[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:42:09 -0700
My problem is you would have to have electricity in those dangerous areas.
Something that is hardly doable.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> At 02:47 PM 4/8/2010, Peter K. wrote:
>
> The reason I am silent is that I work and travel. Do not always check this
>> list. So I will say that I was perhaps wrong to call the Rolleimot a pig.
>> The Rolleimot apparently had a "unique market" as you note. What market?
>> Apparently no one really knows, but it must have been useful somewhere. You
>> would need a long electric cord and a long remote cord, so go figure where
>> this was applicable.
>>
>> As to Herr Prochnow. He was a nice man. I too corresponded with him, but
>> would not call myself an expert because of that. Not sure why he did not
>> return your emails, or those of Bob Shell. But he was quite accessible prior
>> to his passing and I did write him on a number of occasions and received
>> responses.
>>
>
> Peter
>
> The Rolleimot was developed for technical applications in dangerous areas.
> Seems pretty clear to the rest of us. What problem do you have with this
> possibility?
>
> I only obtained an e-mail address for Prochnow several months before his
> death, and I suppose that is why he never replied to my missives. No
> problem. Bob Shell wrote him at length by snail-mail a few times about
> eight or nine years back and never got a response. For all I know, the
> letters were lost in the mail.
>
> I was not complaining about my lack of direct contact with Prochnow: I was
> simply noting that Carlos had a vibrant and rich exchange with Prochnow for
> many years, and I did not. And I now know that you had contact as well. As
> you properly note, there are only 24 hours a day, and all of us fail to push
> things with sufficient vigor until the time for doing so is past. I still
> have a dozen lens serial numbers to send Charlie Barringer -- and it is too
> late now to do this. I should have done it three weeks ago, when it might
> have made a difference, but I just could not find the Round Tuit.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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