[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:14:42 -0300
Peter, Heinz Waaske worked for Wirgin, he developed the prototype at
the Wirgin prototype shop, when Waske presented it to Heinrich Wirgin,
he said " You have wasted the time of my prototype shop", he said it
because he was thinking to close down the company, however when it
happened Wirgin allowed Waaske to keep the rights on the prototype.-
Carlos
2009/11/10 Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Yes, but it was really designed by Heinz Waaske when he was at Voigtlander
> but they would not entertain building it. So he went to Rollei with the
> idea. I think it would have been more successful if he had put a RF in it.
> Just my opinion.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> At 02:46 PM 11/9/2009, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>> >It is trivial to mount a rangefinder on these cameras, calibrate them
>> >to fractions of inches, and shoot wide open at closest focus.
>> >
>> >I am of course much more concerned about the 35S not being a "true"
>> >Rollei, as per the previous discussion. They were after all made in
>> >Singapore...
>>
>> Some were made there, some were made in Germany. I have owned both and
>> have never been able to see a difference in their quality.
>>
>> The 35 family were designed by an outside engineer and were not an
>> internal F&H product. Still, F&H adopted the design and made it their own.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>>
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