Carlos, I would suppose any bellows would have that potential . I have
owned 3 used Mamiyas and none had a bellow problem. It is not subject to the
constant expansion & collapse as a folder camera. I had the 250mm lens which
made the camera quite heavy. I did not use the tele that much so I disposed
of it along with the camera.
Roger
Mmm...I heard that the Mamiya TLR bellows tend to suffer holes Roger.-
All the best Carlos --- "Roger M. Wiser" <wiserr@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
___________________________________________________________I used to use Mamiya TLR's and while they were not as loveable as the Rolleis, the Mamiya had bellows that tended to solve these foucusing challenges.
Roger
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Manuel Freaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:32 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Why has Rollei not yet
presented a
Tele-Rolleiflex?
> Yes Peter, that's evident and I agree with you,
> however I'd add the new tooling costs as decisive
to
> suspend the project, the FX and FW also have a
limited
> market today but Rollei is manufacturing them yet,
> they did not doubt to launch the FW on 2002
because
> they could use for it almost the same tooling used
to
> manufacture the FX.
> BTW, I think Rollei already has the prototype for
the
> new Tele, I remember both FW and Tele were
introduced
> in Japan around 2000 or 2001, however the
protoypes
> are hand made and the investment for new tooling
> dedicated to specific models is very high, a
failure
> for this investment always was one of the main
> preoccupations for the old F&H; in fact F&H had
almost
> ready for production a new Tele prototype around
1965
> with a long focusing travel based on the
Rolleicord
> focusing mechanism and a 145mm lens allowing the
> shortest focusing distance at 1m without
supplementary
> lenses, but Rollei decided to invest for tooling
to
> manufacture the SL 66 and the Rollei 35.
> BTW there are several collectors and photographers
> with money waiting for the new Tele, this is the
> reason Rollei explain why they suspended the new
Tele
> production, but their number is not sufficient to
risk
> an investment for new tooling.-
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
>
> --- "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
>> Carlos,
>> I think the last paragraph says it all. Limited
>> market. Hence the real
>> reason for the cancellation.
>> Rollei needs to make money to survive, so putting
>> R&D into a product with
>> limited appeal is not wise in this day and age.
>> Peter K
>>
>> On 8/2/05, Carlos Manuel Freaza
>> <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > For the old RUG Prof. E.Bigler and I could
>> translate
>> > from the German language Rollei's explanation
>> about
>> > the reasons they suspended the new Tele- Rollei
>> > development and manufacture. Now Rollei has
>> included
>> > the explanation in the English page, I copied
it
>> > because the page has frames and then it's
>> difficult to
>> > quote the exact URL:
>> > From Rollei Web page:
>> >
>> > "Question:
>> > Why has Rollei not yet presented a
>> Tele-Rolleiflex?
>> >
>> > Answer:
>> >
>> > After introduction of the wide-angle Rolleiflex
at
>> > photokina 2002, development focused on a new
>> > Tele-Rolleiflex. One major complaint voiced
>> against
>> > the historic Tele-Rolleiflex was its shortest
>> focusing
>> > distance of only 2.6 m, which many
photographers
>> found
>> > unsatisfactory for portraiture with the 6x6
medium
>> > format and a focal length of 135 mm. It was for
>> this
>> > reason that a close-focus attachment
(Rolleinar)
>> was
>> > at the time suplied for the Tele-Rolleiflex
that
>> > brought the close-focus distance down to 1 m.
>> >
>> > Due to the fact, however, that supplementary
>> lenses
>> > invariably degrade the optical performance of a
>> > photographic lens, one of the primary design
>> > specifications for the new Tele-Rolleiflex was
an
>> > extended short-focusing range that should be
>> available
>> > without any close-up lenses.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, the limited focusing travel of
>> > Rolleiflex cameras does not permit the
>> implementation
>> > of such an extended short-focusing range. This
>> would
>> > be possible only with the aid of extensive
design
>> > changes and costly new tooling. In view of the
>> limited
>> > marketing potential of a new Tele-Rolleiflex,
>> Rollei
>> > have decided not to make this investment and
have
>> > therefore discontinued development of such a
>> camera
>> > for the time being."
>> >
>> > All the best
>> > Carlos
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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