You have done a great service to us old camera fanatics. Thank you very much sir! Without this video I don't think I could ever have fixed my Rollei 35.

Follow your video, i was able to repair the meter and lubricate the slow gear, thanks fron Uruguay!!

Incredibly useful video. Hopefully I never need it, but added it to my favourites just in case.

Kenneth, Thanks to this video I now have a fixed camera! Thank you so much! --Pop Rox

Thanks so much for your video. I've just repaired my Rollei 35 S.

Amazing! Thank you for sharing.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO. I have to do this !!

Excellent video., like always Mike. Kind Regards.

Wonderful! Thank you

Thanks for the helpful video. Mine had the issue already mentioned in the comments. The speeds below 1/30s were slow and sometimes acting like the bulb setting. Took the camera apart, lubed those fuckers up, and the shutter speeds are now much more true.

Thank you very much.

miken062, many thanks for this video! My 35 is as good as new! Cheers, JL

Very helpful video. If you could please do one about removing the front element as well, that would be great! 🙂

Great video! I followed your procedures for the SE version and it is the same, except that you must remove the battery release button on the back of the camera and you do not need to remove the shutter release button on the top of the camera. Also, for reassembling the rewind button, as it's a little difficult to see in the video: Insert mechanism in with the flat side facing the retaining pin. Once in, turn the piece 90 degrees counterclockwise and install the switch in the non-rewind position. Alternatively, once in, turn the piece 90 degrees clockwise and install the switch in the rewind position (as in the video).

@mikeno62

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron, the shutter release button stays on the top cover. Yeah it's a little difficult to see in the film about the rewind button, but you are right how you decribe the way to put the pin in the mechanism, because some times it can be a little difficult. Cheers Kenneth

Thank you so much I just repaired my Rollei 35s. Problems solved thanks to you!!!

really helpful, thanks

hey Mike, super helpful video thank you kindly. I was just wandering about the black square that sits above the battery on the upper right of your camera. I have a 35S and in mine there is an exposed bit of what I think looks like a contact thing?? did you tape yours down or are the two models different. Should I tape mine down? also, what kind of batteries do you use for the light metre in lieu of the mercury?

In mine, the film reel to the left (when viewing from behind) is incredibly difficult to turn, and the film breaks on rewind. The film sprocket gears move freely when the rewind lever is up as expected, but the reel does not. I've tried putting a very small amount of different oils (3 in 1, silicone, and plain mineral oil) to try and loosen the reel, but it's still stubborn. Any idea what's going on?

Hi Mike, recently I lost a screw on the right side of my Rollei 35s. Could you please tell me which Modell should I buy online? Thanks!

Mike, Do you have a solution how to fix the light meter of Rollei 35 SE? My Rollei 35 SE is always light up the red LED in the bottom (stand for under exposure), unless I have tried to adjust the ISO /Shutter Speed and Aperture. It is still not show another light(Green / Top Red LED). Could you suggest how to fix it? Thanks.

What tool kit would you recommend to get for this camera? Might sound like a stupid question, but I don’t want to start taking it apart and not have the right tools to continue and or to get it apart and back together properly. I have a couple dents in the corners that I want to fix and clean it up as well! Thanks in advance

Hey Mike, I followed the instructions and the trick worked great! but when I went to put it back together I cannot for the life of me get the lockpin back in the right place. The camera does not fire now and teh pin doesn't seem to be functioning correctly. anymore. Any advice?

Hello, today i started the repair of a Rollei 35 TE, the spanner spanns and then nothing (again and again). I repaird 2 or 3 other bigger cameras and 4 or 5 lenses but this is an other dimension! Everything is so small! I am shure i need weeks/ months for that with big breaks. ;-)

Mike, your channel is great, thanks a lot. Could you please tell me what I would have to do to calibrate the meter of my Rollei 35S, in order to use 1.5v Alkaline batteries? Thanks again.

@mikeno62

8 жыл бұрын

+Andre O. L. Thanks Andre, at the moment I have not work with the not working meter in a Rollei 35, so I don't know yet. But I will look for some more details about it.. Cheers Kenneth

@pirata00001

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Mike, and congratulations for your excellent channel.

