Found some interesting Hasselblad, Leica and Spotmatic literature today...

[Kino]

I enjoy collecting these brochures and manuals.

 

[BrianShaw]

I understand! I have stuff like that squirreled away. Interesting history.

 

[ic-racer]

I still remember reading the rectangular Honeywell brochure showing Rolleiflex cameras at my local camera shop. They had them just sitting out to take but I put the brochure back.
The cool thing is that ten years later (in 1986) the Rolleiflex I wound up getting was one of the few Honeywell branded ones, just like the one I dreamed about in the 1970s.
I like collecting camera gear literature too. Some day I'd like to find that brochure. Though I did find a scan of it on the internet:

 

[Sirius Glass]

I still remember reading the rectangular Honeywell brochure showing Rolleiflex cameras at my local camera shop. They had them just sitting out to take but I put the brochure back.
The cool thing is that ten years later (in 1986) the Rolleiflex I wound up getting was one of the few Honeywell branded ones, just like the one I dreamed about in the 1970s.
I like collecting camera gear literature too. Some day I'd like to find that brochure. Though I did find a scan of it on the internet:
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I never knew that the two were connected.

 

[BrianShaw]

Bob Salomon wrote this history summary in 2001 on another site:

After WW II Rollei was distributed by Ponder & Best west of the Mississippi and Burleigh Brooks East of the Mississippi.

In the early 60's or late 50's Rollei signed a distribution agreement with Honeywell to distribute Rollei nationally.

All Rollei distributed by Honeywell carried dual Logos. Rollei's and honeywell's.

In the late 60's, early 70's Rollei set up their own distribution company in Fairfield NJ called Rollei of America and Honeywell was no longer involved.

Later Rollei Werke purchased the photographic division of Honeywell Photographic and moved their facility to Denver. At that point Honeywell flash became a Rollei owned product as did Nikor trimmers, and enlargers. Pentax then set up their own distribution in the U.S.

Rollei Werke then went bankrupt at the end of the 70's and that was the end of the Rollei/Honeywell connection. The new Rollei, Rollei Fototechnik did not continue the Strobonar and Nikor product lines. All Strobonar flash and duplicator parts were then purchased by Marflex who brought them back to NJ.