[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:06:39 -0400
At 12:03 PM 3/25/2010, Austin Franklin wrote:
>Hi Carlos,
>
>I think at times you are blinded by shiny things...tagged Rollei, and
>invisible to things...tagged Hasselblad. What proof do you have that shows
>Hasselblads were only for professionals, and that more advanced amateurs
>used Rolleis than Hasselblads? I understand Rollei's "Golden Age"...but
>that isn't what we're discussing. We're discussing the decline of the
>Rollei TLR, and Hasselblad had a significant contribution to that. For some
>reason, you don't want to accept that "established fact".
>
Austin
Check with Rick Nordin, the fellow who wrote the
Hasselblad Compendium. He will support
everything Carlos has said about the relationship
between the all-pro Hasselblad and the
mainly-amateur Rolleiflex. Or check with our own
Mike Fletcher, a Hasselblad pro, who will also
agree. None of us are suggesting that pros did
not buy Rolleiflex cameras or that amateurs did
not buy Hasselblads, but the business plan for
the companies was for Hassie to be a pro camera
and Rollei to be an amateur camera.
Marc
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Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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