Re: [Rollei] Prochnow translation

[Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza]

Thank you very much Douglas, your translation is
perfect, of course, in my first post I had added some
data that Prochnow writes for other pages.
Really I am satisfied with my little job considering
that my German vocabulary is very poor, basic too
much, but from my 0 to 15 years old  I heard my two
grandmothers to talk German, then, if you give me time
and a good dictionary I can do a good job for the
German language.-

All the best
Carlos



- --- "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp  >
escribió: > 
> 
> Carlos Manuel Freaza schrieb:
> 
> >Since some RUGers seem don't believe me even if I
> >quote the best author about Rolleiflex cameras, I
> am
> >waiting the "independent" translation for the page
> >below....
> >  
> >
> Hello everyone, this is more or less what he wrote
> 
> I much prefer to translate texts where the author
> has some sense of the 
> use of his mother tongue when putting words
> to paper, although I admire Herr Prochnows work, and
> his vast knowledge 
> of things Rollei,  I'm glad that I don't have to
> translate it for a living.
> Regards to all
> Douglas
> 
> 
> 
> The reasons :
> Rollei-Fototechnic, as the successor of the
> insolvent Rollei-Werke, in 
> accordance with a plan
> conceived during receivership, received only a small
> part of the 
> previously marketed product line.
> A clever strategy on the part of Norbert Platt, the
> first director of 
> Rollei Fototechnic,
> saved the tooling for the Rolleiflex 2.8F, which was
> not planned to be 
> marketed, from being scrapped.
> This became the foundation of  the new production
> facility.
> Many finished parts, such as the rangefinders, were
> stocked as spares 
> for repair contracts.
> 
> At first only a limited edition was planned. As in
> the case of the 
> Rollei 35, only the simplest gold plated version.
> There were difficulties plating some parts,
> aluminium being hard to 
> plate due to its oxidation properties.
> The efforts were worth it, the series was a total
> success, and the 
> cameras, which were offered at a reasonable price
> were soon sold. The profits were good and a
> promising sign for the new 
> company.
> The success inspired Norbert Platt to construct a
> new Edition in 1984. 
> Following gold, the new camera was to be
> platinum plated. The plating of the aluminium
> components with platinum 
> presented even greater problems, even after
> multi-layer galvanisation.
> For this reason the visible aluminium parts were
> painted black. Plating 
> other metal components, Bajonettes, knobs, strap
> lugs, sockets
> and plates ,mostly made of brass, presented no
> particular problems.
> This treatment in itself considerably increased the
> production costs, 
> however, the small series of only 500 Planar
> 2.8/80mm  made by
> Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen were a greater cost factor.
> The same was the 
> case with the exposure meters made by Gossen in
> Erlangen.
> The last Planars had been made ten years earlier,
> the last meters five 
> years ago. The sub-contractors had to, at least
> partially, re-tool
> and re-train staff  to be able to commence with the
> limited series 
> production.
> 
> The Rollei staff must have been very persuasive to
> even have been able 
> to place these orders.
> 
> At first it looked as if Rollei would be able to
> clear the series of 500 
> cameras in a very short time.
> Many orders were placed in advance, however, when
> delivery was possible, 
> many agencies cancelled their orders, having
> ascertained
> that the consumer group targeted for this high
> priced product was much 
> smaller than at first predicted.
> Agencies which hadn't ordered euphorically later
> placed new orders, one 
> Asiatic Agency bought the last 60 models with
> slight modifications, which were, unfortunately, not
> recorded on film.
> Norbert Platt, who originally planned an annual new
> edition, the first 
> named "1984" eventually scrapped the idea.
> The search for a new TLR developed into a better
> concept, the series 
> production of the Rolleiflex 2.8GX.
> Although this also required new tooling, the context
> for series 
> production was improved.
> Higher production also allowed a  lower retail price
> 
> 
> 
>  

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