History
The Rolleiflex SL35 was the first 35mm SLR produced by Rollei, in 1970. The SL35 is in fact a whole range of 35mm SLR cameras, that were developed and built from the 1970s until the 1990s.
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.
4 years later in 1974, Rollei was to produce the Rolleiflex SL350. The Rolleiflex SL350 had open-aperture metering, an improvement over the Rolleiflex SL35, which was built with a stop down light meter.
In 1976, Rollei was to produce a new variant, the SL35M. The SL35M was built on a visibly different body based on an earlier Icarex design, but otherwise, offered nothing technologically radical.
At the same time, a variant of the SL35M, the SL35ME was also released. Built on the same body, the SL35ME had electronic shutter control inside, and could set shutter speeds automatically. The viewfinder also came with a whole range of indicators, including aperture, shutter speed amongst others.
2 years later, in 1978, the SL35 E was introduced. It had all the functions of the SL35ME, but came in a lighter package.
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