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The '''Rolleiflex SL35''' and '''SL350''' are 35mm SLR cameras made by [[Rollei]] in the 1970s. == The SL35 == {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/95850136@N08/8744882086/ |image= http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8744882086_9aa5aff1c7_z.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= Rollei SL35M Version <small>image by Austin Calhoon</small> }} {| class="plainlinks" align="center" style="text-align: center;" || [http://www.flickr.com/photos/84744892@N00/458003511/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/458003511_a8a9bb0137_m.jpg] |- || ''Picture by Clicks_1000. {{with permission}}'' |} The '''Rolleiflex SL35''' was the first 35mm single lens reflex manufactured by [[Rollei]]. It was launched in 1970. It introduced a new bayonet mount and a range of [[Rolleiflex SL35 lenses]]. It is a nice and compact camera, with a cloth focal plane shutter up to 1/1000 and a built-in through the lens exposure meter, with match-needle reading in the finder. However the meter only works when you close the diaphragm, by pressing a button on the top plate. This feature was already outdated at the time it was sold. The SL35 has no built-in accessory shoe, it was sold as a removable accessory. The SL35 was sold in chrome or black. The first ones were built in Germany, the later ones in Singapore. Rollei's Singapore plant was one of the first examples of delocalization<!-- Do you say off-sourcing in English? --> in the camera industry, and at the beginning it seems there were problems with the quality control, which later improved. Whether it is a rumor or not, today the bodies marked Made in Germany sell for a bit more than the ones marked Made in Singapore. == The SL350 == The '''Rolleiflex SL350''' is an improved version of the SL35, with a built-in accessory shoe and a meter readable with the diaphragm open. Rollei had to modify the lens mount to add a pin for the aperture transmission. The older lenses for the SL35 can still mount on the SL350, but they do not activate the new feature. The SL350 was sold in chrome or black, and was only made in Germany. It is rarer than the SL35, and is today much more expensive. The SL35 and SL350 were replaced by the [[Rolleiflex SL35M]] line. == Accessories == List of accessories for the body: * accessory shoe for the SL35 (it is built-in on the SL350) * eyecup * pivoting angle finder * eveready case * eveready bag * strap * body cap == == * == Bibliography == * {{Matanle SLR}} Pp.107–9. == Links == In English: * [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/rollei/dugrew.html Captain Jack's Rollei SL35 and Voigtländer VSL website], including: ** [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/rollei/Rollei%20Cameras.htm SL35 and VSL gbodies] ** [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/rollei/Rolleilenses.htm SL35 and VSL lenses] ** [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/rollei/Rolleilaccys.htm SL35 and VSL accessories] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20050307002949/http://www.rolleiclub.com/rollei/sl35/models.htm Rollei 35mm SLRs] at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20050216043040/www.rolleiclub.com/rollei/index.htm Rollei Club] (the site is dead and the links point to the web archive version dated March 7, 2005) * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/rollei/rolleiflex_sl35/rolleiflex_sl35.htm Rolleiflex SL35 manual] (.pdf format) at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ butkus.org's Orphan Cameras] * [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/first/rolleisl35.html Rolleiflex SL35] in a [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/first/index.html page about the first 35mm SLRs by each company] at [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Massimo Bertacchi's Innovative Cameras website] In German (with some English pages): * Related pages in [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/index.html Frank Mechelhoff's camera site]: ** [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Rolleiflex_Main.html Rollei index page] ** [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/RolleiflexSL35.html Rolleiflex SL35] ** [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Rolleiflex350.html Rolleiflex SL350 in German] and [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Rolleiflex350_en.html in English] ** [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/WestdeutscheSLR.html The last West German 35mm cameras] In Italian: * [http://www.nadir.it/ob-fot/rollei_sl35/articolo.htm Rolleiflex SL35], articles by Luca Vascon in [http://www.nadir.it/index.htm Nadir Magazine] in French: * on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand ** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=2043 Rollei Rolleiflex SL35 ] ** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/accesnotices/html/lire_repertoire?repert=Rolleiflex_SL35_depliant&marque=Rollei&modele=Rolleiflex%20SL35 Manual user] [[Category: 35mm SLR]] [[Category: Rollei]] [[Category: R]] [[Category: S|Sl35]] [[Category: 35mm SLR]] [[Category: Rollei]] [[Category: R]] [[Category: S|Sl35]]
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