> Thanks to Carlos, this is a quite good summary. > Forgive me. But currently I am too busy to spend time on translating. I need > to finish a bidding proposal for ESA. > Dirk > > Dirk-Roger Schmitt > sent from my Mobile Phone > > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- > Von: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> > Gesendet: Montag, 5. Oktober 2009 19:22 > An: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Betreff: [rollei_list] Re: further Franke & Heidecke news > > This is a precarious translation and summary I did a few days ago for > others forums about the first article mentioned by Dirk: > > "Mixing some automatic translations and my very rudimentary Standard > German knowledge, according the article and summarizing, the > bankruptcy administrator Christoph Kirchberg has talkings with a > private German investor to produce Rollei classic cameras small series > dedicated to collectors and enthusiasts working with 20 specialists > only. It was not possible an ideal investor for the entire factory and > cameras production. The Hy6, being a Rollei-F&H GmbH development, did > not obtain money from banks and similars for the production, and then > F&H gave the rights to Jenoptik and Jenoptik, after the F&H > bankruptcy, sold them to Kodak, F&H rented the machines too; the > investors interested about the Hy6 production noticed they needed to > pay the rights to Kodak and needed machines for the manufacture and > then there were no offers. > In spite of the complicated situation, Kirchberg is trying to find a > solution to maintain the factory alive, at least in part". > > Carlos > --- > Rollei List > \ Who would never invest in some fly by night camera? I stick with the standard of the industry tried and long term true: I'm sticking with my 500c Hasselblad. They'll never stop making that camrea. Mark William Rabiner I'll just pick up a cheap digital back for it and I'm in business. --- 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 //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list