[rollei_list] Re: SL66 tips
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:41:25 +0000 (GMT)
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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