Poster of Rollei line-up from 1978

[Mike Evangelist]

Found this folded up in a stack of old papers. Very nice line up.



Much larger version here.

 

[AgX]

Very interesting, I did not see that before.

The thing you most likely could come across in Germany would be the smallest projector.



But to be fair, one camera model is shown threefold (A26).
There seem to be more repetitions.

 

[Slixtiesix]

Beautiful sight. This shows the lineup when the company definitely was on its apex...

 

[Kirks518]

What's that camera looking thing in the upper left corner?

 

[Kirks518]

Nevermind... it's an UWH for the TLR

 

[macfred]

UW camera housing 'Rolleimarin System Hans Hass' from 1954

http://mkoptics.net/m/product_info.php?cPath=13&products_id=9255

 

[itsdoable]

I use to have the paper copy of that poster...

 

[AgX]

Hans Hass was pioneering underwater photography, building and designing casings.
But up to now I did not even realize that the Rollei casing even got his name on it. Hass was extremely popular in Germany back then and likely abroad, and bearing his name gave a product a better standing.

http://austria-forum.org/attach/Wissenssammlungen/Biographien/Hass,_Hans/HH-UW-Robot-1942-D.jpg

http://www.therebreathersite.nl/Zuurstofrebreathers/German/Images Germany/Draegergegenlunge_04.jpg

 

[benjiboy]

Hans Hass was pioneering underwater photography, building and designing casings.
But up to now I did even realize that the Rollei casing even got his name on it. Hass was extremely popular in Germany back then and likely abroad, and bearing his name gave a product a better standing.

Yes I remember him and his wife Lotte https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=h...524&tbm=isch&imgil=jB2a3I94ewTjvM%3A%3Bb3XxRP

 

[GRHazelton]

Lo, how the mighty have fallen! Sad to see an iconic company fail.

 

[AgX]

Well, "Rollei" had a number of near-death experiences in its history and there are still indicators for at least a zombie existence.

 

[GarageBoy]

Where's the SLX?

 

[AgX]

Maybe that poster was not made 1978 but 1976.

My experience even from Photokina in general showed me that "outdated" printwork was distributed.

 

[ic-racer]

I have a TLR brochure with a similar picture printed smaller on the back page. No date anywhere. I had placed my brochure around 1972 to 1975.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Found this folded up in a stack of old papers. Very nice line up.



Much larger version here.

Nice, really nice.

 

[Mike Evangelist]

Maybe that poster was not made 1978 but 1976.

My experience even from Photokina in general showed me that "outdated" printwork was distributed.

This one came in the box with a SL-66 that I bought new in Feb 1978. As you say, probably printed earlier.

 

[skorpiius]

Very cool, looking forward to finally acquiring a working one of those cameras (SL35)

 

[Slixtiesix]

This one came in the box with a SL-66 that I bought new in Feb 1978.

Mike, is the camera still in use?

 

[Mike Evangelist]

Mike, is the camera still in use?

Sadly, it's long gone. But I still shoot a 6008i2.

 

[GarageBoy]

My dad has 3 SLX 80 2.8 Planars... I should find a body, but rare and expensive

 

[ic-racer]

My dad has 3 SLX 80 2.8 Planars... I should find a body, but rare and expensive

I made a big trade on my SLX stuff for 6008i stuff and they only gave a little over $100 for the SLX body in perfect cosmetic and functional condition.

 

[GarageBoy]

Sadly, neither 6000 series or SLX bodies show up on ebay that much and when they do, they're way more expensive than they should be

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sadly, neither 6000 series or SLX bodies show up on ebay that much and when they do, they're way more expensive than they should be

Which says a lot about why I chose Hasselblad. When I was looking to move from TLR 120 to SLR 120 Rollei bodies and lenses were hard to find. It made the choice easy.