[rollei_list] Re: AW: Re: further Franke & Heidecke news

  • From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:54:05 -0400

> 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
> 
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> 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
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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.



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