On a whim I have just purchased this camera from a collectors stall for a few bob…mainly because it has a nice fast lens. I assume ‘Rival’ is just a brand name for another manufacturer but my google fu has failed me (apart from a vague link to Balda) so if any of my film watchers know more about these I would love to know more?
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Camera Trading Company.
368 Bank Street.
Ottawa, ON.
Summer 2012.
Canon Canonet GIII QL17.
Kodak Gold 400 (expired).
Epson V500.
This is such an amazing shop, full of lovely old cameras!
I love this miniature viewfinder camera. Rollei was German made and then the manufacturing was switched to Singapore. This camera was produced in 1971. Though the Rollei’s earlier version came with a Zeiss Tessar 40mm f/3.5, mine being a later version has the Sonnar 40mm f/2.8. The Rollei 35S is battery powered, using a CdS photo resistor. This is a very fine camera and a lucky find for the price I adopted it for. I carry this little Rollei everywhere I go.
Absolutely love these!
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This is the first camera I ever used. I am oh so tempted to get some new Orca 110 film and try it out (if memory serves it will probably be terrible).
Suggestions for the collective noun for Brownies?
