Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, Rollei is alive and kicking with a staff of almost 130 in Braunschweig. They are now operating under the name of Franke&Heidecke again http://www.franke-heidecke.net/ The consumer and professional divisions of Rollei separated into two inedpendent companies - the consumer division being almost entirely a marketing company. The pro division of Rollei Fototechnik, broke away in 2006 under new management and became Franke & Heidecke. Cheers Douglas Alastair Firkin wrote: > Wow, where can I get a set. Beautiful, but expensive. I am surprised: is > there still a Rollei to be making these cameras, or where they put away > for a few years to "eak" out. > > Indeed sad to hear Prochnow and his knowledge is now longer "live", but of > course it lives on in his work. > > Cheers > > --- douglas.sharp@gmx.de wrote: > > From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, LEG <leica@freelists.org>, > MUG <MUGers@yahoogroups.com>, cvug <cvug@cameraquest.org>, > LeicaReflex <LeicaReflex@freelists.org> > Cc: > Subject: [Leica] For Rollei fans: good and bad news > Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:00:58 +0100 > > http://t659.ims-firmen.de/photoscala.de/Artikel/Wert-und-teuer-Sonderset-80-Jahre-zweiaeugige-Rolleiflex > > Good news - if you've got 29,000 Euros to spare > > Bad news for people who like to read fascinatingly detailed books about > Rollei and Voigtl?nder. > > Claus Prochnow died of cancer at the age of 78 in July (perhaps some of > you knew about this already, the German photo magazines only just > reported it last week) > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information