Employees of the former Franke & Heidecke managed to relaunch the production of some of the insolvent company's products. Therefore they founded the DHW Fototechnik GmbH. DHW had its successful debut at the Photokina 2010, having found new customers, especially on South-East Asia. Main products are the Rollei 35, the Rolleiflex and the professional Rolleiflex Hy6.

The company primarily focuses on high end, medium format SLRs and TLR collectibles that are so outrageously priced that even most working professionals would consider them unobtainable. Service on these camera in the USA is difficult, if not impossible. On a related note, there are thousands of people in online forums who have been rallying for a brand new, more affordable, lighter, simplified TLR with a slower 3.5 planar.

• German "fotomagazin" about DHW
• company homepage