
the lotch
I in the
direction
of the
orrow,
pull up
the
locking
lever
2,ond
pull
open
the
bock'
Inserting
the Film
SPool:
Press
thekeys
3 ond 4 of the
side,
ond insert
the
spool
from
the
right.
The
empty
spool*
goesinthe
upper
spool
chomber
(olreody
in plocein o newcomero),
ond the
full
spool
goes
in the
lower
chomber.
Threoding
the Film:
Breok
ond
remove
the
gummedseol.
Pull
off
the
bocking
poper
up to the
empty
spool,
ond push
it in the
spool
slit.
Turn
the cronk
to wind up the beginning
of the
bocking
poper
evenly
on the
toke-up
spool.
Keep
wind-
ing until two triongulor
morks
printed
on the poper
reoch
ther LI"SIoPI \
Closing
lhe Comerq:
Push
thebock
ogoinst
the body,
fold down the lever
2
os
foros
itwill
go,
ond
swing
bock
the
lotch
l'
Setting
the Film
for the Firsl
Exposure:
Keep
iurning
the
cronk
6 round
ond
round
until
it locks,
then
swing
it bock
ogoin
os
for os
it will go.This
locks
' Theslotted
end of thespool
must
foceto the
right (to engoge
the film tronsport
shoft)'
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the
cronkondodvoncesthefilm
counter7from0 to I -
the
Rollei-mogic
isreody
to shoot!
Double
exposures
ond blonksore eliminoted. You
con
only
work thecronkogoin
ofterexposing
(* poge
3).
A simple rule:
turn
cronk
if it con
be turned
- forword
ond
bock
tolock.
lf itislocked
comero
isreody
for
shot.
Thecronk need not be folded down ofter eoch shot
when
shooting
in ropid
sequence.
Unloading the Csmerrr
Afterthetwelfth
exposurethefilmis
finished.
The
sign
' now
oppeors
in
thefilm
counter.
Wind up the
endof the bocking
poper
by turning the
cronk
through s.
Openthe
comerobock
inthe
shode.
P the
sideondpull
outthe
film spoolfrom the left. Fold underthe end of the
bocking
poper,
ond seol it. Wrop up the film in its
originol
pocking,
reody
for processing.
Aftertronsferring
theempty
spool
into
the upperfilm
chomber,
you
con
lood
thenext
film.

foking Ffosh Shofs
With theRollei-nrogic
you
con
toke
pictures
oll thetime.
lf themeter
pointer
is invisible,
switchover
to the flosh
ronge.
You
con thentoke snopshots
with flosh
bulbsor.
electronic
flosh
even
in dork rooms.
For
flosh
shotsset
thecomero
fronr
A (outonrotic)
to the
red operture
scole
( ' poge
2).
.)
+l
Green roflg€:
Timeexposures Automolic Red
ronge,
Flosh
exposures
A
Fortime
exposures
in poor
light
(stotic
subiects)
with
the
comero
on o tripod
- poge
9
setting
for qll
hond-heldexposures
ingood
lisht
' poge
3
For
hond-heldsnopshots
of moving
subiects
in
poor light
- poge
8
q2
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The
flqsh
gun: The RolleifloshM is f
itted into
the
socket
ot the left of the comeroond locked
in ploce
by turning.
For
further
detoilssee
the
Rolleiflosh
instructions.
Setting
the operture:
Set
the required operture
occording
to the subiectdistonce.
The instruc-
tionleofletfor thefloshbulb
will indicotethe
operturesneededlor ony given distonce.Use
thef
igures
corresponding
to the
speedof your
filnr
crndto on exposuretirne
of tl:o second.
Setthe co
mero os f
ol
lows
:
l. Focus
thefinder imoge shorply
ond reod off
thedistonce
from the distonce scole
2.
2. Find the required
operture
for this distonce
from the instruction
leoflet
of the flosh unit.
3 Set
the requiredoperture
3 with thewheel
l.
Once the imoge is focused,
You moy find it
more
convenient
to observe
thesubiect
through
the
frome
finder.
