Leaf Credo Coming in AFi Mount

August 6, 2012 | News

Leaf/Mamiya has confirmed that the new Credo digital back will become available in AFi camera mount, in addition to Mamiya 645, Contax 645 AF, Hasselblad H, and Hasselblad V Series platforms. This was in doubt for some time, the presumption being that the Aptus-II 12 would be the last Leaf product designed for the AFi platform, and in fact, last year this was reinforced unoffically by Leaf.

It is likely that existing AFi owners have made their voices heard in enough numbers that it makes sense to continue the platform support with the new Credo product. Or perhaps some critical element – be it the availability of a hardware component, or the negotiation of a distribution/production arrangement – emerged at the last moment to allow the path to continue. Either way, this is a great thing for existing AFi/Hy6 owners, and potentially for those interested AFi/Hy6 platform prospects.


It remains to be seen what will emerge from Photokina in terms of new cameras/lenses for medium format, especially considering the very real possibility that technical capabilities similar to the AFi/Hy6 camera may indeed find their way into a future camera from under the umbrella of Phase One/Leaf/Mamiya.

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About Franke & Heidecke

Franke & Heidecke GmbH Feinmechanik und Optik develops, manufactures and distributes the Rolleiflex brand of professional camera systems as well as Rolleivision slide projectors. Additional fields of activity of the Braunschweig (Germany) company are the production of precision-mechanical and optical components, high-performance lenses and prototypes, as well as the development of custom-tailored optical solutions. In the fall of 2005, Franke & Heidecke became the successor to Rollei Produktion GmbH. The name of the company goes back to the inventors of the legendary twin-lens “Rolleiflex,” Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke.

关于Franke & Heidecke
Franke & Heidecke GmbH Feinmechanik und Optik(F&H器械和光学公司）开发，制造和分销禄莱品牌相机系统和禄莱投影仪。另外工厂在德国Braunschweig公司是生产精密机械和光学整合，高质素的镜头和原型机，已经开发客户制定的光学解决方案。在2005年，F&H成功的接手禄莱Rollei Produktion GmbH。其名源于其著名的双反相机Rolleiflex的设计者-Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke。

From Franke & Heidecke to DHW Fototechnik

As a surprise and notwithstanding the strong demand for its products (in particular the Hy6 / AFi camera), Franke & Heidecke filed for insolvency on 27 February 2009. Though several investments had been made it appeared impossible to cope with historic liabilities. Production continued till the end of April 2009. In order to further cut costs, many employees were sent on temporary leave of absence. All 131 employees received their letter of termination on 30 June 2009. However, a number of employees remained at the factory throughout October 2009, in particular those responsible for back-orders and servicing. On 22 November 2009 a successor company, DHW Fototechnik, was created (read article in German and in English) with fewer staff but at the same location in the Salzdahlumer Strasse 196 in Braunschweig. The 30 staff is expected to be up to 50 by the end of 2010. Most production is, at the moment, related to slide projectors and twin-lens Rolleiflex cameras, as well as the classic Rollei 35 camera on demand (read article in German). It is as yet unclear if production of the Hy6 can be taken up again, in light of the fact that the intellectual property rights over the camera design currently seems to belong to Leaf Imaging (read article in German). DHW Fototechnik continues to sell the Hy6 camera from stock, as well as the Hy6/AFi system components, and is working on further developments including new lenses and accessories. DHW's goal is to obtain the intellectual property rights over the Hy6 camera design, which would enable further fine-tuning of the system. See this article in the British Journal of Photography for positive news on DHW Fototechnik at the time of Photokina 2010. This article in the German photo magazine Fotomagazin of November 2010 shares some interesting information on the new company DHW Fototechnik, including a number of images of the people involved in it (in German). The initials DHW stand for the names of the company's three board members: Rolf Daus (head of lens assembly), Katharina Hartje (head of sales and personnel), and Frank Will (head of camera assembly). Hans Hartje is the company's CEO.

