Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had an SL66 (two, for a while) and liked it, but today, would be more inclined to use it for product shots or other niche applications which can utilize it's macro capabilities, and do not need much lens movement. Sometimes, the shutter release won't pop back up. The solution is to whack the camera gently, and it will. The gearing between body and back sometimes clashes, and here, as with a manual transmission whose synchromesh doesn't, don't bother finessing it--just give it a firm crank 'till the gears crunch back into proper mesh, and everything's fine. It's not a particularly rugged camera, but if you take normal care, and don't freak out over every perceived flaw, it's fine. This is one camera that I'd be careful about buying if it looks like it might've been dropped, because I've seen a body and back warp out of alignment such that the two would fit, but not interchange with any others. Jeff - -----Original Message----- From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk> >My suggestion for a suitably esoteric Leica quality MF system; the >Rolleiflex SL66. Not exactly the latest thing in technology, nor easy to >find lenses for, but fun if you can find them.