A year with the Rollei 35 camera

[@allanhazle-VideoGuy]

How's my ollie?

[@Banana_Potato]

Don't worry.

[@clagius7486]

Not too bad, eyh?

[@klauspetermann2373]

Brunswick (Braunschweig, Germany), Sahldumerstreet, behind the main railwaystation there is the Rollei fabric. Big sign on the roof top, go in...on the left side, second floor was the original Rollei 35 production. You can also - now! - see Siemensstars on the wall where they calibrate the cameras.

[@klauspetermann2373]

Sunny 16? in Germany: Sonne lacht, Blende 8! Whe give more light for the film...or 🤔 in germany is less sun? 😆

[@randallstewart1224]

The hot shoe is on the bottom because that was where the space to locate it was. Flash pictures taken with the flash on the bottom look odd because the flash shadows were up rather than down as anticipated. It made for particularly ugly portraits, this isn't a camera normally used for portraits. Rollei sold a little accessory kit with a bracket to mount a flash on the camera side and a PC adapter for the hot shoe. This kit cost about $7 new. The bracket is often available for less than $10 today, but the PC/hot show adapter required to use it is practically never found, and if found, can run $50-100. I looked for this accessory for a decade with no luck. I finally got the kit when packaged with a 35S on eBay. I had to buy another 35S to get that adapter, and I had to put $100 into camera repairs, but in the end, I got it almost for free.

[@benoit2900]

When I shoot with flash I have a tiny transformer on the camera and hold the flash out off camera, flash q20 make them, (worlds smallest flash trigger)

[@BeBackWhenever]

I also got into film last year! I'm going to steal this video idea

[@allanhazle-VideoGuy]

Nice! I expect more trees and meats in yours

[@danielsandoval8345]

Bought it for 15!? Such a steal!

[@Samantha-vq3rl]

WHAT?! WHERE

[@everard104]

..almost too good to be true. Even thrift stores check eBay these days. Content creators love to say they bought their Hasselblad for $5 in a throw-away bin. That’s an exaggeration of course but I think everyone knows what I’m talking about if you’ve watched any amount of film photog channels.

[@CodewortSchinken]

@@everard104 Back in summer I bought an early, german made Rollei 35 for 30€ from a flea market and recently a 35T for 25€ from an estate sale. These deals are definetly out there, especially if the seller can't test them or doesn't know how to. Rollei manufactured about 2 million of these cameras. They aren't exactly rare. Also Ebay prices are absolutely overinflated. Alot of stuff there just gets listed again and again and takes ages to sell, if it ever does. Also thrist store or flea market vendors can't be experts in everything. Some stuff they just don't have the time for and just put up for sale.

[@jonathansmith2168]

The legend bequeath's to us the most wonderful of reviews. We need more reviews from Allan Hazle!

[@thevoiceman6192]

Are you going to do a review of the New Rollei 35 with auto focus made by Mint camera?

[@allanhazle-VideoGuy]

I wouldn't be against doing that...

[@honzi7363]

Nice video, but i have to say you're wasting so much film in the beginning - it's just enough to place it there and wind it once, then close it and shoot - trust me, im able to shoot up to 41 photos instead of 36 like that :D

[@fngsrck]

Not just showing off the Rollei 35 but also flexing with the milk box