Helen Bach
(K=2331) - Comment Date 3/24/2006
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I use an SL 66SE a lot - see my 'Garden Notebooks' portfolio. Most of those were taken with an SL 66. They are great cameras, but slightly larger and heavier than a Hasselblad. The lenses are similar, though the recent lenses that are available for the Hasselblad or the Rollei 600x series are not available for the SL 66.
I could write a lot about the SL 66. It has some useful features. However, for a lot of purposes it might be better to buy a Hasselblad. $700 is quite a good price for an SL 66 with the 80 mm lens if the lens is in good condition. For a camera as old as an SL 66 condition matters a lot. Repairs can be expensive.
If you plan to get a wide selection of lenses then the Hasselblad system would be easier and cheaper to accumulate. There is a huge amount of Hasselblad gear on the market at the moment. But the hasselblad and the SL 66 are two different cameras, with different characteristics.
I'm happy to write more about the SL 66. What attracts you to the SL 66?
Best,
Helen
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Ahmad Hasan
(K=4164) - Comment Date 3/24/2006
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Thanks a lot for answering me indeed I think SL66 suitable for a lot of purposes and the built in bellow is very good advantage for me and over all I dont have a lot of choices in my country as MF cameras are not very common and unaffordable in most cases any way find SL66 is an affordable choice which fits my needs as an amateur
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Helen Bach
(K=2331) - Comment Date 3/24/2006
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The bellows allow you to use a very wide variety of other lenses on the SL 66, and because of the focal plane shutter, the lenses don't have to have shutters. You can use enlarging lenses, for example. Lens adapters are expensive, but you can use old filters as the basis of a lens mount. The bellows will accept an SL 66 lens mounted either way round, so that means that the 'front' of a filter will mount on the front of the bellows, if the filter is turned round.
The bellows also allow you to tilt the lens (though not when they are fully retracted) for controlling depth of field using the Scheimpfug principle.
You would be buying a great camera for $700.
Best,
Helen
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Ahmad Hasan
(K=4164) - Comment Date 3/24/2006
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Thanks alot I highly appreciate your advice , As I ve seen in your portfolio you have shown graet details using the SL66 so now I am more convinced to have it
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iiiii iiiii
(K=-283) - Comment Date 4/6/2006
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The only concern I have is the shutter. Listen to 1 second. The sound you hear should have a continuously even sound. It should not speed up or slow down throughout the 1 second. I would, also, look for a repair man or place. I have seen lenses on E Bay. I love mine and have had it since 1969.
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Ahmad Hasan
(K=4164) - Comment Date 4/8/2006
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Thats so nice i was few months old at that time I highly appreciate your advice I ve checked the shutter and the sound seems he same (as I hear it me my self as am not expert)is ther an other way .thanks for answering .
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kenneth cooke
(K=23) - Comment Date 10/29/2009
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I have just, today bought an SL66 with various lenses in fact the kit which is shown on this site
http://www.commercialcameras.co.uk/used.html
I see many advantages in the SL66 over Hasselblad as one does not need to buy lenses with built in shutters which do need to be exercised regularly. As a serious amateur this is an important consideration for me. I am trading in my Leica M6 system which initially feels a bit of a wrench
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ueri uwei
(K=15) - Comment Date 12/8/2010
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