The Rolleiflex SL35 is a range of SLR cameras from the German camera maker, Rollei. This range of camera uses 35mm film. The camera bodies were initially made in Germany and later in Singapore.
The Rolleiflex SL35 was the first 35mm SLR produced by Rollei. It was launched in 1970 and it introduced a new bayonet mount and a range of Rolleiflex SL35 lenses.
Compared to its competitors at that time, it was relatively small and light. The Rolleiflex SL35 was the second Rollei SLR camera to be equipped with Carl Zeiss lenses, after the SL66 of 1966.
It is a nice and compact camera, with a cloth focal plane shutter up to 1/1000 and a built-in through the lens exposure meter, with match-needle reading in the finder. However the meter only works when you close the diaphragm, by pressing a button on the top plate. This feature was already outdated at the time it was sold. The SL35 has no built-in accessory shoe, it was sold as a removable accessory.