RE: History...Koni-Omegaflex

[Peter.Kotsinadelis@exchange.octel.com]

  I spoke with Paul Klingenstein today.  Paul was the person who 
  bought out the Simmons brothers camera to later develop it with 
  Berkey into the Koni later Rapid Omega.  The Omegaflex was a 
  Konica made TLR that was designed in the 1960s to compete with 
  the Rollei TLR, at that time still an immensely popular camera.
  
  Although the projections for sales were high, the reality was 
  that the sales were disappointing (Paul's phrase not mine).  He 
  indiacted that they overestimated the demand and because of 
  this manufacturing discontinued after the first production run.
  
  Peter K