[rollei_list] Re: Rollei dummies
- From: John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:41:07 +0100
Carlos, that's very interesting. Something you could write about for the
magazine too???
Best wishes
John
On 25/07/2012 13:22, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2012/7/19 John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Great Carlos, there are many interesting Rollei memorabilia 'out there' and
>> if information about them can be catalogued, a useful knowledge base will be
>> accumulated...
>
>
> John:
> I have some info about the giant Rolleiflex 4x4 Baby first
> model replica, it belongs to a Brazilian photographer from Rio de
> Janeiro city, the replica used to sit at a photography shop¹s front
> window located in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The shop closed in the
> early 1960¹s and the shop owner kept the huge replica with him until
> he turned 90 years old. He then gave it for free to the guy who sold
> it to the current owner. The old man got the camera from a camera
> sales man who visited the Franke & Heidecke factory in Germany. This
> sales man brought the camera to Brazil and when he retired, gave it to
> this old man who had the photography shop and was one of his clients.
> The replica weighs about 10 kg.
> The current owner authorized me to publish the giant replica
> photographs and the info in one of my blogs, I'll do it when I have a
> bit of time.
>
> Carlos
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