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In 81 or 82 Rollei went bust and I saw an advert in Amateur Photography magazine for an SL35E, much reduced. I'd have liked a Pantax ME Super but that was beyond my budget. Let alone an FM1. Anyway, I bought one. My first SLR. My parents couldn't understand how you could spend that sort of money on a camera but then again what did they know? It was much the same the next year when I spend £350 of some money I inherited from a mystery relative on a Raleigh Gran Sport.
The Rollei lasted about 20 years.
Recently I was looking on e-bay and saw one for sale. It's like new. Since I am not a multi millionaire I have no intention of doing any film photography but just having it on the shelf is enough. It's a beautiful object and it's just nice to have one around again after 40 odd years.
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