Rolleiflex SLX Ver.2 Walk Around
The SLX wasn't the first single lens reflex from Rollei. Already at Photokina in 1966 the SL66 camera was presented.
However, while the SL66 was a mechanical camera, the new SLX presented at Photokina in 1974, was a totally electronic camera. No springs or feathers. An electric motor runs the camera and a new electrical shutter was build into all lenses.
This means that the camera is a "direct drive" camera not unlike what we know today from many modern electronic film cameras.
To make a fully electronic camera Rollei invented a new shutter with two linear motors build into the lens.
Constructing a leaf shutter capable of at least 1/500 sec. and with a big enough aperture wasn't easy but Rollei managed to construct a shutter with a diameter of 24mm and a maximum speed of 1/500 sec.
The lenses contains two linear motors; one for controlling the shutter and one for the aperture.
Later came an even faster shutter capable of 1/1000 sec. or a bigger diameter (34mm) for a larger maximum aperture.
This is my entrance in to Medium Format Film Photography, and my readmission to film photography. I played around with 35mm and a Pentax K1000 with black and white film, developed in the bathroom, many years back.
Rolleiflex SLX Ver.2 Walk Around
The SLX wasn't the first single lens reflex from Rollei. Already at Photokina in 1966 the SL66 camera was presented.
However, while the SL66 was a mechanical camera, the new SLX presented at Photokina in 1974, was a totally electronic camera. No springs or feathers. An electric motor runs the camera and a new electrical shutter was build into all lenses.
This means that the camera is a "direct drive" camera not unlike what we know today from many modern electronic film cameras.
To make a fully electronic camera Rollei invented a new shutter with two linear motors build into the lens.
Constructing a leaf shutter capable of at least 1/500 sec. and with a big enough aperture wasn't easy but Rollei managed to construct a shutter with a diameter of 24mm and a maximum speed of 1/500 sec.
The lenses contains two linear motors; one for controlling the shutter and one for the aperture.
Later came an even faster shutter capable of 1/1000 sec. or a bigger diameter (34mm) for a larger maximum aperture.
This is my entrance in to Medium Format Film Photography, and my readmission to film photography. I played around with 35mm and a Pentax K1000 with black and white film, developed in the bathroom, many years back.