Bertram

Bertram is a German manufacturer of photographic products, best known for their Bewi light meters.

old Bewi-Junior Mod.II extinction light meter

dial of a Bewi built-in meter on a Voigtländer Vito BL by David Broglin

Bewi Piccolo shoe-mounted selenium meter by siimvahur

History

Ernst & Wilhelm Bertram, also known by their brand name Bewi, is a German light meter manufacturing company.

The company was started in 1919 by Ludwig Leiner and Ernst Bertram with a workshop to make camera shutters. When Ludwig Leiner left, Paul Will took over and shifted to the manufacture of light meters. In the 1940's, Ernst's brother Wilhelm Bertram joined the company. Later Ernst Rumpoldin came to the company from Linhof, and helped develop an unusual press camera, called Bertram Kamera, released in 1951.

Meters

• Bertram Amateur
• Bertram Bewi Automat
• Bertram Bewi Automat A
• Bertram Bewi Automat B
• Bertram Bewi Boy
• Bertram Bewi Quick
• Bertram Bewi Optical
• Bertram Bewi Super
• Bertram Bewi Super L
• Bertram Chronos
• Bertram Chrostar
• Bertram Electro Bewi Standard
• Bertram Electro Bewi Super