Steinheil
C. A. Steinheil was an optical company based in Munich, German.
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| Orthostigmat image by Siim Vahur (Image rights) |
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| Steinheil München Cassar 50/2.8 image by Bill Duncan (Image rights) |
History
C. A. Steinheil Söhne Optical and Astronomical Works was a German optical company based in Munich (München), Bavaria. It made optical equipment and camera lenses from the 19th century until at least the 1970s. The company was founded in 1855[1] by Carl August Steinheil (1801-1870), a German physicist and astronomer. The company made many of the astronomical telescopes for German observatories include those at Upsala, Mannheim, Leipzig, and Utrecht.[2] Carl's son Adolph Steinheil worked alongside his father and continued as owner of the company after his father's death in 1870.[3]
In 1866 it invented the Aplanat lens.
Steinheil made a few cameras at various times, and during the late 1940s, it developed an advanced 35mm camera with interchangeable lenses, the Casca.
Cameras
| Camera industry in Munich |
| Agfa | Deckel | Eder | Enna | Friedrich | Kilfitt | Leitmeyr | Linhof | Niezoldi & Krämer | Perka | Rex | Rietzschel | Rodenstock | Staeble | Steinheil |
- Alto-Stereo-Quart (1903)
- Alto-Stereo-Quart III (1905)
- Alto-Stereo-Quart IV (1905)
- Boxkamera
- Casca I
- Casca II
- Daguerreotypie-KA
- Detektiv-Camera (c1890)
- Detectiv-Camera Stereo (Stereo Detective Camera; c.1896)
- Detektiv-Geheim-Kamera (? a separate model to Detektiv?)
- Folding plate camera (c.1930)
- Klappkamera Stereo (Folding Stereo)
- Kleinfilm-Kamera Mod.I and Mod.II
- Multo-Nettel (1907)
- Rocktaschenkamera (Pocket camera)
- Steinheil Speed Camera (c.1933; 3x4 and 4x5cm versions)
- Spectrographen Kamera
- Tropical Camera (Klappkamera Tropen)
- Universal Kamera
Lenses
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Some trademarks used by Steinheil:
- Cassar: A basic three element anastigmat lens design.
- Cassarit
- Cassaron
- Culmigon
- Culminar: A Tessar design lens with four elements in three groups.
- Noctar
- Orthostigmat
- Quinar and Tele-Quinar
- Quinaron
- Quinon
- Triplar
Some Heliostar lenses are engraved "M. Steinheil München", but there is some doubt on their origin.
See also:
Cameras using a Steinheil lens
- Adox 300 and Adox Sport
- Argus C44 (accessory wide & tele lenses)
- Bolsey Jubilee and Bolsey B3
- Bolsey Explorer
- Certo Dollina I, Dollina II, Dollina III and Super Dollina
- Edinex
- Edixa Vero
- Ilford Sportsman
- Need
- Regula Super and many other King Regula models
- Rocca Automatic and Rocca Super Reflex
- Sun plate folder
- Welti
References
- ↑ C.A. Steinheil Söhne, Price-List of Astronomical and Physical Instruments, 1907 Digital Copy
- ↑ New International Encyclopedia, Volume 21, p 498, 1916 edition Google books link
- ↑ Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol 4, p 30 Google books link
Links
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Steinheil Casca at Cameraquest
