[rollei_list] Re: Query: Mechancial Cameras
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:10:48 -0700
Bob,
I think that the expression should be, "Karl Heitz still TRIES
TO sell them".
Jerry
Bob Shell wrote:
> On Monday, April 11, 2005, at 03:54 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
> > I'll bet that those Tessinas are leftovers from the first
> > production run in 1960! Has anyone ever seen one
> > being used?
>
> Seen one being used? I used to have one! I had the wrist strap for it
> and it was a hell of a lot of fun to always have a camera right there
> ready to go. And a motor drive camera on top of that!
>
> The optical quality on the one I had was superb. You had to remember
> to print the negatives "backwards", that is emulsion up in the enlarger.
>
> Karl Heitz still sells them, but I doubt any have been made for some
> time. He also sells new Alpa cameras, and we all know how long that
> factory has been shut down.
>
> Bob
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