从Franke & Heidecke公司到DHW Fototechnik公司
尽管其产品的强劲需求（特别是Hy6 / AFI相机），但出乎大家的意料之外，F&H于2009年2月27日申请破产。显然早前多方面的投资失策已经积累了不可应付※※性负债。其工厂生产一直持续到2009年4月底。为了进一步削减成本，许多员工被送往暂离。所有131名员工2009年6月30日收到他们的解雇信。然而，少数员工仍然留守直至2009年10月之后，他们作为应对返修等服务而设立的。在2009年11月，聚集了少数旧员工并在原址Salzdahlumer Strasse 196 in Braunschweig 成功筹建了DHW Fototechnik公司（阅读文章德语和英语）。开始有30名员工，预期2010年底能达到50名员工。大部分原有的产品，幻灯投影机和双反相机，以及经典的禄莱35相机都延续生产（参阅德文文章）目前还不清楚是否继续生产Hy6相机。就目前看来，其知识产权属于利图影像（参阅德国文章）。 DHW Fototechnik继续出售库存的Hy6相机，以及Hy6/AFi系统附件，并继续开发包括新的镜头和配件。DHW Fototechnik的目标是获得Hy6相机设计的知识产权，以便对该系统的进一步微调。请参阅在2010年的Photokina上英国摄影杂志篇文章DHW Fototechnik的利好消息。这在德国的摄影杂志Fotomagazin杂志上同样报道了关于DHW Fototechnik这有趣的信息，并刊登相关人物的照片。DHW代表在公司的几位董事人员的名字：Rolf Daus（镜头组装主管），Katharina Hartje（销售和人事主管），Frank Will （相机组装主管）的缩写。Hans Hartje是该公司的首席执行官。
Developments at Leaf

On 25 June 2009 PhaseOne and senior Leaf management agreed to set up a joint company, Leaf Imaging Ltd, taking over most of the Leaf assets (parent company Kodak had already for some time been looking at options to sell off Leaf). The longer term effects of this new development are as yet unknown and the new company has stated that it is further considering its options regarding the AFi. As PhaseOne already has a strategic alliance with Mamiya, the AFi would constitute an additional platform. Many users have meanwhile called upon Leaf Imaging to continue the AFi line through a petition on the web.
The new Leaf Imaging Ltd company has decided to offer its latest digital Aptus-II 12 back in an Hy6/AFi mount, available in Q1 2011.

在利图的开发
在2009年六月25日飞思与利图管理层共同决定设立联合公司--利图影像（Leaf Imaging Ltd）。新公司将接手利图所有业务（其母公司柯达早前就开始寻觅卖家）。长期的影响还未知，但是新公司的建立对AFi会有更多的选择性的考虑。特别是飞思原本在玛米亚的发开策略早早已经制定，AFi是否成为额外的平台就不得而知。但是相当多的用户在利图的网页上呼吁保留AFi系统。 新的利图影像公司决定在2011年第一季推出的最新Aptus-II 12数码后背提供Hy6/AFi卡口。

Developments at Sinar

At the same time, the Hy6 system remains a significant line of business for Sinar. After the decision by parent company Jenoptik to withdraw from medium-format photography in August 2009, Sinar Photography AG has taken over development, sales, service and support divisions for the Sinar brand products. Service and support, including for the Sinar Hy6 and Leaf AFi models, are guaranteed for the future. The continuation of the Hy6 medium-format camera system is currently under negotiation, and the existing business alliance guarantees long-term technical support. It can be reasonably expected that the world's most advanced and versatile medium format camera system will find a new breath.

在仙娜的开发

在同时间，Hy6系统仍然是仙娜的一个主要业务。当其母公司耶拿于2009年8月决定退出中画幅市场的时候，仙娜公司接手Sinar品牌的开发，销售，服务及支持。服务与支持包括了仙娜Hy6和利图AFi将来的支持。Hy6中画幅相机系统的延续仍然在商讨中，现时的商业合作伙伴确保长期的技术支持。当然可以期待当今最先进的，多样的中画幅系统将会有新的落脚点。
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