John Wild schrieb: > > Marc's comment about a JSK lens being on the camera that the Hasselblad was > derived has raised a question in my mind. I have been doing a little > comparative research on Rollei, Hasselblad and other MF SLRs. The Hasselblad > website states that the original model(for military use)was based on a > captured German ariel camera from a crashed German aircraft. However it does > not mention the manufacturer of this German camera. Any Ideas? The > specification would also be interesting. The website does say that when > Hasselblad was asked if he could make a copy he said 'no, but I can make a > better one'!! > > > John > > Hej John, perhaps the archives of the Ross AB in Sweden, the archives of Görlitz Stadtmuseum in Görlitz, Germany may help you with pictures of Primarflex and Reflex-Primar. . Sometimes the Fritz Volk Company Berlin is also mentioned, but there is no trace to find. After I saw first time a Reflex-Primar 9/12 (Bentzin, 1938) Im convinced VH copied and changed this camera for his HK7. Thomas Boronowski Berlin/Ulvö --- 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