The only special edition Rollei I would like to own is the 2,8F Aurum, but using it would certainly wear the soft gold. It's very pretty.
The "rare" Rolleis I like the most, though, are the ones made in small numbers with a natural reason behind that. Like the 4x4 Sports Rolleiflex, which is an excellent USER camera.
/Patric
From: Emmanuel.Bigler@xxxxxxxx Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [rollei_list] Re: New "old" Rollei 35 - what about the collectors ?Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:47:19 +0200 (CEST) From Jim : > ...I like to see camera companies like Leica and Rollei come out > with 'special editions' as they can be sold for a real premium to > collectors (read huge profit) .. I agreee with these analysis, however Leica and Rollei seem IMHO to differ. Both companies carry the image of a professional camera capable of being the workhorse of professionals for years, like machine-tools that can be repaired and maintained for decades. At least this this the image inherited from the fifties. But there is a true passion among some Leica customers to buy cameras that will never be used. According to a French sales rep who knows well both companies and products, the "workhorse" image is much stronger among Rollei aficionados. Most like to actually use their Rollei and if F&H wants to follow the Leica-collector route of mint cameras put, like mint gold coins, inside a sealed plastic bag in a safe, they have to somewhat go against the dominant image of the rugged workhorse that never stops working. May be F&H will succeed, Rollei-Fototechnic actually never stopped to release limited-editions, gold, platinum, Urushi, whatever, since the reintroduction of the GX in '87, but the images are so strong and survive such a long time... -- Emmanuel BIGLER <bigler@xxxxxxxx> --- 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
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