Rollei SL66 & SL66E - Compatibility

[simon_gutknecht]

<p>Good Evening<br>

I'm new to photo.net, so hello and it's nice to be here. I'm the owner of a SL66 (which i love very much) with various lenses. now, i've been offered a SL66E in good condition. What i've been trying to find out is:</p>

<p>Are the magazines of those two camera models compatibly? <br />(i.e. could i use the SL66E-magazine on the SL66 and the SL66-magazine on the SL66E?)<br />And the same question occurs with the lens: Will my lenses work on the SL66E? And will the 80mm from the SL66E work on my SL66?</p>

<p>I hope my quastions are not to confusing. I've been trying to find the answers on the internet, without success. If anyone can help me, thanks very much in advance!<br>

Simon</p>

[john_stockdale2]

<p>Lenses: all lenses are interchangeable. Metering will work on the SL66E with a lens that has the "E-ring" which is a ring that can be retrofitted to any of the older lenses so that the aperture ring can register with a meter prong on the body. E-rings are hard to find for some lenses and tend to be expensive, but for the smaller lenses there is a simple way to makeshift a registration device. Ask me if you would like details. If you use a lens without E-ring on the SL66E you cannot use the meter. You can't do stop-down metering because the meter is not activated without something on the lens moving the body prong a little.</p>

<p>Magazines: I am not completely sure but I think this is correct. The SL66E magazine can be used on the SL66. It is actually very similar, with of course some contacts for the film speed setting. The SL66 magazine can be used on the SL66E and no metering of course.</p>

<p>The best magazine is the SL66SE one, which does away with the sometimes troublesome film loading sensor, and simply requires the marking on the paper film back to be lined up, as in most medium format cameras. This magazine can be recognised by a winding handle rather than a knob, and is available in 120 and 220 variants that will only take the type of film designated. The 120 one is obviously the most useful. My guess is that the SL66SE magazine would work on the SL66E with full metering.</p>

<p>On the subject of lenses, you might even discover that some of your existing lenses has already been fitted with an E-ring. This happened to me, much to my surprise.</p>

<p>If you send me your email address, I could send you some information that I got from the web over the years.</p>

[simon_gutknecht]

<p>thank you so much for your quick answer. It was very helpful to me!<br />i just ordered the sl66e. looking forward to get it!<br>

Simon</p>

[morgan_malaska]

<p>I love my SL66, it is somewhat battered and bruised, but man, those lenses produce results! Alas, I don't use mine enough to warrant keeping such an expensive camera in my inventory so I've put it in various classifieds... But I am <em>almost </em>happy that noone has showed any interest.<br>

<br /> <img src="http://www.morganmalaska.se//dump/3s.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Rolleiflex SL66 with 80mm f/2,8 Planar-HFT lens @ f/4 on Kodak Portra 400 VC</p>