Rollei SL66 - any fans/users?

[john_s]

My local used dealer has one on eBay right now. The B-I-N price is $999. They have a separate auction on the CDS chimney finder @ $195.49. It's not the last version, but I guess they're rare enough to command these dollars.

The chimney meter finder isn't particularly reliable. I have found that with a larger camera a built-in meter isn't as "must have" as in a more agile small camera. Especially if the camera is on a tripod I find it easier to point a meter around the scene leaving the camera stationary.

 

[Dennis-B]

The chimney meter finder isn't particularly reliable. I have found that with a larger camera a built-in meter isn't as "must have" as in a more agile small camera. Especially if the camera is on a tripod I find it easier to point a meter around the scene leaving the camera stationary.

It's one reason I always use an external meter (spot, incident) on everything 120 and larger formats. I tried the Hasselblad PME and metered finders for my RZ, and both were lacking in accuracy. I even carry one for my 35mm cameras, because old meters aren't always reliable.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Like the Nikon slr and Minolta slr matrix meters, I found that the Hasselblad PME works well for general scenes. However, subjects that have large SBR [subject brightness range], mostly dark, mostly light, or require that one set something in Zone III, ..., that incident meters and/or spot meters are needed.

 

[MattKing]

Chimney finders and other built in meters are really handy for close focus work, especially when you are getting close to life-size magnification.
The metering chimney finder for my RB67 also blocks out extraneous light better than the waist level finder.
It is also quite light (unlike the prism!). If only it wasn't so bulky.

 

[john_s]

Chimney finders and other built in meters are really handy for close focus work, especially when you are getting close to life-size magnification.
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Good point. If my SL66 chimney meter worked I would use it for that. Actually it's a rather simple device made of discreet components as far as I can see and it might not be too hard to replace the cell or whatever part is faulty.