Re: [Rollei] 2.8F Tooling

[Bob Shell <bob >]

I just pulled out Prochnow's book Rollei 75 Years, published in 1994.  
I think the historical section of this book is mostly the same as 
Rollei Report 2.  In this book on page 103, Prochnow says:

"The management succeeded in acquiring all of the tools for the 
Rolleiflex 2.8 F and the Rollei 35 in addition to material already 
taken over.  In 1983 a series of 1500 Rolleiflex 2.8 F Aurum cameras 
were offered to collectors and fans.  One year later a limited series 
of 500 2.8 F was made for the last time as "Edition 1984 Platinum".  
The design of the improved Rolleiflex 2.8 GX was completed in 1987."

This is from the English translation by Günter Richter which makes up 
the second half of this bilingual edition.

Bob

On Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at 03:25  PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 11:39 PM 6/29/04 -0400, Austin Franklin wrote:
>
>> The discussion was SPECIFICALLY about Carlos's recount of Prochnow's 
>> claim
>> that the tooling was "saved":
>>
>> "Norbert Platt, first Rollei Fototechnic chairman,took
>> a risky decision, he ordered to save the 2.8F tools
>> for a special production in the future."
>>
>> Quoted from (according to Carlos):
>>
>> "SOURCE:Claus Procnow, Rollei Report 2, 2002 edition,
>> several pages)"
>>
>
> Austin
>
> I have asked Carlos for the page citations;  when these are provided, I
> will read the passages for myself.
>
> The discussion is about whether Rolleiflex had the 2.8F tooling at hand
> when the GX was produced, not directly about Carlos' comments.  I find
> Prochnow quite authoritative but he is as tinged with original sin as 
> are
> any of us, and is capable of deliberate or negligent error.
>
> Marc
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