[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras

Yes, but it was really designed by Heinz Waaske when he was at Voigtlander
but they would not entertain building it. So he went to Rollei with the
idea. I think it would have been more successful if he had put a RF in it.
Just my opinion.



On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> At 02:46 PM 11/9/2009, Eric Goldstein wrote:
> >It is trivial to mount a rangefinder on these cameras, calibrate them
> >to fractions of inches, and shoot wide open at closest focus.
> >
> >I am of course much more concerned about the 35S not being a "true"
> >Rollei, as per the previous discussion. They were after all made in
> >Singapore...
>
> Some were made there, some were made in Germany.  I have owned both and
> have never been able to see a difference in their quality.
>
> The 35 family were designed by an outside engineer and were not an internal
> F&H product.  Still, F&H adopted the design and made it their own.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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