The camera works very well hand held with the dedicated handgrip.
The thinking of the day was such, that if one wasn't a hot shot
advertising photographer from New York with unlimited resources, then
a camera for a basic working photographer would have to fill more
than one function. It made the SL66 a very sensible camera.
Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, AGCC http://sdimitrovphoto.com
On Sep 25, 2005, at 6:41 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
I add to your interesting commentary about the SL 66 that this camera was conceived and designed as a Studio camera from factory, this is the reason it's a large and heavy SLR.-
All the best Carlos --- Jan Decher <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx> escribió:
I sold my SL66SE which I got in good condition from the Rollei Club to a happy fellow in Norway because it was too large for me and it stayed home too much. Also I couldn't find some of the lenses I really wanted (esp. 5.6/500 mm). I switched to Contax 645 and haven't regretted it yet, in spite of current limbo situation with Contax 645 production & future. The Contax 645 is much more portable when split into its components (finder, body, lens, back). If I want to shot squares nowadays I use my trusty 3.5E Xenotar and soon a reconditioned Super Ikonta 6x6. If you get the older basic non-metered SL66 have the longer mirror lever installed by Harry Fleenor to avoid mirror lock and buy ($$$) or borrow Mannheim's big SL66 book which explains everything SL66. Jan
===From: Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Intro and WTB [some OT and
long]
Hi folks, ... I am very interested in a Rollei SL66 since it
is both a normal
camera and a tilt camera. I really don't know too much about the SL66. I
have read numerous web
sites (SL66.com, etc.) so I understand what the camera
is about and why I
want one. But which one? I hope someone on this list
(someone who has stayed
awake and read this far... :-) can advise me on
the models as to - are
there any models to avoid. I've been thinking
about the basic
mechanical SL66 since I don't need a built-in meter. I think
I'm interested in:
SL66 camera; 40FLE, 80, 120/4 lenses; prism
finder; and whatever...
Other than eBay, I do not know where to look for
these items. If
anyone has a clue where to find good, clean, un-abused
versions of the above
items, lease let me know. I would really appreciate it. Jim Brick
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