[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:21:19 -0400
At 05:41 PM 3/25/2010, Austin Franklin wrote:
>I never said Hasselblad was the cause. I simply refuted Carlos's claim that
>Hasselblad didn't contribute to it...and you now say you agree with me.
>Well, then, we need not continue arguing that point, eh? We could continue
>about the 1600/1000...but I do suggest you do a bit more research about
>those before we continue ;-)
First. most of you guys seem to view me as the
Drill Sergeant of this List. I am not. (In
honesty, I am very retired Lieutenant Colonel of
the List ... ) To shock a lot of the folks
here, Austin and I are CLOSE to agreeing.
The years are significant. I can find no
evidence that Hasselblad impacted on Franke &
Heidecke (WHY did these firms have such
improbable and oddball names? Leitz or Zeiss
Ikon or Robot. Zheezh!) up to the introduction
of the 500C. After that point, the F&H sales
were bound to slip in light of the Japanese
assault. F&H was going to die in any event, as
it had never really established a home
market. (Carlos: help me out here, or
dissent! You knew Prochnow, after all!)
Second, what more research do I need to do? I
have owned over the years a number of 1000F and
1600F cameras. I sent the numbers to Rick
Nordin, Austin, and I believe that your received a copy.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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