And this is Instamatic SLR No.4, the most beautiful but also most expensive
($299 or 628 DM, 1973) of all five. With its elegant, extremly compact as
well as functionell design it cannot deny its creator. It is Heinz
Waaske, the designer of the legendary Rollei 35, who also has demonstrated his class with the
Rolleiflex SL26.
The technical details are quickly listed: Compur shutter (1/2 to 1/500
sec), aperture 2.8 to 22, match-needle metering (CdS, TTL) flash via hot shoe (one of the first SLR). In contrast to the Contaflex 126 the Rollei has an instant-return
mirror, which ensures almost uninterupted view through the wonderfully
large viewfinder with microprisms and a split-image rangefinder as
focussing aids.
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The standard lens is a Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/40 mm. Its front element can
be replaced throgh a bayonet mount by the so call Pro-Tessars (28 mm f/3.2
and 80 mm f/4). Carl Zeiss called this concept set-lenses, introduced by
Zeiss Ikon with their Contaflex series, but later discontinued again. Formally,
whith this feature the Rolleiflex SL26 could claim to have interchangable
lenses, but it was clearly limited to these three. In contrast to Contaflex 126 or Kodak Instamatic Reflex, which had real interchangable lenses
that was a disadvantage. Despite this, the complete set was really
expensive: Almost $700 you had to spend for it in the early 1970ies, which
is about $5000 in today's money.
Even today the Rolleiflex is still the most valuable of the five SLRs. I have waited a long time
for an opportunity and let pass some auctions at about $100, but then I
found this excellent copy and could get it for only $ 24. What a catch!
Lag letzten Samstag eine auf dem Flohmarkt Kostenpunkt 5€ aber hinterher ist man immer schlauer.
AntwortenLöschenNa, da war ich wohl zu spät mit meinem Post...;-)
LöschenHab heute eine zugeschickt bekommen.Ich hab sie für etwas mehr als 17€ bei ebay erworben und der nette Verkäufer hat mir noch einen verpackten Kasettenfilm Agfacolor beigelegt. Bei der Batterie muß ich noch etwas tricksen, da PX 625, und die Filmbeschaffung mittels Adapter, Kleinbildfilm und Dunkelkammersack dürfte auch nicht so leicht sein. Wir werden sehn.
AntwortenLöschenGlückwunsch zur Kamera. Wirklich schade, dass das keine KB oder zumindest Rapid-Kamera ist. Sonst würde ich damit auch nochmal gerne fotografieren...
LöschenViele Grüße und viel Erfolg beim Film-Fummeln...
Christoph