Rolleiflex SL35
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The Rolleiflex SL35 is a range of SLR cameras from the German camera maker, Rollei
. This range of camera uses 35mm film. The camera bodies were initially made in Germany, and later, Singapore.
, in 1970. The SL35 is in fact a whole range of 35mm SLR cameras, that were developed and built from the 1970s until the 1990s.
The first camera in the range, was the SL35, and compared to its competitors at that time, it was relatively small and light. The Rolleiflex SL35 was the second Rollei
SLR camera to be equipped with Carl Zeiss lenses, after the SL66
of 1966.
4 years later in 1974, Rollei was to produce the Rolleiflex SL350. The Rolleiflex SL350 had open-aperture metering, an improvement over the Rolleiflex SL35, which was built with a stop down light meter.
In 1976, Rollei was to produce a new variant, the SL35M. The SL35M was built on a visibly different body, but otherwise, offered nothing technologically radical.
At the same time, a variant of the SL35M, the SL35ME was also released. Built on the same body, the SL35ME had electronic shutter control inside, and could set shutter speeds automatically. The viewfinder also came with a whole range of indicators, including aperture, shutter speed amongst others.
2 years later, in 1978, the SL35 E was introduced. It had all the functions of the SL35ME, but came in a lighter package.
lens, the Rollei lens and the Rolleinar lens.
Rollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
. This range of camera uses 35mm film. The camera bodies were initially made in Germany, and later, Singapore.
History
The Rolleiflex SL35 was the first 35mm SLR produced by RolleiRollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
, in 1970. The SL35 is in fact a whole range of 35mm SLR cameras, that were developed and built from the 1970s until the 1990s.
The first camera in the range, was the SL35, and compared to its competitors at that time, it was relatively small and light. The Rolleiflex SL35 was the second Rollei
Rollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
SLR camera to be equipped with Carl Zeiss lenses, after the SL66
Rolleiflex SL66
The Rolleiflex SL66 is a single lens reflex camera made by Rollei, in regular production from 1966-82. The SL66 represented a change in direction for Rollei, which until that time had focussed almost exclusively on its popular twin lens reflex cameras, the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord.- History :In...
of 1966.
4 years later in 1974, Rollei was to produce the Rolleiflex SL350. The Rolleiflex SL350 had open-aperture metering, an improvement over the Rolleiflex SL35, which was built with a stop down light meter.
In 1976, Rollei was to produce a new variant, the SL35M. The SL35M was built on a visibly different body, but otherwise, offered nothing technologically radical.
At the same time, a variant of the SL35M, the SL35ME was also released. Built on the same body, the SL35ME had electronic shutter control inside, and could set shutter speeds automatically. The viewfinder also came with a whole range of indicators, including aperture, shutter speed amongst others.
2 years later, in 1978, the SL35 E was introduced. It had all the functions of the SL35ME, but came in a lighter package.
Lenses
A whole range of lens were made for the SL35 series, and the lens were interchangeable between the camera bodies in the series. Most of the lenses were German made Carl Zeiss lenses, but apart from the Carl Zeiss lenses, the SL35 range also used the SchneiderSchneider Kreuznach
Schneider Kreuznach is the abbreviated name of the company Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, which is sometimes also simply referred to as Schneider. They are a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics....
lens, the Rollei lens and the Rolleinar lens.
Carl Zeiss
- 15/3.5 Distagon
- 16/2.8 F-Distagon, fisheye
- 18/4 Distagon
- 25/2.8 Distagon = Color-Skoparex
- 28/2 Distagon
- 35/1.4 Distagon
- 35/2.8 Distagon = Color-Skoparex
- 50/1.4 Planar
- 50/1.8 Planar = Color-Ultron
- 60/2.8 Macro-Planar
- 85/1.4 Planar
- 85/2.8 Sonnar = Color-Dynarex
- 135/2.8 Sonnar = Color-Dynarex
- 135/4 Tele-Tessar = Color-Dynarex
- 200/4 Tele-Tessar = Color-Dynarex
- 500/4.5 Mirotar, mirror lens
- 1000/5.6 Mirotar, mirror lens
- 1000/8 Tele-Tessar
Schneider lens
- 35/2.8 Angulon
- 50/1.8 Xenon
- 135/3.5 Tele-Xenar
- 35/2.8 PC-Curtagon, special shift lens
- 28/2.8 PC-Super Angulon, special shift lens
Rolleinar
- 14/3.5 Fisheye
- 21/4
- 28/2.8
- 35/2.8
- 50/2
- 50/3.5 Macro
- 55/1.4
- 85/2.8
- 105/2.8
- 105/2.8 Macro
- 135/2.8
- 200/3.5
- 400/5.6
- 500/8 Reflex, mirror lens
- 28-80/3.5-4.5
- 28-85/4
- 28-105/3.2-4.5
- 35-105/3.5
- 35-105/3.5-4.3
- 50-250/4-5.6
- 70-210/3.5-4.5
- 80-200/2.8
- 80-200/4
- 2x converter
SL35
- Production dates: 1970-1976
- Shutter Type: Focal Plane rubber cloth curtain
- Shutter Speeds: 1 - 1/1000s, B
- Variants:
- Chrome, made in Germany
- Black, made in Germany
- Chrome, made in Singapore
- Black, made in Singapore
SL35M
- Production dates: 1970-1976
- Shutter Type: Focal Plane
- Shutter Speeds: 1/2- 1/1000s, B
- Variants:
- Black, made in Singapore
SL35ME
- Production dates: 1976-1980
- Shutter Type: Focal Plane rubber cloth curtain
- Shutter Speeds: 4 - 1/1000s (auto), 1/30 - 1/1000s (auto), B
- Variants:
- Black, made in Singapore
SL35 E
- Production dates: 1978-1982
- Shutter Type: Focal Plane vertical metal plates
- Shutter Speeds: 16 - 1/1000s, B
- Variants: