Leicaflex SL and SLMOT

Leicaflex SL and SLMOT with 50mm f/2 Summicron-R I lens

• Production era - 1968-1974 < 74,818 cameras
• Order nos. - 10001-chrom, 10012-black
• Variants - Black, chrome, 5-ring "Olympia" edition for 1972 Innsbruck Olympic Games
• Motor - SLMOT is used with 14077 motor - see Leicaflex SL2 and SL2MOT
• Description - "The camera incorporated full through the lens metering, the SL suffix standing for “selected light” metering area, coinciding with the circle of micro prisms in the center of the viewfinder.

The camera featured a depth of field preview button. The lenses made for the earlier Leicaflex could be used although they did not allow the metering system to be used.

Lenses to suit the Leicaflex SL incorporated two cams. The shutter speed dial control was now in black. Batteries were located in the camera base. There was a modified camera back lock. . .

1080 SL MOT were produced in 1972/74 in black with MOT engraved on the pentaprism housing. They had an internal drive shaft an all contacts and controls were mounted externally on the camera base plate thus allowing the motor to be attached or detached without removing the base plate." -jcb

• Designers - Heinrich Broschke, Werner Holle and Werner Wiessner - 05 Oct 1966
• Brochures and Manuals
  • SL Instruction Manual V/68/LX/HS courtesy of Mike Butkus

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SL and SLMOT Serial Numbers

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
1173001	1173250	Leica Leicaflex SL (chrom)	21 May 1968*	250
1174701	1175000	Leica Leicaflex SL	1968	300
1195001	1205000	Leica Leicaflex SL (black)	1968	10000
1215001	1225000	Leica Leicaflex SL (chrom+black)	1969	10000
1235001	1245000	Leica Leicaflex SL (black)	1969-1970	10000
1255001	1265000	Leica Leicaflex SL	1970	10000
1275001	1285000	Leica Leicaflex SL (chrom+mot-black)	1971	10000
1295001	1296500	Leica Leicaflex SL	1972	1500
1335001	1336990	Leica Leicaflex SL (olympia+mot-black)	1972	1990
1336991	1337110	Leica Leicaflex SL mot (olympia)	1972	120
1337111	1338220	Leica Leicaflex SL	1972	1110
1338221	1338300	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1972	80
1338301	1339870	Leica Leicaflex SL	1972	1570
1339871	1339900	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1972	30
1339901	1341450	Leica Leicaflex SL	1972	1550
1341451	1341470	Leica Leicaflex SL mot (+SL)	1972	20
1341471	1342020	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	550
1342021	1342050	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	30
1342051	1342900	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	850
1342901	1343000	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	100
1343001	1344400	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973*	1400
1344401	1344500	Leica Leicaflex SL mot (chrom)	1973	100
1344501	1345000	Leica Leicaflex SL (black)	1973	500
1365001	1365380	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	380
1365381	1365470	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	90
1365471	1366990	Leica Leicaflex SL (black)	1973	1520
1366991	1367090	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	100
1367091	1367950	Leica Leicaflex SL (black)	1973	860
1367951	1368020	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	70
1368021	1368850	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	830
1368851	1368900	Leica Leicaflex SL mot	1973	50
1368901	1369800	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	900
1369876	1370700	Leica Leicaflex SL	1973	2565
1370701**	1372440**	Leica Leicaflex SL	1974	1740**
1372441	1372630	Leica Leicaflex SL mot (black)	1974	190
1372631	1374000	Leica Leicaflex SL	1974	2370
1374001**	1375000**	Leica Leicaflex SL	1974	1000**
1386001~	1386100~	Leicaflex SL	1974	100~
1393465	1393469	Leica Leicaflex SL mot (50 yr)	1974	2
418700	418700	Leica Leicaflex SL (chrom-50 yr)	1975	1
Total	assigned	serial numbers	1968-1975	74,818

. * Serial numbers and batch total from Gandy's List
** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total.
Unmarked SN's match between both lists and Gandy's batch total was used without recalculation
~Batch from Puts Pocket Pod