[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:50:25 -0700
Sorry Marc, you are wrong. The interchangeable lens Mamiya was very well
made and a success. It ate into Rollei sales.
The Rollei interchangeable lens prototype was based on the Rollei E and made
about 1958. The Rollei SLR prototype (not the SL66) was actually built
around 1956. I can check the specific dates if you like. Heidecke was a
great designer but apparently from what I read not very strong in sticking
to his decisions. Of course we will never know the specifics for certain,
but all his modern designs never really made it past prototype. Makes me
think he was smart but with limited backbone.
Franke and Heidecke were the company founders, and while executives
decisions to build something was not theirs alone. They actually involved
the executive staff. This may hav included the General Manager, and other
department managers as they would be the ones to create production. Suggest
you read up on this and give specifics if you think my facts are wrong.
Business is not run like a monarchy. You actually have a board, a CEO, and
then an executive staff, and others that are all part of the process.
Peter K.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> At 10:54 AM 4/10/2010, Peter K. wrote:
>
>> From what I have read, Heidecke did not lose interest. He was talked out
>> of the idea of producing an SLR by the management of Rollei. These were the
>> same geniuses who talked him out of putting the interchangeable lens TLR
>> that he developed into production. They were comfortable and making money so
>> they did not want to change.
>>
>> If you think about it, these idiot managers thought the Rolliemot was OK
>> to develop but not an SLR? Talk about stupidity. The Rolliemot is odd or
>> maybe useless but it was what I would call the Edsel of accessories. I am
>> sure there are odd accessories things developed by other cameras makers
>> throughout the years. Even Leica (are they still in business these days?)
>>
>
> Not only is your language a tad intemperate, but your historical facts are
> in error, and you are running developments from 1955 into developments from
> 1963 as if they happened at the same time.
>
> The interchangeable lens TLR was a clunker and it was wise that they
> avoided producing it. It would have turned a svelte masterpiece into the
> sort of overweight disaster Mamiya produced.
>
> Franke and Heidecke WERE the management at the time the decision to table
> the SLR. Blame one, blame the other, but there just is no one out around to
> blame!
>
> And in the 1950's and early 1960's, F&H sales were substantial and solid.
> Very few of us can see the future, and I really cannot fault F&H for
> anything other than the Rolleimagic.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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