Thanks, Emmanuel, for you update.
So there is still some minor hope, at least for the TLR.
By the way, I would like to have TLR with a digital back, I do not
knwo why this concept should not be any option.
No develobments costs fort he body anyway as it exists.
Need to implement a good back, and then for the viewfinder:
Still full optical screen and in addtion the option for a digital
monitor, just to plug in. Perfect viewing because of the shade.
Buy some components for 1000 $ and put it into your TLR.
I have no clue why nobody from Franke & Heidecke already
investigated this idea.
Regards
Dirk
At 10:17 29.07.2009, you wrote:
Hello all !
On July 23, 2009, an update about what is happening at F&H in
Braunschweig has been published on photoscala.de
http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Duestere-Aussichten-fuer-Franke-Heidecke-und-die-Hy6
The legal situation bout ownership of rights on the products
fabricated by the F&H company seems to be a _very_ complex affair.
The developments of the HY6 were paid by Jenoptik with some
intricated issues with Leaf, now a subsidiary of Phase One, and
both companies are entangled with Kodak for license rights on
digital back technology !!
However, the article on photscala.de dated july 23 mentions that
the legal administrator is still looking for somebody who would
continue the twin-lens reflex camera line as well as projectors and
electronic shutters. Those shutters besides the 600x lenses, are
mounted on demand on Schneider and Linos-Rodenstock view camera
lenses; available in sizes #0 and #1, they are perfect for recent
"digital" view camera lenses of short focal lengths.
quote :
"In Braunschweig versucht man nach Angaben des Insolvenzverwalters
derzeit noch Lösungen für die Zweiäugigen, die Projektoren, die
Fachverschlüsse sowie den Werksservice zu finden."
end quote
So Rollei TLR aficionados, there is still some hope...
But as far as the HY6 is concerned, the future is "Duestere-
Aussichten" ("dark prospects" ? )
--
Emmanuel
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