Camera Geekery: The Rolleiflex SL66

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A no holds barred adventure in over engineering, this is the remarkable SL66.
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@sifren2491 3 года назад

I found a Rollei SL66SE in a small junk shop in Serbia while on a road trip. The sticker on the camera was 900 Serbian Dinars (or a whopping 9 usd) I tried purchasing it from the shop keeper, and I almost bought it with money in hand. But last minute before taking my money, the shop keep stopped and called her boss. She then told me its not for sale. Ahh, so close...

@theothertonydutch 3 года назад

Maybe you came across as too eager. On a side note I score a Yashica mat 124G the other day for 50 euros which isn't too bad. :3

@michaelli323 3 года назад

I have an irrational attachment to this camera. Played with one on a trip to Japan and it’s been in my mind ever since. My 500CM felt amazing until I held a SL66SE, which was just about the most well built thing ever. Truly an embodiment of ‘gesamtkunstwerk’ ideals.

@stanvandersluis8486 6 месяцев назад

So the sl66 above the hasselblad?

@Seapatico 3 года назад

The audio is so so perfect. It's like you're narrating a Disney cartoon in the 1960s and it fills my heart with joy.

@MarcelSauder 2 года назад

My grand uncle in Venezuela was a SL66 photographer for more than 30 yrs. inspired through this fact, i begun to work with a SL66E 12 years ago, now it becomes my main camera. Phantastin and great germ.

@Xingqiwu387 3 года назад

The SL66 is the ULTIMATE creative tool in photography. It's my all-time favorite.

@stanvandersluis8486 9 месяцев назад

Yes, possibilities so superior to the hasselblad, a beast

@karellen00 3 года назад

I love the fact that you are covering some not so obvious cameras! Rollei is probably my favorite camera brand: they were the traditional TLR brand, but they have brought a lot of innovations too with the 35, the SL66, the weird but amazingly cool sl2000 series! I have a 35S: on paper having no rangefinder, winding lever on the wrong side, a lens that can be collapsed only when the shutter is cocked, and so on seems to be the recipe for an awful to use camera, but it's probably my most fun to use camera, because of the way it was designed to first set the camera, then frame without needing to think to anything else.

@flavioserci6046 Месяц назад

The best camera ever made.

@palerider2890 22 дня назад

I agree. So intelligently designed. Had one with a prism finder in the 80s.

@zarmindrow5831 3 года назад

this dude making me buy everything

@ivr56_ 3 года назад

camera History aspect is fantastic. Please keep doing this

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

Thank you!

@WesleyVerhoevePhotography 3 года назад

hahaha I started going "whooaaaaa" and then you did too haha

@SopotKrzyn 3 года назад

Beautiful camera ! Thank You !

@HarmFlo 3 года назад

Read about this on your website a few years ago. Interesting camera, interesting story.

@ZeptonicScientist 3 года назад

This is a stunning piece of gear!

@simonsharp9162 Год назад

The magazine 'issue' is an operator issue. You must cock the shutter (wind the back on) before you take it off. That's how the backs get jammed etc as people don't wind them forward first. I learned the hard way but was straightened out by a very angry Brian Mickelborough who is the UK's last and best Rollei engineer. He was not happy about my misuse of the camera.

@inkmothstudios 2 года назад

I got mine for about 200 euro about ten years ago. Best camera I will ever own. Probably the best deal I will ever get.

@daviehudson4270 3 года назад

I love mine, makes amazing images ... almost 3D

@naaldvoerder 3 года назад

I have one of those, with 3 lenses, 3 backs and red and IR bayVI filters. Awesome camera’s. When treated with respect, very capable and very durable.

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

Very cool!

@paata799 Год назад

My dream camera

@albertmeyer8983 3 года назад

Thanks for this stunning presentation!

