Rollei 35 TE / SE lightmeter assembling

[Robber40]

Hi, does somebody now how to adjust the greyscale disc in the camera in front of the lightmeter cell? During changing the viewfinder, the disc became loose.

 

[John Koehrer]

As a SWAG, at the lowest ASA the cell should have the minimum density or no filter covering it. At that point it's going to be a little trial & error taking some readings. Sunny 16 or comparison to a known good meter.

You may try pentaxmanuals.org for a service manual.
I know they have a goodly bunch of them all free.

 

[Too old to care]

My 2 cents. I have a Rollie SE that I have had to open a few times to clean/lube the shutter/timer mechanism. I bought the camera new in the early 80's, but I have never worked with the meter. That said, I think this is a nice time to readjust the meter circuit for newer batteries. I use three - 357 cells in series, with a washer in the middle for power. The LEDs are a bit dimmer, but the meter seems close enough for B&W. I would use a good meter and a gray card to take a sample setting using a bright light, such as outside in the sun, and adjust the disc until the camera agrees. I would then move it to a dim location and repeat the experiment. If there is a difference, adjust for the middle. What ever you do, please post your results. I would like to get my meter more accurate too.

Wayne

 

[Too old to care]

Thinking about this, decided to take mine apart…again

Hi,

I got thinking about this and realize it would be nice to have a safe place to start. So, I took my camera apart and took these photos. I set the camera at 1/500 of a second. I set ASA (not ISO) at 100. I moved f-stop until the little dot on the ND filter was in the middle of the window. I then noticed that the f-stop was at f8. This should give you a place to start.

Wayne