Rolleiflex SL35M

[@davidjenkins8009]

Oh dear, a few inaccuracies about the history. Firstly, the SL350 had open aperture metering. Both the SL35 and SL350 were Rollei designs. The SL35M was in actual fact a Zeiss Ikon SL706 the rights to which Rollie acquired as part of their purchase of the Voigtlander factory and brand from Carl Zeiss. The SL35M has no connection with the earlier cameras other than they were manufactured and sold by Rollei, and use the same QBM. Most people think the SL350 was the superior camera. The SL35M was introduced in April 1976 and its electronic shutter brother the SL35ME in September 1976. Really, the two cameras were contemporaries to each other, the SL35ME was not really a later generation. The next generation was the SL35E which was a brand new camera design in every sense. You could have mentioned that the lens only has indents at full stops, and that you do get the aperture visible in the viewfinder. The top and bottom plates are plastic. Yes the SL35M is CDS, the SL35ME had a silicon photo diode light meter. It is nice to see a review on these old Rollei cameras. They could produce really good results, but never had the marketing to make them popular. Quality control in Singapore was a bit hit and miss though, I had lots of issues with all of my Rollei SLR's that were made their. Today, I do have two functioning SL35Es' just wish Rollei could have supplied me with one working camera over the period, 1976 to 1981.

[@CrusaderRabbit59]

@@davidjenkins8009 hi. Thanks for watching the video and giving the history lesson. Cheers, the Rabbit. =:3

[@PrinciaInk]

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[@CrusaderRabbit59]

@Princia Ink thanks

[@CrusaderRabbit59]

took this camera out for a test drive today and put a roll of film thru it. was not sure what was going to happen as bench testing the camera it seemed fully functional but was unsure if high speed shutter settings, aperture stopping down during shutter operation, mirror get out of the way operation during operation of the shutter, and shutter curtain functioning during shutter operation all worked. and ... it seems they do and the camera does indeed seem fully functional. what was also amazing was that the 1940s/1950s leica light meter was only one stop different when compared to the internal meter of the Rolleiflex. will add some links to the images from today ...

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