RE: [KOML] RE:Koni-Omegaflex...Puget Sound

[John Mostrom <jmostrom@adobe.com>]

The Puget Sound Camera Collectors swap meet was where I purchased my K-O
Rapid. There were several K-O's and two or three R-O 100's. No R-O 200's
(unless they all went to early-entrees). One of the R-O 100's was being
sold as a set with a 60mm w/ finder for about $350. Unfortunately, I did
not get the sellers name or I would have passed it along to this group.

I saw the Omegaflex and would have to agree about it's ungainlyness. Is it
a 6x7 format? It certainly had a wide film compartment behind the taking
lens.

John
>Please pardon a new subscriber.
>
>At the local Puget Sound Camera Collectors swap meet, I found a
>Omegaflex in excellent condition for about $675.  I can see why it was a
>slow seller.  While of excellent quality, it was ungainly, even by the
>standards of the day.  Oh well.
>
>I was fortunate enough to find several film holders for my K-O 200
>though.
>
>Charlie Frazier
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>> From:
>> Peter.Kotsinadelis@exchange.Octel.com[SMTP:Peter.Kotsinadelis@exchange
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>> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 28, 1998 1:09 PM
>> To: 	"Koni-Omega Mailing List" ; "Clive Warren"
>> Subject: 	[KOML] RE: History...Koni-Omegaflex
>>
>>   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
>>