Test reports and other information

PBase Magazine article on the Rolleiflex 6008 AF + PhaseOne DB20p digital bundle (starting on page 20)

Update: since May 2015 the new DW Photo GmbH has succeeded to DHW Fototechnik GmbH and will continue to market, service and produce Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex and Hy6 systems. The company is located at the same address as the former DHW Fototechnik (see below), and is in the process of setting itself up, including new contacts details. Service can be obtained at this phone number: +49 (159) 0240 0240.

Old information: sales, service and repair of the Rolleiflex 6008 AF and Hy6 systems, as well as Sinar Hy6 and Leaf AFi bodies, is offered by DHW Fototechnik GmbH (successor to Franke & Heidecke GmbH). Contact details:

DHW Fototechnik GmbH
Salzdahlumer Straße 196
D-38126 Braunschweig (Germany)
Phone: + 49 (531) 6800100
Fax: +49 (531) 6800295
General email: info@dhw-fototechnik.de Web: www.dhw-fototechnik.de

Good points of contact:

Service hotline: +49 (531) 6800425 (Monday till Friday between 9:00h and 15:00h)
Manilla Brauner
Email: m.brauner@dhw-fototechnik.de
Katharina Hartje (head of sales and personnel, deputy CEO)
Phone: +49 (531) 6800348
Email: k.hartje@dhw-fototechnik.de


Hans Hartje, CEO
Phone: +49 (531) 6800315
Email: h.hartje@dhw-fototechnik.de

Reiner Schönrock
Phone: +49 (531) 6800293
Email: r.schoenrock@dhw-fototechnik.de

For background on DHW Fototechnik see also the page on the Hy6 camera on this site.

Several repair centers are offering support for most Rolleiflex products (including Rollei 35, 6000-series, twin-lens systems, slide projectors). Exception are the Hy6 and AFi systems, which must be serviced by DHW in Braunschweig. Addresses of external service centers in Germany:

Wiese Fototechnik, Danziger Straße 47-49, 20099 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (40) 8503490 Fax: +49 (40) 8511221
E-mail: info@wiese-fototechnik.de Web: www.wiese-fototechnik.de

Marland & Co, Handjerystraße 18, 12159 Berlin
Phone: +49 (30) 85228 91 Fax: +49 (30) 8514009

Herbert Geißler, Lichtensteinstraße 75, 72770 Reutlingen
Phone: +49 (70) 7292970 Fax: +49 (70) 722069

Mitterreiter GmbH, Balanstraße 228, 81549 München
Phone: +49 (89) 682233 Fax: +49 (89) 686987

Foto- und Filmgeräte Service GmbH, Petzvalstraße 56a, 38104 Braunschweig
Phone: +49 (531) 237250 Fax: +49 (531) 2372511

Paepke Fototechnik, Siemensstraße 43, 40227 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 (211) 9868880 Fax: +49 (211) 98688829
E-mail: paepke-fototechnik@gmx.de Web: www.paepke-fototechnik.de

Herbert Geißler, Friedrich Ebert - Straße 21, 90537 Feucht bei Nürnberg
Phone: +49 (91) 2870760 Fax: +49 (91) 28707636

Addresses for worldwide repair facilities can be found here.

The Rolleiflex authorized dealer in the United States is Eric Hiss since 2013. He is located in San Francisco and maintains an excellent website.

Contact details of Sinar Photography AG:

Farbhofstraße 21
CH-8048 Zürich (Switzerland)
Phone: +41 (44) 2178030
Fax: +41 (44) 2178050
Email: info@sinar.ch Web: www.sinar.ch

Contact details for Mamiya Leaf:

A very knowledgeable person is Yair Shahar, who was AFi product manager. Phone number +44 (77) 89928199. Email: yairmshahar at gmail.com. He is also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yshahar

Information and help can also be obtained on the Mamiya Leaf user forum.

And finally, I would like to thank former head of marketing of Franke & Heidecke, Dietmar Kanzer, who introduced me into the wonderful world of Rolleiflex and whose advice has always been excellent.