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Out of Franke & Heidecke's ashes, rises DHW Fototechnik
One year after the collapse of Franke & Heidecke, the maker of the Rolleiflex and Hy6 medium format camera body, a group of employees continue to produce the legendary products. BJP talks with Hans Hartje,...
Medium Format Cameras 06 Oct 2010
Sinar opens up to competitors
Large and medium format camera maker Sinar, whose fate was uncertain after the collapse of Franke & Heidecke, is opening up its camera systems to competitors' camera backs
Medium Format Cameras 11 Jun 2010
Sinar cameras thrown a financial lifeline by Swiss distributor
Sinar has been offered respite after it signed a deal with its Swiss distributor to form a new company that will handle the development and service of current and future Sinar products
Medium Format Cameras 23 Sep 2009
Gloomy Sinar the times for Hy6
Jenoptik has dropped Sinar, the Swiss-based camera business it acquired just two years ago
Medium Format Cameras 26 Aug 2009
Franke & Heidecke to close on 30 September
Medium format camera maker Franke & Heidecke will definitely close down its last factory on 30 September bringing to an end the production of the legendary Rolleiflex cameras and 6x6 digital systems behind...
Medium Format Cameras 29 Jul 2009
After Franke & Heidecke's closure, the open system is a thing of the past, says Hasselblad's CEO
Franke & Heidecke's closure and the recent consolidation in the medium format camera market could spell the end of open systems, Hasselblad's CEO Christian Poulsen tells BJP
Medium Format Cameras 13 Jul 2009
Franke & Heidecke facing the end
The German company behind the Rolleiflex twin-lens camera system and the 6x6 format camera body for both Leaf and Sinar has closed, BJP can reveal. Its closure also deals a heavy blow to the Leaf AFi system...
Medium Format Cameras 08 Jul 2009
Franke & Heidecke: Leaf confirms AFi camera on hold
Reacting to the news of Franke & Heidecke's closure, Leaf has confirmed to BJP that its camera system - the Leaf AFi - is now on hold and won't be sold by the new company - Leaf Imaging - formed by Phase...
Medium Format Cameras 06 Jul 2009
Franke & Heidecke: Sinar reacts to news of closure
Sinar, one of the medium format camera makers directly affected by the closure of Franke & Heidecke, is still studying plans regarding its Hy6 camera, BJP has learnt
Medium Format Cameras 06 Jul 2009
Leaf and Sinar: business as usual
News that one of the leading makers of medium format cameras had gone into insolvency threw the market into a brief panic last week, with dealers and their customers left speculating on the future of an...
Medium Format Cameras 18 Mar 2009
Sinar issues statement on medium format maker's troubles
Sinar, which uses medium format camera system from Franke & Heidecke to produce its Hy6 model, has reassured its customer that it is currently not affected by the news that Franke & Heidecke filed for...
Medium Format Cameras 16 Mar 2009
Hasselblad finds Franke & Heidecke's situation 'unfortunate'
Hasselblad has reacted to Franke & Heidecke's insolvency filling calling the news 'unfortunate'
Medium Format Cameras 12 Mar 2009
Franke & Heidecke forced into administration
Franke & Heidecke, the German-based company that owns the Rolleiflex brand and makes medium format cameras for Leaf and Sinar, has gone into insolvency
Medium Format Cameras 11 Mar 2009
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