Rollei TLR: The History : The Complete Book on the Origins of Twin-Lens
Photography
by Ian Parker
The black eye: When Rollei was working on the prototypes for a 9x9
studio
camera, a rather pro-Nazi Rolleiflex had a professional photographer
take
Hitler's portrait with one of them for use in creating some postage
stamps
wit the Fuhrer's likeness. When it was discovered that the
photographer was
Jewish, everyone panicked, the photographer was later carted off, and
the
studio camera project was scuttled.
Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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Thank you for the overview. What is the name of the book and the
author's full name?
What was the black eye?
Doug
On Sep 4, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
It's a history of how Rollei got started up at the turn of the 20th
century
by Franke & Heidecke, their initial product line (stereo cameras) and
then
the subsequent history of their TLRs (through both wars). It's a
fairly
quick read, but gives you some sort of insight into how large the
company
grew, when it reached its pinnacle, and how the SLR ultimately brought
it
down. A nice overview of the company's history with only one
unfortunately
"black eye" that occurred around WWII.
Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas Nygren
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:16 PM
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Jeffrey: I don't know this book. Tell me more about it, please.
Thanks,
Doug
On Sep 4, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
I just finished reading Ian Parker's book (for the second time...I
was a Rollei neophyte the first time I read it). I noticed this
morning that there
are two copies of it for sale on e**y. If you live and breathe
Rollei,
it's
a good read.
Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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