Rolleiflex sl35 manual

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This feature was already outdated at the time it was sold.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 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 Rolleiflex SL 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 SL, but they do not activate the new feature. The SL was sold in chrome or black, and was only made in Germany.

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