Rollei

Also known as Rollei Fototechnic GmbH & Co. KG, Franke & Heidecke, Franke‏ ‎Firma, Heidecke Firma, Rollei-Werke Franke & Heidecke GmbH & Co. KG, Rollei Fototechnic GmbH (Braunschweig), Rollei-Fototechnik (firma), Rollei (Schweiz AG (Zürich))

thumb|right|Rolleiflex medium format camera.

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Company.location: Hamburg, Germanyformerly Braunschweig
Company.products: cameras and other optical equipment
Company.homepage: www.rollei.com
Company.name: Rollei
Company.logo: Rollei-Logo.svg
Company.foundation: 1 February 1920 asWerkstatt für Feinmechanik und Optik, Franke & Heidecke;Rollei GmbH & Co. KG owns the rights to the "Rollei" brand since 1 January 2015
Company.founder: and

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Official website: www.rollei.com
Image: Rollei 35TE front.jpg

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inception: 1920-00-00
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Contents

Overview
Historical development
1920 to 1928
Company foundation
Stereo Heidoscop
Hyperinflation in Germany
Rolleiflex
1929 to 1950
New premises
Babyflex
Studio camera
Rolleicord
Rolleiflex Automat
World War II
Armaments production
The post-war period
1950 to 1963 – Horst Franke era
The golden era
Development of the Rolleiflex
TLR accessories
The situation around 1960
{{anchor|P11|Rollei 16|Rollei 16S}}New products
1964 to 1974 – Peesel era
{{anchor|Rolleiscop}}Reorganisation of the product line
Rolleiflex SL66
Rollei 35
Rolleiflex SL26
Rolleiflex SL35
Rollei 35RF
{{anchor|Strobomatic|Strobofix}}Flash units
Super 8
{{anchor|Rolleimat}}Uelzen
Viewfinder cameras
{{anchor|Rolloptik}}Singapore
Voigtländer
1975 to 1981 – Peperzak / Wehling / Porst era
Downsizing the company
Rolleiflex SLX
{{anchor|P3800}}Dissolve projectors
Rolleimatic
{{anchor|Rolleimat Universal|Heinz Wehling}}Under Nord/LB management
Hannsheinz Porst
1982 to 2003 – Rollei Fototechnic / USH / Mandermann / Samsung / Dume / Capitellum era
{{anchor|P801}}New owners
Rolleiflex SL2000 F
Rollei Metric
"Classic" project
Rollei rangefinders
Prego cameras
Single-lens medium format systems
2004 to 2015 – New Franke & Heidecke / RCP-Technik / DHW era / DW Photo
Break up
New owners
DHW
DW Photo
Product overview
Medium format
System 6000
135 film format
126 film format
Rollei subminiature cameras
Movie cameras
Digital
Electronic flash units
{{anchor|Rolleivision}}Projectors
Slide projectors for 5×5 cm frames (35 mm slides)
Slide projectors for 7×7 cm frames (6×6 cm slides)
Movie projectors for 8 mm film
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links