Rolleiflex SL 35 with Schneider Kreuznach SL Xenon 1,8/50 G

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.

The Rolleiflex SL35 was the first 35mm SLR produced by Rollei, in 1970.

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.

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 This feature was already outdated at the time it was sold.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 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.

Rolleiflex SL 35:

 Manufactured 1970 - 06/1972 in Germany, 24.500 units in chrome and black

Rollei FP cloth manual shutter: B, 1 sec to 1/1000; Cds TTL stop down metering, Gossen needle lightmeter in viewfinder, selftimer, PX13 battery for lightmeter only, 1/60 sync, accesories shoe optional, pentaprism. QBM bayonet I. 141x94x48(prism 87)mm WxHxD; 775g with SL Xenon 1,8/50.

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Body serial number: 4031530

Year production: 1972

Lens serial number:11978222

Year production: 1972

Lens and body made in West Germany.

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