At 05:34 PM 4/30/05 -0400, Ardeshir Mehta wrote: > >Is it true? Anyone? Richard? Marc? Industrial tooling holds quite a value as it contains a lot of metals of high value, if nothing else. The tooling for the Rolleiflex F models was lost in the 1980 bankruptcy but, for some reason, the tooling for the T was retained and passed to the new owner (then Mandermann), and this became the basis for the 2.8GX and the current FX. And that is why the GX lacks the automatic film-loading feature which so identified the top-of-the-line Rolleiflex TLR's from the original Automat through the end of the F's. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list