Like the Swedish rival it was a cube with interchangeable lens, backs and finders, however, there was a major difference, the SL66 has a focal plane shutter. The SL66 was a mechanical camera, inspired by the Hasselblad. After this, Rollei also built an electronic medium format system with the SLX, 6001, 6003, 6006, 6008 and Hy6 (all of which had no compatibility with the SL66). The last of these was a 6 x 6 120-format SLR. Rollei´s answers were a 35mm SLR, an amateur compact camera and the SL66. The popular Rolleiflex TLR, produced from the late 1920’s and one of the most copied camera sever, was also looking outdated in an amateur market where the SLR´s reign was beginning. In the 1960s Rollei was losing ground to Hasselblad in the professional market. KF article top The Rolleiflex SL66, Rollei’s medium format monster (Pic: Nuno Pinheiro)
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