Plaubel
Plaubel's Makina IIs, which was advertised as Rolls Royce of cameras (see ad below) image by Nicodemus Roger (Image rights) |
Plaubel is originally a German camera maker, founded in 1902 by Hugo Schrader as a distributor and lens maker. It began the production of cameras in 1910. It became famous for the Makina series of press cameras, introduced as early as 1911 and withdrawn around 1960. After the war, it also made monorail view cameras, and a 9×9 SLR, the Makiflex. In 1975 it was bought by Kimio Doi (of the Doi company) and effectively became a Japanese company. It launched a modernized successor to the Makina, called the Makina 67, in cooperation with Konica, and later with Mamiya. It stopped the production of the Makina 67 in 1986. Plaubel continues to produce large format cameras (Peco Profia for 4×5, 5×7, 8×10) but also a 6×9 digital camera (PL69D).
Contents
Cameras
Film plates or cut film
Präzisions-Peco image by yalluflex (Image rights) |
9x12 folding bed camera
- Plaubel Präzisions-Peco
4.5×6 strut folding
6.5×9 strut folding
With adaptors for 120 film.
45×107mm stereo strut folding
1938 ad for Makina and Rollop scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
6×13 stereo strut folding
120 film
4.5×6 folding
- Roll-Op and Roll-Op II (4.5×6 version)
6×6 folding
- Roll-Op and Roll-Op II (6×6 version)
6×7 strut folding
6×9
Makina 67 image by Lutz Schramm (Image rights) |
- Plaubel 69W proshift superwide
Uses a Mamiya Press 6x9 model 3 roll holder
6×9 SLR
- Makiflex
- Pecoflex
127 film
- Makinette (3×4)
35mm film
- Makinette 35P, prototypes only
16mm film
- Makinette 16, prototypes only
View Cameras
Monorail cameras
18x24cm and 9x15cm Peco Universal II image by Gerard Vogels (Image rights) |
- Plaubel Peco Profia PL69D, supports digital or film adapter
- Plaubel Peco Profia 4x5
- Plaubel Peco Profia 13x18cm
- Plaubel Peco Universal II 10x15cm
- Plaubel Peco Universal II 18x24cm
- Plaubel Maki 69 Police ID camera[1]
Lenses
- Anastigmat-Tele-Peconar
- Heli-Orthar
- Triple-Orthar
Notes
- ↑ Maki 69 monorail ID camera serial no. 167, dated about 1973, with 135 mm f/4.5 Xenar and Prontor Press shutter, sold at the 22nd Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 24 November 2012.
Links:
In English:
- Plaubel manuals at Photo-Manuals.com
- Makina & Makina II booklet, Die Plaubel-Makina in PDF format at Mr. Butkus' OrphanCamera site
- Plaubel Peco Jr in PDF format at Mr. Butkus' OrphanCameras site
- Plaubel makina 67 in PDF format at Mr. Butkus' OrphanCameras site
- Plaubel 69w ProShift in PDF format at [Mr. Butkus' OrphanCameras site
In German: