Linhof's Photo Technk Internatioal

[Bill Barton <wbill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just received this update from Bob Salomon with HP Marketing Corp, it's 
just the English version that is gone.....Wish I could read German...


No it has not ended actually. The ownership has changed and they will
only
publish the magazine in German 6 times a year as the German version has
been
for many years. Unfortunately the English distribution in the U.S.,
Canada,
UK, Japan, Australia, NZ, etc that it was not economically feasible to
continue publication in English. If you ever saw how much thicker the
German
version was than the English version you would have a good idea of the
differences in the support of the magazine. The English distribution was
so
small that advertisers were not interested in supporting the magazine
and
this type of magazine needs advertising to support it.

Perhaps when the new owners of the Linhof factory have time there will
be
something else but at this time all they have announced (last week) is
that
a comprehensive new catalog is being prepared.

HP Marketing Corp. U.S. distributor for Amazon, Braun, Gepe, Giottos, GO
Light, Heliopan, HP Combi Plan T, Kaiser fototechnik, KoPho cases,
Linhof,
Pro Release, Rimowa, Rodenstock,Sirostar 2000

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>From: owner-rollei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rollei Users list digest)
>To: rollei-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Rollei] Rollei Users list digest V2 #44
>Date: Sun, Dec 6, 1998, 3:01 AM
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>Another great magazine like the Swiss "Camera" has come to an end....