From: Paul Ewins
I believe it was based on a particular Soviet lens which is no longer
made. Once supplies dried up that was the end of it.
Paul
Like this? http://www.hartblei.com/lenses/lens_35mm.htm
If you click on the price list you get the message:
"Super-Rotator lenses are out of stock... (please, don't ask
about availability - if item is available, it's mentioned in the
price list)"
That message has been on the price list for about 2 years now. I
*have* been checking.
Can't remember where I read it, but IIRC ...
Hartblei was a U.S. distributor for the Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine
and Arsenal got some kind of a deal with Hasselblad which took all of
their output.
Looking at Wikipedia just now, it says the factory closed in 2009. But
then there's a hint the plant was taken over by the "Special
Construction Department"(SKTB) - management change and downsizing perhaps.
Maybe it was SKTB who got the sub-contract from Hasselblad that I
remember reading about somewhere.
Guess I can cross the Hasselbladski-D off my bucket list.
Still, I'll keep an eye open for a used Super-Rotator. Even if I could
only find it in Nikon mount, it would be worth buying a used D200 body
to go with it.
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