wuyeah Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Has Rollei stop their TLR production? I go, http://www.rollei.com/, I don't find TLR section. Its only digital camera and else.... I guess i need some update from u guys. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tak_l._poon1 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Hi, William, it is here: http://www.franke-heidecke.net/ Tak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Funnily, when you go to the German language version of the Rollei website there is a clear statement saying that the professional Rollei line of cameras is being produced and serviced by Franke & Heidecke, with a link to their website: http://www.rollei.com/dt/index.html "Franke & Heidecke GmbH Das Unternehmen f�hrt am Standort Braunschweig die Fertigung von professionellen fototechnischen Produkten, feinmechanisch-optischen Komponenten sowie Hochleistungsobjektiven weiter. Auߥrdem �bernimmt Franke & Heidecke GmbH, Feinmechanik und Optik exklusiv den weltweiten Vertrieb der Profiprodukte und bietet selbstverst䮤lich auch den Service f�r diese Produkte an." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuyeah Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 LOL....its a bit like saying "USA, we don't want your business." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin h. y. lui. Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 oh, may be the rollei company don't want to do business with asia too. Some of the Hong Kong photo magazine said that Rollei decided to not make TLR anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 OK, I'll translate that German text then, so that all will know what is really going on. "Franke & Heidecke GmbH This company continues the production of professional photo-technical products, precision optical components as well as high quality lenses from their base in Brunswick. Additionally Franke & Heidecke GmbH exclusively takes over the worldwide sales of the professional products and naturally offers service for these products. Further information about medium format products and slide projectors can be found here." (And then a link to F&H.) I agree it would have been smarter to make this statement in English as well. But then again: which US or UK based companies make their statements available in other languages than English? I think this is typical behaviour for companies operating in large countries. Their home market is what they are mostly concentrated at. Germany, France, Spain and Italy are notorious examples in this respect generally. I'm from a tiny little country where everybody speaks at least two foreign languages, or at least attempts to. We probably have a better understanding of our position in the world at large because we are not big enough to keep afloat at just our home market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Also read my posts in this thread if you want to learn more about the continuation of Rolleiflex MF stuff: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00KZg7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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