floyd_waller

Back in the day, Tamron made adaptall-II adapters for both Leicaflex and Leica R. I have and use both. They have become rare and expensive on ebay. One is very lucky to obtain either at a reasonable price. You would need the Leicaflex adapter for your SL. I use mine with an SL2 and it provides full aperture metering.

<p>For a C lens it should be Bayonet=Bay50. For later models , it should be Bay60. Bay6 for Rollei is a completely different size of attachment.</p>

<p>The Graphic View shown in the photo is a Graphic View I which has base tilts and a shorter bellows than the Graphic View II which has axis tilts. Usually the GV I had a spring back and the GV II had a Graflok back, although at this point in time you find them with either. The illustrated GV I also has the adapter board to accept the Pacemaker Graphic metal lens boards. The earlier Graphic wooden boards were the same 4 X 4 inch size as the Graphic View and the wooden field Graphic model and thus totally interchangeable.</p>

<p>Using a PQ lens or earlier is no problem. You will not be able to use a PQS lens since the camera does not have the circuitry for the high speed. The PQ lens will work just the same as the earlier 6000 (SLX, 6006) lenses which are often mistakenly called HFT lenses. All Rollei lenses are HFT which refers to the High Fidelity Transfer lens coatings and has nothing to do with function. This is considered to be comparable or identical to the "T" coatings on Hasselblad and other Zeiss derived lenses.</p>

<p>I can't address the C/Y version but I have the earlier version for Rollei QBM and I would have to say that it is either front focusing or internal because the rear element does not move on this one. It is a superb lens!</p>

<p>The SL2 only requires 2 cam lenses but as has been stated, many earlier lenses have been upgraded by Leica or DAG to 3 cam. When viewed from the rear, the 2 cams are most prominent as the curved silver cams , top and bottom inside the lens housing. The third cam when present is a small (usually black) stair-step immediately inside the bottom silver cam. I have two lenses which were converted by Leica US.</p>

<p>A distinct possibility is Cleistocactus straussii from South America.</p>

<p>The annoying thing if you want to use a conventional Nimh charger is that they are set up for sets of 2 or 4 and the Rollei requires 5 so you have to have enough to make multiple sets. I do believe in retrospect that the higher capacity batteries require longer charge times.<br> By the way, I have the Rollei 6000 series medium format cameras and have gone to Nimh batteries in them as well and there I use the standard Rollei chargers made for the Nicads also.</p>

<p>I should have noted that I am using 2500mAh Nimh batteries presently and have used somewhat lesser powered in the past. My highly respected repair person assured me years ago that the camera would only draw what it needed and the higher capacity batteries simply last longer.</p>

<p>No problem at all. I went to Nimh batteries on my 3003 and 3001 years ago and I have both types of chargers ( 1-hour and 14-hour Nicad) and tho it might be beneficial to charge the Nimh longer than Nicads, I'm not even sure that is true or necessary. I have a couple of the wired-in packs and several of the loose AA packs and have used Nimh batteries in all of them for years with no problem whatever.</p>

<p>Sorry, I should have clarified that mine was not a Fotodiox but similar with three set setscrews. Looks almost the same!</p>

<p>I had the same problem and it is a tiny Allen-type screw. Fortunately, I have multiple sets of small screwdriver kits with various tips and found one that worked 1/16 inch on mine.</p>