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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. | 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. | ||
| − | It was introduced in 1971 and one year later the company stopped camera production. 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. | + | 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. |
Revision as of 21:24, 9 December 2005
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.
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 SL35, but they nonetheless continued the production of the SL706 under the name Voigtländer VSL1. They also made the Ifbaflex M102, a name variant for a French distributor. Later Rollei would replace their own SL35 with the SL35M, a VSL1 under another name and with another bayonet mount, that is another derivative of the SL706.
