Rollei 35S
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35 mm film
35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width...
camera designed by Heinz Waaske
Heinz Waaske
Heinz Waaske was a German camera designer, notably father of the Rollei 35.- Early career :Born in Berlin, Heinz Waaske started his career as a precision mechanic apprentice at Telefunken in Sickingenstraße in Berlin, where he studied from 1939 to 1942...
and made by the German
Germany
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camera maker Rollei
Rollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
, in their Singapore
Singapore
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factory plant. It uses a Zeiss-licensed f2,8/40mm Sonnar lens. From most conventional cameras it differs by having an electronic flash
Flash (photography)
A flash is a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene. Other uses are capturing quickly moving objects or changing the quality of light...
hot shoe
Hot shoe
A hot shoe is a mounting point on the top of a camera to attach a flash unit.- Design :The hot shoe is shaped somewhat like an inverted, squared-off "U" of metal. The matching adapter on the bottom of the flash unit slides in from the back of the camera and is sometimes secured by a clamping screw...
on the bottom.
For more information on the various models see: Rollei 35
Rollei 35
The Rollei 35 is a 35mm miniature viewfinder camera built by Rollei. The original Rollei 35, when introduced at Photokina in 1966, was the smallest existing 135 film camera. Still today, the Rollei 35 series remain the second smallest 35 mm camera after the Minox 35...
Specifications
- Format: 35mm
- Lens: Rollei HFT Sonnar 40/2,8
- Shutter speeds: 1/2 - 1/500 + B
- ISO setting: 25-1600
- Match needle metering system
- Metric/feet scale focus