Huss
Veteran
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
This might be the first camera thread ever to invoke a toffee hammer. Well done.
I have owned 4 of these (in varying flavors). All have been dented (occasionally by me). Still a great camera.
I have owned 4 of these (in varying flavors). All have been dented (occasionally by me). Still a great camera.
robert blu
quiet photographer
I just checked my one, brassing yes a little but no dent!
robert
robert
I just think its one of those cameras that can't handle any type of fall...
John Lawrence
Well-known
I've owned a few of these over the years, and I remember one dealer telling me the reason so many have dented top plates is because people 'swing' them from the strap on their wrists....
... might have told me that just to sell me the ever ready case with it though!
John
... might have told me that just to sell me the ever ready case with it though!
John
nukecoke
⚛Yashica
Dropped my SE once, on a bus. The battery cap and batteries flew out and rolled everywhere. It was embarrassing to pick them up back among people's legs.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I feel so deprived.... I never dropped a Rollei 35.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Mine came pre-dented. One corner dented so bad it was a light leak! I reshaped the corner and had to plug the hole with black epoxy. Kamera works excellent!
Bingley
Veteran
I fumbled my Rollei 35S shortly after I purchased it a few years ago (and before I got a strap), so it now has the obligatory dents. I later sent it to Harry Fleenor for an overhaul. Works perfectly now, dents and all.
I've got a couple of Rollei 35s w/ the Tessar lens. No dents in those...
I've got a couple of Rollei 35s w/ the Tessar lens. No dents in those...
Huss
Veteran
Huss
Veteran
Hey anyway, I supposedly have an undented one coming my way. See how long that lasts...
SteveM
Established
Ergonomics were modelled after a bar of soap...
Yes, the perfect model IMO.
jmilkins
Digited User
Must not be using mine enough. No dents in my SE, but the winder has lost all of its black paint...
lxmike
M2 fan.
Many thanks, I have often thought that toffee hammers are very under rated tools
lxmike
M2 fan.
I have two rollei and both developed patina on the wind on lever first
leicapixie
Well-known
Its not based on a bar of soap!
It a wet bar of soap!
Any Rollei-35 not dented was one of the rusted ones from Singapore!
Yes! 3 months production was done in Singapore with NO air conditioning!
All the Rollei-35 arriving in the Fatherland were rusted!
It made a severe damage to the future of Rollei Werke.
It a wet bar of soap!
Any Rollei-35 not dented was one of the rusted ones from Singapore!
Yes! 3 months production was done in Singapore with NO air conditioning!
All the Rollei-35 arriving in the Fatherland were rusted!
It made a severe damage to the future of Rollei Werke.
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iphoenix
Well-known
Neither have I. I "delegated"
that job on my SE to a friend's daughter in the mid '90s.Finder frame surround dented, but still worked perfectly. However though I'd bought it new in Germany in the '80s and loved it, I couldn't stand to see it damaged and sold it. Regretted that ever since.
A bit over a year ago, I eased that pain by getting another.
Great (though quirky) camera, superb Sonnar lens and very "carryable" on holidays.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
My Rollei 35 had no signs that it had been dropped, but long ago I sold it.
Somehow even before the Internet I could tell it was highly droppable.
Chris
Somehow even before the Internet I could tell it was highly droppable.
Chris