[rollei_list] Re: Why has Rollei not yet presented a Tele-Rolleiflex?
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:30:19 -0400
My Koni-Omegaflex TLR (67) does not have bellows but can still focus a 135
to a bit over 4 feet... It's no Sonnar but is a terrific lens in its own
right and this is a nice set up for shooting heads...
Eric Goldstein
Roger M. Wiser:
> 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
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