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelhansen2446 3 года назад

Just got a Rolleiflex SLX model 2 - it’s a design masterpiece and so intuitive and easy to use - I just finished my first roll of portra 400 - and are now waiting for the film to develup 😊

@scottmcsorley6820 10 месяцев назад

Rollei rock! I used my Rollei6006 for 30 year! I would love to buy a SL66!

@stephencrowfoot244 3 года назад

My thoughts exactly. Was the best landscape camera I've ever had but the film magazines let me down.

@AndersKeisHansen 3 года назад

Great video about a great camera :)

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

Thanks for watching

@yamsengyiep1179 3 года назад

Hope to see a video of Rollei 35

@batchint 3 года назад

admirable 🏛

@Coconut7403 3 года назад

Thanks for doing a more budget focused camera!

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

You bet!

@Caracalaba 3 года назад

Great video. Id like to see more like this one where you tell the story behind the camera

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

Check out the other videos, they are a similar style.

@Caracalaba 3 года назад

@@japancamerahunter mm I think in the firsts videos you didn't go so much into the story of the camera like you did here with the story between rollei and hasselblad

@MoveAhead101 3 года назад

You forgot to mention, that due to the build in shutter in combination with the bellows, you can adopt allmost any lens to it, eg. microscope lenses

@thomasjayprince 3 года назад

Wow!!! 🤯

@user-ti9zc1xv2b 3 года назад

Ah the SL66, the over-engineered, heavy as a truck beauty of a camera. Hard to CLA, and costs tons of money to fix them.

@michaelli323 3 года назад

Just sent my SL66SE to Germany for a CLA, not looking forward to seeing the bill for sure...

@stanvandersluis8486 Год назад

Not if you know the adresses 😁

@user-ti9zc1xv2b Год назад

@@stanvandersluis8486 Hans Klinkhamer

@jlwilliams 3 года назад

I remember admiring the feature overload of these back in the day, but crikey, it's ginormous! If I wanted an all-mechanical, focal-plane-shutter 6x6 SLR for real-life photography, I'd go for a Bronica S2A in a heartbeat... which is what a lot of people actually did, I guess.

@TruePoindexter 3 года назад

Hell... That's what I went for today. Picked up a full S2A kit with 3 lenses and 2 backs for a couple hundred.

@nickfanzo 2 года назад

Hassleblad gets all the 6x6 hype but these are more versatile , and better imo

@SprocketHoles 3 года назад

The audio is great touch but I think its a tad too loud relative to the voice over. Great video showing the camera

@mdjmurray 3 года назад

“Not sell-your-kidneys expensive.” Opens eBay £2000. Closes eBay.

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

You are definitely undervaluing your kidneys.

@desertmav8632 3 года назад

Was gonna say I’ve noticed they’re generally about $1000 less than a Leica M6 body. Gorgeous camera I’ve ALWAYS wanted one!

@xxGravyBabyxx 3 года назад

@@japancamerahunter my kidneys don't have $1000 to $2000 lol

@stuarttrenholm5355 3 года назад

Worth it lol

@randomnetizen7980 2 года назад

@@desertmav8632 $1000 less meaning $1000 less than the worth of my kidneys?

@davidv.kutaliya 3 года назад

❤️

@caiodlimaM 3 года назад

what a wonderful piece of engineering do you also sell watches mister hunt?

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

I do. Thanks

@albertabdul-barrwang3494 3 года назад

Damn... I bet that my Contax 645 camera set is the kid from this camera :p

@TedWong28 3 года назад

I got so excited when he said "NOT sell your kidneys expensive" so I jump into eBay only to find them going for upwards of 1.8k 😭😭

@JohnSmith-gs4zv 3 года назад

Welcome to 2020. Also, fuck you 2020!

@inevitablecraftslab 3 года назад

which is 500CM range, thats not too bad

@mikerichardson60 3 года назад

2k is an absolute bargain for this feat of engineering. See what people are paying for disposable mirrorless plastic junk.

