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Rolleiflex Books

by Ferdi Stutterheim

Photograph of Rolleiflex 2,8 E © 2008 Karl Keung. Photo used with permission.

There are lots of books on Rollei and Rolleiflexes. Definitively the best series is the one by Claus Prochnow. Sadly, he passed away on 31st July 2008, at the age of 78.

Mr. Prochnow worked with Franke & Heidecke/Rollei Werke in camera development for 36 years and was extremely well informed. He was part of Richard Weiss' team responsible for the SL66 camera. Later he worked on the SLX camera. The film inserts still used in the 6000 series of cameras were a Prochnow design.

The books are in German language, except for the Technical Report that is bilingual. In German and English. The author was working on the English translations of his books. At the time of updating this page the Prochnow web-site was still up. His widow, Brigitte, who was very much involved in his work, may still be selling their books.

• Rollei Report 1 - Franke & Heidecke. De ersten 25 Jahre. 1920 - 1945. ISBN 3-89506-105-0
• Rollei Report 2 - Rollei - Werke. Rollfimkameras. 1946 - 1981. ISBN 3-89506-118-2
• Rollei Report 3 - Rollei - Werke, Rollei Fototechnic. 1960 - 1995. ISBN 3-89506-141-7
• Rollei Report 4 - Rollei - Werke, Rollei Fototechnic. 1958 - 1998. ISBN 3-89506-170-0
• Rollei Report 5 - Rolleiflex SLX, System 6000, X-Act. ISBN 3-89506-183-2
• Rollei Technical Report. ISBN 3-89506-156-5
• Rollei 35 - Eine Kamera-Geschichte. ISBN 3-930292-10-6

To purchase these books, contact one of the following. Volumes may be out of print.

• your local bookseller,
• Brigitte Prochnow
• H. Lindemanns Booksellers
  P.O. Box 103051
  D 70026 Stuttgart
  Germany
  Fax +49 711 2369672
  
• CameraBooks.com
  Petra Kellers Photo/CameraBooks.com
  12034 SW Horny Hollow Trail
  Crooked River Ranch, OR 97760
  USA
  Toll-free (US & Canada) 1-888-338-1350
  Tel 1-541-504-7620
  Fax 1-541-504-7623

This page was last updated by Webmaster on 31 January 2012.

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