[rollei_list] Re: Biometar
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:21:55 -0400
At 11:05 PM 4/17/2008, Mike Kovacs wrote:
>Mark:
>
>Unless you are using a different numbering system, there most definitely
>was a Rolleiflex 2.8A - offered first with CZJ 80/2.8 Tessar in 1/400
>Compur Rapid which was recalled and replaced with the Opton Tessar (both
>1/400, later 1/500 Compur Rapid).
>>
Wow. To Franke & Heidekce, this was the
Rolleiflex 2.8, NOT the 2.8A -- I have a bunch of
literature and a box and the like and have owned
some accessories, and all were just marked
"2.8". The camera was marketed as the 2.8 during
its lifetime, and it was then replaced by the 2.8B.
In the same way, there never was a Queen
Elizabeth I of Great Britain: she reigned as
Queen Elizabeth. Her distant relative, the
current Queen, rules as Queen Elizabeth II but
Good Queen Bess was just Queen Elizabeth. There
never was a King Henry I or a King Richard I or a
King William I or a King George I: they all
lacked the numerals during their lifetimes.
Of course, the Scots Nationalists are still angry
about the "QE II" siigiil on Royal property and
used to occasionally blow up the old Pillar Mail
Boxes as a sign of protest: there never was a
Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland. The first Stuart
to sit on the throne of the UK was properly
"James and James VI" to mark his dual crown, King
James of Great Britain and King James VI of Scotland.
So, yes, F&H flogged the camera you mention, but
did so just as the 2.8. Describing this camera
as the 2.8A only came into vogue after the
appearance of the 2.8B, and it is a misappellation.
Marc
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Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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