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Rollei 40mm f4 Distagon - Lens

Rollei 40mm f4 Distagon - Lens

Carl Zeiss Distagon f4 40mm lens for Rollei SL66 camera was produced from 1968 to 1985. It has the widest distortion free angle of all lenses for the SL66 system: 88 degrees. Lens is great for interior, land- and cityscape photography.

  • Optical construction consists of 10 elements in 9 groups
  • Weight: 1218g
  • Filter: Bayonet VIII
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Rollei SL66

The SL66 was Rollei's attempt to break into the 120 SLR market using the same design principles and creative engineering that allowed them to dominate the TLR market. Aimed squarely at Hasselblad in terms of design, build, and quality (despite the two companies agreeing in 1957 to not overstep each other), the SL66 offered a number of features that Hasselblad couldn't match.

For example, the SL66 featured bellows focusing and lenses that could reverse mount. This gave the SL66 far superior macro and close focus abilities than the Hasselblads. The SL66 even had tilting mechanisms to improve close focus abilities even further.

Rollei's SL66 design was supplanted over time by the SLX and 6000 series cameras, but it remained in production (in various forms) from 1966 until at least 1982.

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Rollei 40mm f4 Distagon - Lens Availability & Price History
Date Sold SKU Quality Control Price Image
03 Aug 2023 A77013 € 1,019.19 Rollei 40mm f4 Distagon - Lens Image