[LRflex] Re: Rollei film and more Rollei disposacams
- From: "Mike B." <funsky1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:01:39 -0700 (PDT)
Thank you, Sir!
I have shot MACO film but did not know that they were making it for Rollei.
You are always a great source of information!
--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Rollei film and more Rollei disposacams
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:54 AM
Complex situation,
The company named Rollei is in Berlin and is responsible for P&S cameras
and other low-level consumer goods.
The Pro-area of Rollei was farmed out and run under the name of Franke &
Heidecke by some descendents of the origibnal Rollei founders.
It was this company, in Braunschweig, that went belly-up.
A former manager at the original Rollei in Braunschweig, but who left F
& H in the middle of a management dispute about the future, has now
started his own company and will be producing Rollei 35 and Rolleiflex
TLR cameras in limited editions and to special order.
They may also be carrying on with pro-digital stuff, but there is, as
yet, no news on the other MF cameras like the 6008 series or the lenses
and accessories for them.
AFAIK, the Rollei branded films are distributed by MACO: Rollei Retro
400, for instance is an Agfa film.
http://macodirect.de/films-rollei-c-1_6_56.html?language=en
Cheers
Douglas
On 06.04.2010 08:35, Mike B. wrote:
> I thought Rollei Werk was kaputt last Fall - after yet another bankruptcy.
>
> US plastic camera niche dealer - Four Corner`Store in Maryland - is offering
> regular Rollei b&w film and some bizarre new 35mm/120 Rollei films and
> Rollei-branded plastic disposacams.
>
> Go to:
>
> http://www.fourcornerstore.com/collections/new
>
> I haven't had a photo trade mag in my hands for almost a year and so this was
> a bit surprising...wonder if the Rollei receivers put this stuff on the
> market for liquidation or if the Rollei film division - survives on it's
> own???
>
> Thought that I had used all the current Rollei b&w films with the exception
> of the IR and Red films. Guess not...
>
> Just received the new Freestyle Photo catalog the other day and did not see
> any offerings.
> BTW - they continue as a Leica film/digital dealer in L.A.
> (www.freestylephoto.biz)
>
> Gentlemen and ladies - any enlightenment on this "new film" offering?
>
>
>
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