Recent content by Rufus SLX

There loads that still work. The shutters do have issues from time-to-time

My experience of dealing with the Chinese is that issues of face-saving or losing face plus all sorts of communication issues that we don't suffer from in the West means they just can't do good PR and up-front factual information in a lot of areas. They should be really up-front and engaging in...

German Engineering isn't all that bad! :-) Unheated room: humidity is key here. My grandmother lived on an island in SW Ireland. Needless to say the Leicas she had used all over Africa decades ago are now in an awful state...

Could be corrosion on the contacts which are made in the shutter speed knob? Maybe spray a bit of contact cleaner between the knob and the camera body and turn the knob backwards and forwards to remove any dirt/oxidation? Ok your leatherette will probably fall off using this method :-) It may be...

I like mine. I'm based in Germany, where there is a relatively plentiful supply. However, even Paepke near Düsseldorf which I think is the last repair shop in the EU to service the 6000 series will not repair SLX models as they are too old. I have 2 SLXs with the silver shutter release buttons...

I dunno about being over-engineering. Certainly the first version of the SLX had electronic issues. Solid cameras with various electronics issues. But I have a bunch of metered Bronica prisms that don't work, too! The batteries are very easy to recell - they reside in a metal box with a plastic...

Just in case anyone out there is reading these old Rollei 6000/6008/SLX threads: the battery really is not an issue. The cells are a standard size and you can buy a ready-to-fit 8-cell replacement with tabs that just swaps out very easily and you solder the connecting wires to the tabs. €25-30...