@parthasur6018

6 жыл бұрын

Use a CRISCAM MR-9 adapter with a silver oxide 386 (1.5 v) battery. The MR-9 reduces the voltage to 1.3 volts.

Hey from like minute 3:30 there next to the advance gear is a black plastic gear. Can you make a video on how to replace it or explain. My advance isn't work and I need to know how to fix it

What are the tweezer-like tools that you used the remove the shutter advance knob called?

@mikeno62

7 жыл бұрын

It's compass for making circle's on metal, also called a "Walking Stick". You can get them in many different size', but buy the good quality they are more riggid and will last much longer. I have grinded it so it fit perfect in the small holes in the shutter advance knob.

hey, great video! my friend has an old rollei 35 and the film advance lever seems to be slipping, sometimes it will catch and advance enough to take a photo but most of the time it just slips and won't catch . I haven't opened it up yet ( this video is super helpful on how to do that though ) , but I think the gear might be worn , do you know how to replace it ? or where/if it's possible to get a replacement ? the camera was a my friends dads so she doesn't want to just abandon it. thanks !

@mikeno62

7 жыл бұрын

Thank's Nate, I could be the nylon gear wheel that is worn out so it can't fully advance the film. But I have no idea where to get spare parts, maybe try a flee market just to see if you can find a camera with another issue. Cheers Kenneth

@nicolasbinaghi8519

4 жыл бұрын

Hi nate! i have the same problem! could you fix it?

Is setting the shutter speed and aperture something you did to prepare the camera for disassembly? Also my light meter is broken you wouldn't happen to know what type of light senor I would need if the meter is dead?

@mikeno62

5 жыл бұрын

I think there should not be any problems what settings the aperture and exposure is set at, before the disassemble, I do not have so much experience with the Rollei 35. About the light meter, I'm not very sure what type is use, but here you can get more info about that issue: www.rolleiclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1109 www.rolleiclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1221

Hi Mike, Thanks for sharing this video! I am wondering where did you get the tool in 1:51 of the video. I would like to have one and it seems like it can use on disassembling Leica camera too. Thanks and regards, Manson

@mikeno62

8 жыл бұрын

+manson huang It's a home made tool I made from a flathead screw bits, to fit proper in the 2 small holes. It does not fit on Leica M, because it's too wide. That's why I also have made one to disassemble the rewinder on Leica M2, M3. Cheers Kenneth

@waiwai0080736

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@mikeno62

8 жыл бұрын

+manson huang The tool shown at 1:51 in the video, is actually made from a normal flathead screw bitz, which I grind and file so it fit perfect in the screwhead. You can use a fine needlefile or a small grinder just like the "Dremel" tool, to do the same. Cheer Kenneth

Sometimes after I take a shot, the rewind lever doesn't work. After a couple of attempts it then sometimes catches on and I can rewind. Is that a serious issue or easy to repair?

I have a Rollei 35SE with the speeds under 1/30th of a second stuck on B, do you think this will help? Also, the lens is stuck on the "out" position. What is the second liquid you used? Thank you!

@mikeno62

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Sebastian The most commen failure with those old camera and also this one is, that the slow gear gets dry and sometimes stuck in the movement. So the best and "simple" thing is to open the camera and clean the slow gear with a LITTLE amount of lighter fluid, do some movement with the slow gear, and then let it stay a few minutes, after that use just small drops of Sewing Machine oil, that is VERY THIN, that is the second fluid I use. Do not over oiled the gear, less is better. When the slow gear gets stuck, you can not advance the film or put in the lens. REMEMBER..., NOT take off the gear wheel under the film advance lever, because it's sometimes difficult to get the round spring under the BLACK gear wheel into right position. Another thing that sometimes gets stuck, is the little plastic tap inside the camera from the back of the lens, you can see it when the lens is in the outer position. It locks the lens in the outer position, and therefor it's only possible to get the lens collapsed or take it out when the film is advanced. Hope it will help :-)

@auntyacid1258

5 жыл бұрын

The lens is stuck out... because it can only retract when the shutter is cocked...and press the little release button on the top... ps. not the shutter.. Cool.. auntyacid

Thanks for this video, help me a lot! I have an issue with my rollei 35, the light meter is working fine, but when i want to set the correct exposure with turning the aperture and exposure dials, they doesn't make the red pin move... Thanks for your help

@mikeno62

6 жыл бұрын

It could be a problem with sticky old grease in the mechanical parts, or maybe the spring that is connected to the red pin.

