Rolleiflex SL35E

The Rolleiflex SL35E is a 35mm SLR released by Rollei in 1978, successor of the Rolleiflex SL35M and Rolleiflex SL35ME.

It has an all new electronic vertical travel metal focal plane shutter, with flash sync to 1/125, and aperture priority and manual exposure. An almost identical body was sold under the name Voigtländer VSL|Voigtländer VSL3E. Both take Rolleiflex SL35 lenses, and were sold in chrome or black. It was built in Singapore as its predecessors.

The Rolleiflex SL35E was abandoned in 1981 when Rollei went bankrupt. They had to close the Singapore plant, and they dropped the mid range SLRs to concentrate on high end products such as the Rolleiflex SL2000F.

Around 1976 a variation called the Rolleiflex SL35OE Dual was presented, together with its Voigtländer equivalent the Vitoflex E, but its production was abandoned. It had both aperture priority and shutter priority modes, but would have required a change in the lens mount.