I found my message from 2006 about the Rolleiflex 2.8C Planar or Xenotar
price in 1954, it was $291.50. I updated this price up to 2021 according to
the US Inflation Calculator and a brand new Rolleiflex 2.8C would cost
$3,021.22 today. You can find cheaper second hand Rolleiflex 2.8 GX cameras
in excellent condition in the market today.
Carlos
El vie, 4 feb 2022 a las 5:45, CarlosMFreaza (<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:
Hi Jan:
It is a matter of supply and demand. Rollei TLR cameras began
to lose market significantly from the mid-1960s, production was
proportionally reduced in number of units and variety of models. By 1980
Rollei Werke-F&H was making only the 2.8F in small numbers. New and
successive Rollei owners found in the special, deluxe editions a means of
keeping production of the TLR and Rollei 35 alive, making good profits;
There was no longer and there is no market for a mass production of the TLR
that lowers costs and its price. The new F&H and DHW echoed the request of
some Rollei fans by resurrecting the Rolleiflex Wide Angle (FW) and
Rolleiflex Tele (FT), adding the FX-N taking advantage of the modified
focus mechanism. They had some success with the special editions, but it
was not enough to avoid the problems stemming from the failure of the first
version of HY6 mainly due to the withdrawal of third parties from the
project. Anyway, a few years ago I published here an updated price
according to inflation rates in the United States of a Rolleiflex from the
fifties: It was not cheap, but it was more accessible The fact that the
Rollei TLr has been in production for 90 years is something of a miracle
and speaks to the effectiveness of its original design.
Carlos
El jue, 3 feb 2022 a las 17:38, Jan Decher (<wanderjan@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:
Hi Carlos,
That price of item 304282741406 is totally irrational for an amateur
user. I assume the Hy6-2 fetches similar hair-brained prices.
With all the CAD, 3-D printers, electronics and other hi-tech tools
nowadays it should be cheaper and faster to build a precision Rolleiflex in
the 21st century.
The problem is that even the basic assembly man/woman wants/“needs" a car
or two, iphone, and a single-family home, and the company CEO wants make
500K+ a year. That’s the difference to 1959.
My 2 cents,
Jan
On Feb 2, 2022, at 1:31 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:DHW Photo introduced the new Rolleiflex FT camera with the new focusing
Hi Jan:
Rollei Report V is about the SLX and 6000 cameras system.
system in Photokina 2012; they also introduced the Rolleiflex FX-N 2.8/80;
these facts were commented here and in the Web widely. There were
interviews to DHW CEO Hans H. about the company's situation before the
bankruptcy and comments in the Web too; Hans H. is also the current DW
Photo Ceo. The Planar as optical design is free, however the Planar name
belongs to Carl Zeiss, you need a license to use it. The current lenses
called "S-APogon" for the Hy6-2 look Zeiss optical designs or very close to
them.
FX-N with S-Apogon: Look for eBay item 304282741406era, they are very well printed indeed.
Regular FX with S-Apogon lens: item 304282830709
I have several brochures and manuals from the F&H and Rollei Werke F&H
global warming is no joke.
You could send a bit of rain here; we have abnormal drought and heat;
Carloscan't find the time and will to take the photographs... .
PS: I have the SL66 loaded with a TMax 100 roll from 3 weeks ago and I
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