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The '''SL706''' was the last camera designed and launched by [[Zeiss Ikon]]. It was a 35mm SLR based on the [[Icarex]] body, with a slightly different design and an open-aperture TTL meter reading. It used [[42mm screw lenses]], the same as the screw mount Icarex.
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The '''SL706''' was the last camera designed and launched by [[Zeiss Ikon]]. It was a 35mm SLR based on the [[Icarex]] body, with a slightly different design and an open aperture TTL exposure reading. It accepted [[42mm screw lenses]], and the open aperture reading only worked with [[42mm screw lenses#Zeiss lenses|those lenses]] specifically designed for the Icarex, SL706 and later Voigtländer VSL.
  
It was introduced in 1971 and one year later the company stopped camera production. The name SL706 was the internal code name of the project. If it had been launched at a more normal moment, it would maybe have received a more appealing commercial name. The design and the toolings were transfered to the [[Rollei]] company, together with the [[Voigtländer]] brand name. Rollei already had a 35mm SLR that they had designed themselves, the [[Rolleiflex SL35|SL35]], but they nonetheless continued the production of the SL706 under the name [[Voigtländer VSL|Voigtländer VSL1]]. They also made the [[Voigtländer VSL|Ifbaflex M102]], a name variant for a French distributor. Later Rollei would replace their own SL35 with the [[Rolleiflex SL35M|SL35M]], a VSL1 under another name and with another bayonet mount, that is another derivative of the SL706.
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It was introduced in 1971 and the company had already announced it would stop camera production. The name SL706 was the internal code name of the project. If it had been launched at a more normal moment, it would hopefully have received a more appealing commercial name.
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The next year, the design and toolings were transfered to the [[Rollei]] company, together with the [[Voigtländer]] brand name. Rollei already had a 35mm SLR that they had designed themselves, the [[Rolleiflex SL35|SL35]], but they nonetheless continued the production of the SL706 under the name [[Voigtländer VSL|Voigtländer VSL 1]]. They also made the [[Voigtländer VSL|Ifbaflex M102]], a name variant for a French distributor. Later Rollei would replace their own SL35 with the [[Rolleiflex SL35M|SL35M]], a VSL 1 under another name and with another bayonet mount, that is another derivative of the SL706.
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== Bibliography ==
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* Barringer, C. and Small, M. ''Zeiss Compendium East and West &mdash; 1940&ndash;1972.'' Small Dole, UK: Hove Books, 1999 (2nd edition). <nowiki>ISBN</nowiki> 1-874707-24-3.
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== Links ==
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In German:
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* [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Icarex.html Icarex 35 &mdash; die tragische Gestalt der Zeiss-Ikon-Werke], an article in [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/index.html Frank Mechelhoff's camera website], including the SL706
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* [http://archive.is/www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/icarex/icarex_index.htm Icarex and SL706] at [http://archive.is/www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/index.htm Voigtländer Office Heliar] (archived)
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{{Zeiss classic}}
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[[Category: German 35mm SLR]]
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[[Category: 42mm screw mount]]
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[[Category: Zeiss Ikon AG]]
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[[Category: Z]]
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[[Category: S|Sl706]]

Revision as of 22:35, 6 July 2017

The SL706 was the last camera designed and launched by Zeiss Ikon. It was a 35mm SLR based on the Icarex body, with a slightly different design and an open aperture TTL exposure reading. It accepted 42mm screw lenses, and the open aperture reading only worked with those lenses specifically designed for the Icarex, SL706 and later Voigtländer VSL.

It was introduced in 1971 and the company had already announced it would stop camera production. The name SL706 was the internal code name of the project. If it had been launched at a more normal moment, it would hopefully have received a more appealing commercial name.

The next year, the design and toolings were transfered to the Rollei company, together with the Voigtländer brand name. Rollei already had a 35mm SLR that they had designed themselves, the SL35, but they nonetheless continued the production of the SL706 under the name Voigtländer VSL 1. They also made the Ifbaflex M102, a name variant for a French distributor. Later Rollei would replace their own SL35 with the SL35M, a VSL 1 under another name and with another bayonet mount, that is another derivative of the SL706.

Bibliography

  • Barringer, C. and Small, M. Zeiss Compendium East and West — 1940–1972. Small Dole, UK: Hove Books, 1999 (2nd edition). ISBN 1-874707-24-3.

Links

In German:

In Japanese:

Zeiss Ikon Classic Cameras
Contax | Contaflex (TLR) | Super Nettel | Nettax | Tenax II | Tenax I | Ikoflex | Super Ikonta

Contax S | Contaflex (SLR) | Contarex | Icarex | SL706