User manual ROLLEI AFM 35

[. . . ] Rollei AFM 35 Operating Instructions 1 GENERAL Congratulations on your sophisticated new 35 mm camera!Please read these instructions carefully before using your camera, so you will be able to make optimum use of its many features. Precautions > Do not tamper with the camera's internal components. High-voltage circuits may pose a health hazard. Also, tampering will invalidate your warranty. [. . . ] > To activate fill flash, press button (7) until the corresponding icon is displayed. 27 BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION Backlight compensation This mode avoids underexposure of your main subject in strong backlight. It is intended for subjects that are too far away for flash. The camera will automatically compensate exposure by +2 EV. > To activate backlight compensation, press button (7), until the corresponding icon is displayed. Without backlight compensation With backlight compensation Note: If the light from a strong light source strikes the lens directly, flare spots may appear in your picture. If at all possible, try to find a viewpoint leaving the lens in the shade to avoid flare from degrading image contrast. 28 SLOW SYNC (NIGHT FLASH) Slow sync This is a combination of flash to light your foreground and a slower shutter speed to coax out atmospheric illumination in the background of night or dusk shots. > To activate this mode, press button (7) until the corresponding icon is displayed. > Preferably use a tripod to avoid camera shake. Slow sync with red-eye reduction Use this mode if there are people in the foreground of night shots with atmospheric background. The camera will fire four low-intensity flash bursts to reduce the pupil diameter of your subjects and thus the risk of red eye. In view of the relatively slow shutter speed used, your subjects should not move directly after the flash but keep still slightly longer. 29 SELF-TIMER Self-timer > To activate the self-timer, press button (9) until the corresponding icon is displayed. > Place the AF area over your main subject and frame your picture, if necessary locking focus (see p. Both the focus and the exposure setting will be locked in as you press the shutter release halfway. > Do not stand in front of the camera when triggering the exposure, since this would result in blur and faulty exposure. > Press the shutter release fully to start the countdown. > The self-timer LED will stay lit for about seven seconds and blink for the remaining three seconds before exposure. 30 > > The mode is automatically disabled after exposure or when the camera is switched off. To abort the countdown, simply press the self-timer button (9). BULB EXPOSURES/CHOOSING THE EXPOSURE TIME Bulb exposures In this mode, the shutter will stay open for as long as you keep the shutter release depressed. It is thus ideal for night photography or fireworks. The flash is normally disabled in the bulb mode, but autoflash and red-eye reduction can be activated via button (7). > To activate the bulb mode, press button (9) until the corresponding icon is displayed. > Be sure to mount your camera on a tripod to avoid camera shake and blur. > The mode will be canceled automatically after the exposure. Exposure time in the bulb mode > The following exposure times can be set in this mode: 1 s, 2 s, 4 s, 8 s, 15 s, 30 s and 60 s. > Press button (9) until BULB is displayed, and hold it. [. . . ] Did you use manual focusing and set the proper distance?Did you overlook blinking of the green focus indicator? Remedy Hold camera so that AF windows are not obstructed by your fingers. Always make sure that the AF area is on your main subject. Hold camera absolutely steady and press shutter release without jerking. [. . . ]