Rocky cameras gone?

[vanannan]

Website not available for over a week now, a couple of months ago he put a notice stating that due to illness he would not be accepting any orders until August, anyone have any further info, he owes me a £25 refund from Xmas 2017:mad:, not the end of the world as I am ahead of the game having had many bargains over the years:), some crap and difficulty getting refunds.

[Mike O'Pray]

Not a seller that I am familiar with at all, sorry.

Mike

[Lostlabours]

Do a Google search for Rocky Cameras and you'll find you alot !!!!

Last I heard he was having a major cancer op.

Ian

[JimW]

Do a Google search for Rocky Cameras and you'll find you alot
Aint that the truth.....wow!

[John King]

Is this the same 'Rocky Cameras' which was subject of a lot of complaints some time ago.. I seem to remember, (if it is) a discussion on this forum that no one who had come into contact with them had a good word to say about them.

Likewise, as for your refund of £25 I think you may as well forget it.

I was on holiday in the New Forest area about 15 months ago (Where the RC company phone number stating 01202 originates) and I recall something in a local paper about a photographic company having a heavy county court judgement against them.

If it is them, perhaps it is for the good of all.

[Mike O'Pray]

It would seem that given the history already mentioned that Rocky as I understand the meaning of this adjective in colloquial terms is an unfortunate choice in the name :D

If Rocky is his nickname it might have been better if he'd chosen to call his business "Rocky's cameras instead

Mike

[John King]

Perhaps he has gone bust after his financing the fanciful new manual 'reflex' camera that was promised, but never appeared, some 18 months ago:rolleyes:

(Didn't some people put up substantial amounts to help fund it.)

[skellum]

John, tell us that story.
A new 'reflex' camera. As in new SLR? And why 'reflex' in quotation marks? How was Mr Rocky involved?

[Michael]

http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11794&highlight=kickstarter

Colin - here's the FADU thread on the camera. Rocky may have made a contribution; but I fail to see what that has to do with it all.

[John King]

John, tell us that story.
A new 'reflex' camera. As in new SLR? And why 'reflex' in quotation marks? How was Mr Rocky involved?

I thought this was widely known. So to give a potted history there was this company was intending to manufacture a new reflex 35mm camera called errrr....... 'Reflex', hence the name in quotes. It was to be fully manual but equipped with an electronic shutter.

One quirk which would have appealed to a few was the interchangeable lens mounts on the camera itself, so you bought a body with say a Nikon mount you could change this via an interchangeable lens mount to Canon, Pentax or Olympus on a whim. An idea like a Tamron Adaptall 2 lens, but on a camera not the lens. I am sure you get the drift.

There was a good bit of hype and sponsorship was encouraged. but it seems nothing came of it. I feel a figment of someones over active imagination. I wonder though did they ever get anyone to send them a donation. From the 1st time I saw it I thought .....Hmmmmm.... sounds too good to be true except as a scam.

Have a look at this link:- Reflex: Bringing back the analogue SLR camera by REFLEX. If the link does not work just google new 35mm reflex camera

[Lostlabours]

It would seem that given the history already mentioned that Rocky as I understand the meaning of this adjective in colloquial terms is an unfortunate choice in the name :D

If Rocky is his nickname it might have been better if he'd chosen to call his business "Rocky's cameras instead

Mike

ROCK, Keith Graeme, is the owner/director.

Rocky Cameras no longer lists on Ebay. I think you can guess why :D

Ian

[Martin Rick]

I received this reply to an enquiry back at the end of May:
Dear Sir,I am sorry as per the front cover I have an illness in fact Cancer and will be having an operation on the 29th May with 3 weeks hospital stay afterwards and a further 4-5 weeks rest required afterwards so with apologies I will be unable to accept any further orders until the 1st August,
You can browse my website still and I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Once the website opens again for sales there will be many nice new items added including some very nice rare Kodak cameras, Leica lenses and Rolleiflex Planar cameras so please check back
Rocky
I suppose I could contact him again.

[Michael]

I received this reply to an enquiry back at the end of May:
Dear Sir,I am sorry as per the front cover I have an illness in fact Cancer and will be having an operation on the 29th May with 3 weeks hospital stay afterwards and a further 4-5 weeks rest required afterwards so with apologies I will be unable to accept any further orders until the 1st August,
You can browse my website still and I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Once the website opens again for sales there will be many nice new items added including some very nice rare Kodak cameras, Leica lenses and Rolleiflex Planar cameras so please check back
Rocky
I suppose I could contact him again.

His website is looking fairly un-updated at the moment; so it might be worth waiting until it shows signs of life.

[John King]

His website is looking fairly un-updated at the moment; so it might be worth waiting until it shows signs of life.

The word 'dodgy' rather than 'Rocky' comes to mind. If he is so reticent in sending refunds for faulty or otherwise unsatisfactory goods, I would either do without or go elsewhere.

[Terry S]

Just checking the Kickstarter link for the camera, it says that delivery around August 2018.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reflexcamera/reflex-bringing-back-the-analogue-slr-camera

So, based on other projects over running by some time being the usual case, it may still be a going concern unless anyone knows otherwise?

Terry S

[Pete O]

I was with Ian at a Camera Fair that Rocky usually attends and we were both told that he
was extremely ill.