Hi Jan,
The parts on Ebay UK are from a Wellingborough vendor. This is where Rollei UK
were based many years go before they went bust. I guess it's an ex-employee who
is clearing his shed of parts. As I understand it, some employees stocked their
sheds with parts from their department when the company folded.
If you go to vendor's other items, and search for Rollei, you will see a
quantity of "old stock as new" items. He also has instructions and assembly
information for the RDE enlarger.
As with Rollei in general, they probably came into the market too late to have
an impact.
John
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Hi John,
That’s probably it. The enlarger is easily available on EBAY including several
new 6x6 condensor and 75mm lens kits new in original silver Rollei packaging.
Look like this unit did not sell as well as expected and competed with many
more desirable options from Beseler, Omega, Durst, Kaiser even Leitz etc…
Jan
On Aug 12, 2019, at 12:06 AM, John Wild
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Jan,
If it's the Rollei RDE enlarger I'm thinking of it was the same as the Nikor
RDE 6x7. Some were marketed with a Honeywell 'sticker' on. I think it was made
by Nikor for Rollei.
The Novoflex bellows works with the 2000/3000 cameras but with open aperture
metering. I think my bellows has a stop-down link to the lens.
John
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Subject: [rollei_list] 2 Questions
Just came across my instruction book for the Rolleimat Universal Enlarger. Was
this unit built by Franke & Heidecke in Braunschweig or perhaps by Kaiser?
The automatic bellows unit for the Rolleiflex 35/350 was clearly built by
Novoflex for Rollei. Anyone know if it can also be used on the Rolleiflex
2000/3000 series ?
Jan
