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k100d · 03-04-2009, 11:18 AM

anyone used to use Rollei cameras?
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ryan s · 03-04-2009, 11:45 AM

Saw this on another forum...sad but inevitable...

I think Leica's next in line...

Venturi · 03-04-2009, 12:15 PM

Saw this news yesterday. Very sad.

ftpaddict · 03-04-2009, 01:08 PM

Ouch and double-ouch. Although I never could afford their products, I've always had a profound respect for the company as one of the major innovators in the field. I'll be sorry to see them go...

roentarre · 03-04-2009, 01:20 PM

That definitely hurts to see another classic company go...

k100d · 03-04-2009, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by ryan s

I think Leica's next in line...

depends if the S2 gamble pays off, which looks unlikely with DSLRs inching up in resolution. i thought leica should have been one of the first on making a small digital rf w/ interchangeable lenses but maybe they don't have the resources.

Douglas Film · 03-04-2009, 06:34 PM

As a kid I used my dad's Rollie TLR and to this day I still use my E36 potato masher flash I bought new back in 1974. They made good stuff.
Douglas Film

ryan s · 03-04-2009, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by k100d

depends if the S2 gamble pays off, which looks unlikely with DSLRs inching up in resolution. i thought leica should have been one of the first on making a small digital rf w/ interchangeable lenses but maybe they don't have the resources.

Yeah, I don't know why they stopped with the "so-so" M8. Like the S2, we too shall see how digital MF in a small body fair. Oh and expensive bodies...almost forgot that

**Douglas_of_Sweden** · 03-05-2009, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by ryan s

Saw this on another forum...sad but inevitable...

I think Leica's next in line...

Or Hasselblad...

christinelandon · 03-05-2009, 01:49 AM

Used a Rollei f/4 TLR professionally in shooting aerospace engineering documentation back in the mid-'70s. A fine tool, and I loved the detail in those 6x6 cm frames of PlusX...so very nice to enlarge! Good feel to the camera in the hands, and I enjoyed the ease of MF using the waistlevel viewfinder. I'm glad to have had the experience of shooting such a nice piece (alongside the Spotmatic that led me to buy my own and become a Pentaxian for the past 35 years). Auf wiedersehen, Rolleiflex!

wildman · 03-05-2009, 02:38 AM

I wonder if what eventually killed Rollei, and many others, is the idea that there is such a thing as "perfection"?

Would I really want Pentax to lavish huge amounts of money on my K20D making it a camera that would still be working in, say, the year 2050 and cost me, now, $5000? Given the changes in technology by 2050 would anyone want to use it? For that matter will I still be using my present K20D in 15 years?

A camera is a tool and like any tool it's ultimate worth is defined by it's usefulness to the user not by some abstract idea of "perfection" that can be frozen in time. I wonder if Detroit isn't finding it's self in the same position as Rollei?

Grow or die.

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ryan s Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madison, WI Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,383	Saw this on another forum...sad but inevitable... I think Leica's next in line...

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Venturi Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,636	Saw this news yesterday. Very sad.

03-04-2009, 01:08 PM	#4
ftpaddict Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Yurp Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,666	Ouch and double-ouch. Although I never could afford their products, I've always had a profound respect for the company as one of the major innovators in the field. I'll be sorry to see them go...

03-04-2009, 01:20 PM	#5
roentarre Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 11,783	That definitely hurts to see another classic company go...

03-04-2009, 06:12 PM	#6
k100d Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,911 Original Poster	Originally posted by ryan s I think Leica's next in line... depends if the S2 gamble pays off, which looks unlikely with DSLRs inching up in resolution. i thought leica should have been one of the first on making a small digital rf w/ interchangeable lenses but maybe they don't have the resources.

03-04-2009, 06:34 PM	#7
Douglas Film Inactive Account Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hood River, Oregon Posts: 18	As a kid I used my dad's Rollie TLR and to this day I still use my E36 potato masher flash I bought new back in 1974. They made good stuff. Douglas Film

03-04-2009, 11:07 PM	#8
ryan s Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madison, WI Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,383	Originally posted by k100d depends if the S2 gamble pays off, which looks unlikely with DSLRs inching up in resolution. i thought leica should have been one of the first on making a small digital rf w/ interchangeable lenses but maybe they don't have the resources. Yeah, I don't know why they stopped with the "so-so" M8. Like the S2, we too shall see how digital MF in a small body fair. Oh and expensive bodies...almost forgot that

03-05-2009, 12:46 AM	#9
Douglas_of_Sweden Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stockholm Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,374	Originally posted by ryan s Saw this on another forum...sad but inevitable... I think Leica's next in line... Or Hasselblad...

03-05-2009, 01:49 AM	#10
christinelandon Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 812	Used a Rollei f/4 TLR professionally in shooting aerospace engineering documentation back in the mid-'70s. A fine tool, and I loved the detail in those 6x6 cm frames of PlusX...so very nice to enlarge! Good feel to the camera in the hands, and I enjoyed the ease of MF using the waistlevel viewfinder. I'm glad to have had the experience of shooting such a nice piece (alongside the Spotmatic that led me to buy my own and become a Pentaxian for the past 35 years). Auf wiedersehen, Rolleiflex!

03-05-2009, 02:38 AM	#11
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	I wonder if what eventually killed Rollei, and many others, is the idea that there is such a thing as "perfection"? Would I really want Pentax to lavish huge amounts of money on my K20D making it a camera that would still be working in, say, the year 2050 and cost me, now, $5000? Given the changes in technology by 2050 would anyone want to use it? For that matter will I still be using my present K20D in 15 years? A camera is a tool and like any tool it's ultimate worth is defined by it's usefulness to the user not by some abstract idea of "perfection" that can be frozen in time. I wonder if Detroit isn't finding it's self in the same position as Rollei? Grow or die.

Bye Bye Rollei

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