Thanks for the info. I was aware of the limited production but not of the
allocations. I’ve see a variety of speculations about the specifics of the
anniversary (75th, 1Mth, 2Mth) but that’s sort of immaterial as it remains an
anniversary model.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> Ah, a Rollei 35S Silber. That's a real collectible, and a fine little camera.
>
> The Rollei 35S Silber was produced in a very limited run during 1979 to
> celebrate the one millionth Rollei 35S produced. It was never offered with a
> retail price or advertised, being offered to dealers at about $155 cost with
> dealers supposed to be offering it to their best Rollei customers at
> whatever markup they felt was appropriate. The original set included a
> certificate that, when mailed in, would deliver to the customer an engraved
> badge that fit in the little section on the back in the leather that you
> popped off the camera as a commemorative notion. The Silber also included a
> special case and certificate in the original box. 1500 of them were
> distributed in the United States, and the distributor's note to dealers
> included the notation "Limited quantity, offer never to be repeated."
>
> I had one of these for a while, one of five or six Rollei 35 cameras I
> enjoyed. In all ways other than the commemorative notion and the special
> finish and color, it is a standard Rollei 35S and works beautifully. I sold
> it somewhere around 2008 or so when I divested myself of my over-abundance of
> things Rollei 35; I kept my favorite black Rollei 35S only, and still have
> and use it occasionally.
>
> The Canonet is another fine little camera but I have no personal connection
> to that or any of the other raft of decent, small, fixed-lens RF cameras of
> that era. There were a lot of them, most of them pretty good performers.
>
> G
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