@inevitablecraftslab 3 года назад

@@mikerichardson60 jup, the only thing that stops it from beeing the best camera ever is that it doesnt have leaf-shutters on the fast lenses. If the 80 2.8 would have a leaf-shutter i would buy one, but i dont trust focal-plane shutter with that size and that age, knowing i have to change the whole body if something happens to the shutter

@MyNorthAmetican40 3 года назад

Any chance for a video on ALPA and/ or Topcon Super D anytime soon. Really enjoy your videos

@japancamerahunter 3 года назад

We have done an Alpa already. We shall look into the Topcon.

@kronkite1530 3 года назад

@@japancamerahunter An Alpa 10D or 11 etc. would be great. My favourite camera ever. Looks beautiful (if you like Art Deco and crinkly metal, if the black version like mine, like the dash of a 60s sports racer car), beautifully built - better than any Leica I have owned - lovely to use and gives access to some of the best/most interesting lenses ever made. Can even use my Nikon and M42 lenses as if native with the adapters. Fantastic things.

@mapgeek6 3 года назад

Pretty much all of the advantages of the Mamiya RB-67, plus lens tilting, but in 6x6 format and with superior Zeiss glass. I've always liked 6x6 much more than 6x7. I've also always wanted a SL-66 but have been nervous to buy due to repair concerns. Seeing this video may have changed my mind!

@gibcoprobe66 3 года назад

''superior Zeiss glass'' not sure about that. I love Zeis glass but I wouldn't say they are superior to Mamiya's especial for the RB/RZ system. I would say the rendering is different, less clinical with the Zeiss. But in terms of sharpness and microcontrast, I still prefer the Mamiya's.

@lonerangefinder3974 3 года назад

Purchased on last year knowing full well that future repairs would be difficult. Probably easier to just buy another body then trying to get it repaired. Finding a working back can be difficult. Since it has bellows and a focal plan shutter the only moving parts on the lenses is the aperture.

@MoveAhead101 3 года назад

No, its the other way round. The Mamiya and the Fuji have some advantages of the sl 66

@TorToroPorco 3 года назад

An amazing camera but the flash sync speed would have been an impediment for many professional photographers. If you were a commercial photographer a lot of your work would have been shot in the studio with a flash. Similarly if you were shooting portraits or weddings you would have used a flash. Other than a TLR the one Rollei I would really lust after would be the 35mm SL2000 SLR. Now that was an amazing bit of kit with the hybrid viewfinder system and the plethora of knobs and dials in a more compact and lighter form factor. A crazily unique camera but one has to wonder about Rollei’s marketing research.

@jcollins1305 3 года назад

Reading “The Classic Rollei” by John Philips, he talks about that. He says Rollei was continually going down blind alleys when the public was clamoring for something else. They stuck to the TLR, when they should have started developing slr cameras earlier. By the time the Rollei 35 came along, it was too late, even though it was a huge success.

@inevitablecraftslab 3 года назад

if it wasnt for the shutter i would so much like one, but i dont trust those huge shutters compared to leave shutters, i dont even care about sync speed its just the physical size that makes me fear of failure

@stuarttrenholm5355 3 года назад

Cover the rollei magic 1 or 2

@anta40 3 года назад

Sync speed 1/30s... so I guess that's why the SL66 wasn't popular for studio work, unlike the Hasselblad?

@NJ1810 3 года назад

Does the bellows extension only tilt up and down or can you also shift it? In other words: Is it suitable for architecture photography?

@brettpatching 3 года назад

That was my first thought too.

@mgsmith1957 3 года назад

No Shift. Only Tilt. A Maximum of 8 degrees as mentioned

@lonerangefinder3974 3 года назад

Tilt is mainly used in architecture, shift is more for product photography. There is Rolleigon 75mm PC lens for the SL66, it shifts and optimized for tilt function on the body.

@MoveAhead101 3 года назад

It has square format...