@blglti

6 жыл бұрын

Did you know opened the rollei further? how to access mechanical parts behind the dials? thanks

whats the name of the small tool you have for removing the rewind lever screw?

@mikeno62

7 жыл бұрын

It's a modified flathead screw bits, that I grind with my "Dremel tool" to fit perfect.

Hi Mike, is it possible to contact you regarding a problem I've got with my Rollei 35 SE ( the opening lever on the bottom is completely stuck!!!) Thank you

Hi Mikeno, I love your video! While cleaning my Rollei 35 which had slow shutter speed issues I have encountered a much bigger problem. Somehow now the shutter wheel is disengaged from the needle in the exposure meter, it also runs only from 1b to 1/60 and the shutter now runs always at the same speed no matter which one I select. I can see that below the shutter speed wheel there is a mechanism that should be engage....... however I'm stuck as I do not know really what to do or how to gain access under the shutter dial wheel. Any tip? Have you encounter such issue? Any new video on how to solve this?! Thanks Daniele

@davidcadavid4207

7 жыл бұрын

I have that same problem with my Rollei 35 LED! Did you figure out how to fix it!?!?

@sheu_her

Жыл бұрын

Same here, did you two find any solution for that, had a exact same problem, stucked in one speed

I've done a fair amount of camera and lens CLA. I have a Rollei 35S and have cleaned the gears and fixed the meter. When I was checking the speeds, I noticed that the slow speeds do something odd: for example, when you fire the shutter on 1/2, if you hold the shutter button down it will run 1 second. If you are on 1/4 and fire the shutter and keep your finger on it it will run out 1/2 second. If you fire the shutter with EITHER speed, but pull your finger from the shutter button it will close the shutter, just as it would on B. This behavior happens on any slow speed under 1/30th but I wonder if thats only because thats where it's noticeable. Do you have any idea what could cause this? Surely this is not how it should work? Everything else seems to work fine.

@mikeno62

9 жыл бұрын

well CthulhuOO7, I have not so much experience in the small Rollei 35S, but what i found out with working on the other Rollei 35, is that the slow gear make a lot of the problems that have related to shutter problems. Another problem could be that the aperture system / ISO wheel wich is, via small arm's are connected to the slow gear settings, so, try to change the setting on the Aperture / ISO wheel just to see if there is any change, related to the shutter wheel... Just an idea. Cheers Kenneth

I have a rollei 35 and simply the shutter does not open or close. It is stuck open. Do you know what I can do to fix this? When i wind it and fire it makes a weird whirring noise.

@mikeno62

8 жыл бұрын

+James Wait Well, it could be the slow gear that blocks the shutter sequence, so it's not fire when press the button. It's a common fail in this camera, most of the time it helps to clean the slow gear with a few drops of Lighter Fluid ("Zippo" or so..), but of course there can be other mechanic problems. Take a look inside the back of the lens, there are some plastic parts that sometimes get stuck. (just some ideas..) Cheers Kenneth

What is the name of the tool at 1:22 you used to unscrew the lens release button? Thanks

@mikeno62

5 жыл бұрын

The name of the tool is "Divider Caliper Wing Compass", I have file the tip to work with cameras and lenses, and here you can get it: www.amazon.co.uk/Divider-Caliper-Compass-Marking-Machinist/dp/B015CN9A8M You can also buy this set. Lens Repair Set with pointed, flat, half flat tips: www.amazon.com/dp/B00QRPWCN0/ref=psdc_3347581_t1_B00J5F6O92

I'm checking out a Rollei 35s... I noticed that the film advance lever wouldn't snap back to resting position when at the furthest part of it's stoke. I'm assuming it's dried out lube, as related to this video.

