Larry - You might want to ask Frank Durney about that... my recollection is that he is very fond of the Mamiya rangefinders. BTW if you haven't caught this, here a bit of insight into Frank and just how snappy a dresser he is in his non-Rollei life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLPkR_hDUtg Eric Goldstein -- On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The pillars of the temple are falling, > the digital barbarians are at the gate > and you are claiming that the love of Rollei's > is just a religion! > its far more important than that! > Having got that off my chest, I'd like to comment that I think the Mammiya > is > developing a cult following based on the very successful operations of the > American > importers, who maintained the price level in the states very significantly > above > that in the rest of the world. Capitalism demands that we believe that if > its expensive, > Its got to be good. > I'm not aware that they are considered anything special in the rest of the > world. > All the best > Larry Cuffe > On 4 Mar 2010, at 15:08, daxelb@xxxxxxx wrote: > > and the cranky! > :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elias_Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 10:05 am > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list > > The thing to notice most about Rolleis and Rollie users is the Crank! > > : ) > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list