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Pre-Orders Open for the Rollei 35 AF
This is an AI translation of an article originally published in Japanese. If anything reads oddly, the Japanese original is the authoritative version.
The waitlist for the Rollei 35 AF, which fans have been eagerly awaiting since its concept was announced in January 2023, is now live. According to the pre-order site, the camera is scheduled for release later this year.
The project aims to revive the Rollei 35, which debuted in 1967 as the world's smallest 35mm film camera at the time. The original Rollei 35 was manual focus, but as its name suggests, the newly developed model has autofocus. Kosmo FOTO reports that it will be priced between $650 and $800 (roughly ¥100,000 to ¥125,000 at the exchange rate at the time of writing).
The pre-order site features several color photos that appear to have been taken with a Rollei 35 AF prototype, including some that seem to have been shot in Japan.
For now, the site only has a form for registering your email address, and details such as shipping regions have not yet been announced.