Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:19 PM 11/30/97 -0000, Harrison McClary wrote: >My brother has a Rolleiflex SL 35mm camera S# 4 723 622 with a Planar 50 >1.8 Rollei HFT lens # 1149719. > >He is wanting to know what kind of lenses he can get for this camera and >where he can find them. I have never seen another camera like this, but >I am sure some of you know about it. Well, for starters, he COULD subscribe to the Rollei List, sister to the LUG. The Rolleiflex SL35 line (which is now only represented by the 3003 in a photogrammetric version) uses Rollei's 'QBM' (Quick Bayonet Mount). There is a series of Schneider, Zeiss, and Voigtlander lenses in QBM, and a fair number of Singapore and German made Rollei HFT lenses (Rollei-made Zeiss lenses); there are also a series of 'Rolleinar' lenses which were third-party Japanese lenses of from mediocre to good quality. Finally, there are aftermarket lenses from Sigma, I believe, and I know that both Kilfitt/Zoomar and Novoflex made adapters. And Rollei still sells the M42 adapter to allow the vast range of these lenses (German, Russian, and Japanese) to be used on the SL35 cameras. All of these appear from time to time in Shutterbug. Woodmere and Brooklyn Camera, or Hadley Chamberlain, are probably the places to start. Marc Small Rollei List Administrator msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!