@vividvulpe9842

7 жыл бұрын

it's a Sonnar version that can be had for $125 bucks. Is it worth getting and trying to lube that gear myself (I'm decent at the little things, model building/fine artist). I just don't know how I'd get the flat screw-disks off!

@vividvulpe9842

7 жыл бұрын

could I get what I need at a good hardware store? I'm in Connecticut/middlesex county. We got some good places. What lube would you suggest?

Hi, I cannot advance the film and the handle on the left is stuck. I cannot put in the lens as well. I have unloaded the film. Now, what can I do to fix it? Many thanks.

@mikeno62

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Ambrose, when disassemble the Rollei 35 you have to take off the top cover, and to do so, use a compass lever or a sticky rubber tool to take off the big round disc that's over the film advance lever, REMEMBER the 2 small brass washer (also when assemble again), then take off the film advance lever BUT, do NOT take off the big gear theeth wheel!!!. Next, take off the push button, that use to unlock the lens. Next on the back of the cover, unscrew the slotted screw and take off the little arm beside the viewfinder, and take out the little pin, you have to turn it a ca. 180 degree to get it out..., remember how it was sitting, when taking off, the flat side has to facing away from the viewfinder, when taking out and putting back again. Next, the little slotted screw on the backside of the cover, and the 2 small screw's on each side of the cover. NOW, it's time to take off the cover... First thing to do after you did that is, putting back the film advance lever and the big disc with the 2 brass washer's. You shall now look for the slow gear that sit in the front of the camera, right beside the viewfinder, i give it some small drop's Lighter Fluid at 4:34 to loosen up the old oil. You will probably find, that the slow gear when you do some movement, it will free up the shutter. THAT's the most commen failure in this camera... ( Well, in your case, there could be some other failure). THE SOLUTION IS: It's only nessesary to drop a drop of clean gasolin in the upper part of the gear, and then advance the camera few times, WAIT a minute or so and then put apply a tiny drop of very thin "sewing machine oil" in the upper part of the slow gear theeth wheel's and axel's, because it's most of the time that's the part that need it... :-) Hope it will work

Coolio... Love to Le repair... could do with same treatment.. I am too scared.. especially the locking pin.. Wooh... nice touch the dremmel tools.. Have some first world war binoculars that need calibration.. Too many super brass sleeves in sleeves.. Fear I'm afraid.. I know my limits and for the small amount of money which the London Camera Exchange would charge me.. A gentleman in Scotland would as a labour of Love would... Go where I could only dream.. Eg. The repair on a pair of Leica trinavids which I left on the car roof.. dropped off at the rounderbout.. 10 or more wagons later..Kirchunked and final.. I would have thought.. A couple of weeks repaired...mega gouges filled and blended only seen on close inspection..and slightly stiffer.. But overall... Choice Repair.. As is your Video and instructions.. CHOICE.. Thankyou.. and Well done.. EXCELLENT.. auntyacid..

@mikeno62

5 жыл бұрын

Thank's Aunty :-)

Next time can you please show what it was like when it wasn’t working

Hi Mikeno62, i did a little assembly video of this camera. Maybe interesting for you or some other people. i did not find a complete video from this camera. (But i am a beginner) ;-)

Hi everyone, looking for some advice... I've just bought a second hand Rollei 35 se and I've got a problem with the iso dial and the aperture dial. When I set the iso on 1600 everything moves fine, but if I go down let's say to 400, and then try to open/close the aperture, the iso dial is like "taken" by the aperture dial and goes back to its "stable" 1600 position when I open wide at 2,8. I'm sorry for my bad english and explanation, but if someone gets what I say and has got some good advice, it'll be really, really helpful. Is there anything to do to be able to "separate" the movements of the two dials? Also, I'm not sure if it is linked with the first problem or not, and could also be fixed, but the light meter is kind of chaotic...