Rolleiflex SLX

The Rolleiflex SLX was a great step forward for the medium format cameras made by Rollei GmbH.

Introduced to the market in 1976 as a successor to the Rolleiflex SL66, the 6x6-format SLX featured several technical advances. Its compact body had a built-in motor drive. Lenses contained a leaf shutter with a maximum shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. The aperture and shutter were motor driven; one could sync with electronic flash at any speed.

The metering system had a shutter-priority auto exposure system, and it would also work on fully manual settings. The default viewfinder was waist level one, but interchangeable with a prism finder.

The SLX was manufactured from 1976 until 1979. Then a newer SLX 2 was introduced.

You can read about the SLX at PHOTOgraphical.NET or Mj;i.

Here are some specs from the latter site.

* First introduced in 1976.
* Camera type : 6 x 6cm leaf-shutter AE SLR camera
* Film : 120 roll film (12 exp.), 220 roll film (24 exp.)
* Standard lens : Planner f2.8/80mm (five-group, seven-element)
* Closest focusing distance : 0.9 m.
* Shutter : linear motor leaf shutter
* Shutter speeds : B, 30 - 1/500sec.
* Focusing : helicoid focusing
* Viewfinder : collapsible waist-level finder
* Focusing screen : split-microprism
* Exposure meter : full-aperture centre-weighted light reading AE,utilizing silicon photo-diode
* Film speed range : ASA 25 - 6400
* Power resources : 9.6V nickel-cadmium battery
* Film winding : auto-winding, winding speed / 0.7sec., continuous taking enabled.
* Frame counter : automatic-resetting, forward counting frame counter
* Body dimensions : 85 x 138 x 162 mm (with standard lens)
* Body weight : 1800 g. (1250 g. without lens)

You can also find more interesting stuff at Rolleigraphy and Rolleiclub.

(This is the last of my camera posts for this year. The observant among you may have noticed that I failed to write about the Mamiya / Sekor 1000 DTL on January 22, or the Miranda Sensorex on June 20. Also MIA are posts about the Fujica G690 and Mamiya RB67 Pro S, on unspecified dates. You're right. I messed up.)