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She was built by Dunston’s of Thorne, Yorkshire in November 1943 - a busy time for the Clyde Ship building yards. As the wartime Admiralty needed 50, (later 100) victualling boats in a hurry, they were built in groups of three by various different yards in England. No new designs were needed as the perfect boat existed in a Clyde Puffer.

(The first skipper had proven to be a drunken maniac. He had taken a cargo of cement out to Barra to build a pier. The boat had suffered damage all along the starboard side, a propellor blade had been knocked off, the crew were in jail for stealing the shop’s petty cash, one had septic sores and another had a nasty seaman’s disease. Obviously merchant men could, to a certain extent during the war, choose from the Merchant Navy Shipping Pool what type of boat they worked on. So the reality was that the crew were no gentlemen.

Leicaflex SL by Süleyman (Deceased 04.2012)

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Manufactured by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, Germany

Model: 1968, as to the Leica SLR serial numbers list in Stephen Gandy's CameraQuest

All Leicaflex SL produced between 1968-74, with quantity 80.995

35mm SLR film camera

BODY

Lens release: by lens bayonet lock, red lever on the right side of the lens flange

Focusing: ground-glass screen, w/ central microprism rangefinder spot

DOF button: on the left front side of the camera

Shutter: Horizontal metal focal-plane, speeds: 1-1/2000 +B & X (1/100sec)

setting : dial around the cocking lever knob

Shutter release: on the cocking lever knob, w/ cable release socket

Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate

Frame counter: auto reset advance type, in a window, beside the cocking lever

Viewfinder: SLR pentaprism finder, w/ match the needle-pointer and shutter speed scale,

the most brightest finder that ever made

Exposure meter: selective TTL CdS meter, central spot metering

Film speed range: 8-6400 ASA, setting: by dial around the re-wind knob, ASA/ DIN scales, w/ a push button locking, beside the re-wind knob, depress the button and turn the dial

Exposure setting: by match the needle in the right of the finder, after setting the shutter speed, turn the aperture ring on the lens until needle and pointer matches, when needles are on downside small and upside large apertures,

the setting can be done by turning the speed dial also

Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate

Re-wind release: a small button, on the bottom plate

Flash PC socket: two, for X and bulb flashes, on the left front of the camera, w/ a lid,

flash icon on the shutter speed ring shows max speed 1/100 for electronic flash units

Cold-shoe

Memory dial: for film type, on the rewind-knob

Self-timer

Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch and button on the left side of the camera

Engraving on the bottom plate: Leitz Wetzlar Germany and serial no.

Tripod socket: 1/4''

Strap lugs

Battery: only for exposure meter, one 1.35v PX625 Mercury cell, (accepts PX625A / LR9, but better is 1.35v Zinc/air)

Battery test: a button on the left of the prism, when pressing the needle in the finder must move fully down

Battery chamber: on the bottom plate

On/off switch: when the cocking lever moved from the upper plate the meter is on, when lever retracted the meter is off.

Body: metal; Weight: 766g

serial no. 1203987

LENS

Standard lens

Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 50mm f/2 auto-aperture

Mount: Leica R mount w/ two TTL metering cams on the lens mount

serial no.236071

Aperture: f/2-f/16

Focus range: 0.5-10m +inf w/ DOF scale

Lens barrel: steel, weight: 307g

The SL stands for "selective light".

The original red plastic lens-release button tended to break easily. Most SLs that have been CLAed have had their lens-release buttons replaced with a metal one.

Be sure to check your SL to make sure the pentaprism isn't desilvering, a new one will cost hundreds of dollars.

Leicaflex was the name given to the first series of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras manufactured by Leitz. The various Leicaflex models were fully mechanical cameras marketed between 1964 and 1976.

The Leicaflex SL was a SLR made by Leitz from 1968 to 1974 as the second model of the Leicaflex series. In 1968, Leitz responded to the critics of the non-TTL meter of the original Leicaflex by introducing its successor the Leicaflex SL with a TTL meter. The SL designation in the name was an abbreviation of "Selective Light", the name chosen by Leitz for its implementation of TTL metering. This system metered a limited area represented by the viewfinder's central microprism spot.

In the tradition of Leica rangefinder cameras, the SL is a precision-crafted, robust tool made for the photographer who demands the utmost in durability and image quality and can work without modern conveniences.

Leicaflex was extremely durable, and superbly finished, but their appeal was limited by their failure to keep pace with the state of the art in SLR design, their somewhat limited selection of accessories, and their extremely high price in comparison with their Japanese competitors. Info from Camerapedia

more info:

in Photoethnography by Karen Nakamura

in Overgaard

in Photo.net

+ Original leather Case, Original body cap

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