Ihe f losh
is
f
ired
on pressing
the
releose
button.
Tok ing Time Exposures
For
sublects
in poor light
where
flosh
sco
le ( ' poge 2).You co
n now od
iust
occording
to the light conditions.
This
conrerosupport.
Depress
lhe releose
for the durotion
of
is not procticoble,
set the comero to the green operture
the operture (with the wheel |
) ond the exposure
time
is suitoble
only for stoticsubiects,
ond needs
o solid
the exposure,or usecoble releose
in socket
4 with locl<.

Inserting
the
Film
Mosk
Using
Sixfeen
Exposures
Removing
the
Focusing
Hood Inserting
theScreen
Mosk Fitting
the
Frome
Finder
Mosk
lf you fit the l6-exposure
mosksetinto the comero before looding,
you
conutilize
your roll of film more economicolly.
Insteodof 12
exposures
2tlrx2t/^ inches
(6x6cm.) you con now get 16 exposures
15lax2tla
inches
(4x
5.5cm.)
which
ot the some
time
contoin
the populor
super
slide (ls/e
x lslainchesor 4
x 4 cm.)
formot.
The
film mosk
ond screen
moskcover
the
full lslsx2tla
inch
(4
x 5.5cm.)
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 eochsize on the frome finder.
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Inserting
the Film Mosk:
Open the comero bock ond push the mosk -
with the sprung edge first underneoth
the
lower edge I of the film operture
ond then
under the upper edge 2. Thot outomoticolly
chonges
over the f
ilm counter
to 16
exposures.
The mosk con be removed, if required, by
pressing
downwords
ond lifting out.
Inserling
lhe Screen
Mosk:
Pressdown the two cotches
ot the side of the
focusinghood, ond pull off the hood towords
the
bock.
Grip the frome of the focusing
screen
4 ot the
side,
pull bock,ond swingup.
Insert
the screen mosk
5 in the comero.
Fold
down thefocusingscreen.
Plocethe hood over the screen,
press down,
ond
push
forword
until
it engoges.
Fitting
lhe FromeFinderMosk
Slide
the stroightupper edge underneoththe
button 5, push the mosk ogoinst the front of
the hood, ond fix by pressing in the two
buttons
7.
At the A (outomotic)
setting:
Correcf
Automolic
Exposures
with Filters
On rototing the filter, its correction
volue
(engroved
on
the
mount)
oppeors
in
the
window
F
ond isthuscoupled
withthe
outomotic
expo-
sure
control.
Mount the filter in the boyonet
ringof the
lens
ondturn
to the
right
until
the
indicoted
filtercorrection
clicks
into ploce
in
thewindow
F.
Exomple:
With
the
Rollei
light
yellow
filter
(-l),
set
thecorrection
volue
to l, with
the
Rolleipol
f
ilter
(-0.5)
set
to 1.5.
TheRolleinor
ond Rolleisoft
lenses:
With thesesupplementory
lenses
ond
soft
focus
ottochment
no exposure
increose
ls n€c€ssor!;
soolwoys
set
the
filtervolue
to 0.

Hints You Will Find Useful
Thelmoge 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.
Getthemoinsubiect|orgeinihepicture,ondleoveoutirre-
levonl surroundings.
In other words, get close
to your subiect! I
Alwoys hold thecomero
level.
Line
up the horizontolond verti-
col lines in the picture with the oid of the lines engrovedon
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 swingingthe comero,
ond expose
duringthe 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-inFlqsh Electronic
flosh con olso be usedto light up shodows when the
comero is setfor outomotic
operotion.
Thismokescolor shots
ogoinstthe lightmore luminous.As o ruleof thum.b
keep
obout
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12
or 14feet from the subject.
In coseof doubt moke o few test
exposuresfrom differenl distonces to get on ideo of the most
fovoroble flosh distonce for your porticulor
flosh gun.
The comero will olso fire floshesduring time exposures
- for
exomple to light up the foreground of night shotswith long
exposure
times.
