Thanks for the info. I was aware of the limited production but not of the allocations. I’ve see a variety of speculations about the specifics of the anniversary (75th, 1Mth, 2Mth) but that’s sort of immaterial as it remains an anniversary model.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Ah, a Rollei 35S Silber. That's a real collectible, and a fine little camera. > > The Rollei 35S Silber was produced in a very limited run during 1979 to > celebrate the one millionth Rollei 35S produced. It was never offered with a > retail price or advertised, being offered to dealers at about $155 cost with > dealers supposed to be offering it to their best Rollei customers at > whatever markup they felt was appropriate. The original set included a > certificate that, when mailed in, would deliver to the customer an engraved > badge that fit in the little section on the back in the leather that you > popped off the camera as a commemorative notion. The Silber also included a > special case and certificate in the original box. 1500 of them were > distributed in the United States, and the distributor's note to dealers > included the notation "Limited quantity, offer never to be repeated." > > I had one of these for a while, one of five or six Rollei 35 cameras I > enjoyed. In all ways other than the commemorative notion and the special > finish and color, it is a standard Rollei 35S and works beautifully. I sold > it somewhere around 2008 or so when I divested myself of my over-abundance of > things Rollei 35; I kept my favorite black Rollei 35S only, and still have > and use it occasionally. > > The Canonet is another fine little camera but I have no personal connection > to that or any of the other raft of decent, small, fixed-lens RF cameras of > that era. There were a lot of them, most of them pretty good performers. > > G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
