Rollei 35 - time for service

[Phantomas]

Last roll of film I started noticing that shutter speeds of 1/30 and lower started to hang up a bit, getting considerably slower. Fast shutter speeds seem OK, but who knows...

I'm not about to shelf this little gem. It's a beautiful "Made in Germany" model and it serves me well. It's an excellent take-anywhere camera and i use it fairly frequently because of that. And even though I have quite a few cameras I shoot on a daily basis I think little Rollei will be hard to substitute.

Time for service. Thing is I have zero experience with that. I believe I'd have no problem finding a reputable Leica or Hassie repair(wo)man, but Rollei is a different story.

Anyone have any good reference for Rollei repair places? Preferably in Europe (better yet in Holland). And how much should I expect shutter repair to set me back?


(Just for the hell of it, a couple of shots from the last Roll of Rollei Retro in Rollei 35 :) :


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3388832610_4893eff843.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3386135752_de61b44be6.jpg

[santi-u]

Those are lovely pics Phantomas!

I'm also enjoying a lot a Germany made one i bought two weeks ago in very nice condition. I also had the slow speeds trouble begining on the 1/15s and slower, and took it to a Leica Dealer here in Barcelona. They adjusted them for a reasonable amount and now is working fine.

I don't think is difficult to get it adjusted if you take it to experienced guys who are familiar with mechanical cameras.

I love the Tessar sharpness, the 40mm focal lenght and the feeling of this little camera.

Some of my recent pics with Eastman Double-X and HP5@800 ASA

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3331304022_09ca7fc9a7.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3385892772_d2c781028e.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/3392305837_b3bb16d8a4.jpg

[Phantomas]

Hi Santi, maybe I should bring my Rollei to Barcelona (well, it has been there once) and look up your repair guy. I'm also asking because I have never serviced a camera before (fingers crossed) so I don't even know who "a" good repairman would be around here. Once I tried to tune something on Konica AF and few places I contacted around Amsterdam refused to touch it... ended up fixing it with a friend.
Maybe I'll contact that famous Wilco Jansen guy (he just seems to be heavily into Leicas and Hassies).

And while we're at it, here's my Rollei in your city :)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2514026513_a040f9e248.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2514610478_bf37ef6bbf.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2229/2516873040_c990f946b2.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/2532228886_3d45290f7f.jpg

[santi-u]

Great ones!! We can make also a Rollei Bcn meeting!

If you bring it i can take you to those repair guys.

[david.elliott]

Hope you get your rollei fixed soon!

I love mine. Great photos guys!

Since we are sharing some photos, here are couple of mine in Arista Premium 400 pushed 1 stop ...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3394569819_6e231f2096.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3394573073_c1cfd2497b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/3394572427_0c034c6a45.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3395380078_1b7e41a94b.jpg

[neelin]

two starting places to look:

http://www.rolleirepairs.com/index.htm

can't find the link, but I ran across a guy in Paris? (France for sure) that repaired 35's as a sideline & had a lot of information online.
robert

[Jamie123]

Funny that everyone here likes the 35. I really don't like using my 35TE (scale focusing is not for me) and I can't seem to find anyone who wants to buy it which makes me question its popularity.

[ghopefl]

I recently had my Rollei 35S CLA'd by Harry Fleenor. Now she's good as new! Great communication and quick turn-around. www.rolleirepairs.com (http://www.rolleirepairs.com)