To mount the comero on o tripod, screw it on to the iripod
screw (which must not be longer thon 3/re
inch or 45mm.).The
Rolleifix
tripod heqd mokes mountingmuch quicker
ond more
conven
ient.
Most color films in generol use hove o speed of 40to 100 ASA
(17o-21o
DIN).Theyore porticulorly
suitobleolsofor the Rollei-
mogic ond fully utilizethe outomoticexposureronge.
Fosterfilms ore suitoble moinly for moving subiects
in poor
light
or in ortificiollight.
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
of 12- 16
- 20 - 25- 32 - 40 - 50- 64- 80 - 100
- 125 - 160
-
200
- 250 - 320
- 400 - 500 - 650
- 800 - 1000 -'1300
- 1600ASA.
The
Tripod
TheRishtFilm
ASARqtings

Handy Rollef-mogic Accessories
Among
thewiderongeof occessorils
ovoiloble
for oll Rollei
comeros,
the
following
itemsoreporticulorly
recommended
for everydoy
use:
The
evereody
cose.
The
non-slip
pod for thecorrying strop.
Theleother
cosewith
lens
hood*(olwoys
odvisoble)
ond two filiers*.
Populor
filters
for block-ond-white
shotsore
the
yellow*
ond
the
oronge*
filterto emphosize
pictoriol
cloud
effects.
For
color
shots
theH
l* filtersuppresses
ihe
slight
blue
costusuolly
found
inlondscope
shots.
TheRolleipol*
filtereliminotes
disturbing
cotch-lights
ondother
reflections.
TheRolleisofi*
soft-focus
ottochment
is porticulorly
useful
for portroits.
Forflosh
shotsuse
the speciol
Rolleiflosh
M flosh
gun (for bulbs)with corrying
cose.
In
oddition
on extension
unit,
theRolleiflosh
comb
2,isolso
ovoiloble
complete
with
extension
coble.
The
16-exposure
moskset provides
olternotive
picture
sizes
ond
greoter
film economy.
The Rolleifix
tripod heodpermits
instont
mounting
on o
tripod.
The
Ponoromo
Heod
focilitotes
photogrophy
of broodvistos
in individuol
sections
fromo tripod.As
onoliernotive
to the
focusing
hood,the
RolleiPento
Prism
permits
eye-level
observotion
of the upright
ond righi-woy-round
finder imoge.
Theuseond opplicotions
of oll these
booklet
"The
ProcticolAccessories".
* With size II boyonel mount
occessories
ore described in detoil in the
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A Word on fhe Core of Your Comero
The Rollei-mogic
oppreciotescoreful hondling ond will repoy it by relioble
operotion.
Thelenses
corryo hordcootingthotwill
stond
up
to normol cleoning.Similorly,
the
silveredsurfoceof the viewing mirror corries
o scrotch-proof
protective
loyer.
Nevertheless,these
surfoces
shouldonly be cleonedwhen obsolutely
necessory,
ondeventhen
with
greot
core.Firstdustthe
lens,ihefocusingscreen,ondtheview-
ingmirror
witho soblebrush.Thencleonoff ony
fingermorks
witho softlinenor
chomoisleotherrog. Nevertouchthe groined
under-sideof the focusingscreen
with the fingers,
useonly the soblebrush.Never
wipe off condensotionon the
lenses
on comingintoo wormroomi letit evoporoteon itsown.
Moisture,
dust,sond,exposureto strong sunlight,ond hord knocksconhormeven
o precision
comero.So use
the evereodycose for proieciion,
corry the comero
round
yourneck,ond find o cushionedspotfor it in your cor.ln brief:treot your
Rollei-mogic
well.
Finolly,Fronke
& Heideckein Brunswick ore olwoys
interestedin thefurther
well-
beingof your comero.lf you shouldevercome ocross
speciol
technicol
queries
whenusingit,thecustomer
serviceof themonufocturer or of hisogenciesobrood
is
olwoysot
your
disposol.
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