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'''Adox''' was a German company, also called ''Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH'', whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. They produced some camera models from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the [[Adox 300]] with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of [[Wirgin]] when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company [[efke|Fotokemia]] along with the rights to continue manufacture of Adox films under license using the original formulae. When the license agreement expired in the early 90's so did the rights to use the Adox brand name and the films were sold under the [[Efke]] brand name. More recently the German distributor [[Fotoimpex]] in Berlin registered the lapsed Adox brand name and now uses it for a variety of products from a different manufacturers, including films and papers.
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'''Adox''' was a German company, also called ''Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH'', whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. The company was founded in 1860; the current Adox website states that this was 'the world's first photochemical factory'.<ref name=AdoxHistory>[http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX_History/About_ADOX.html Adox history], at [http://www.adox.de/ Adox].</ref> The company produced some cameras from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the [[Adox 300]] with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of [[Wirgin]] when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company [[efke|Fotokemia]] along with the rights to continue manufacture of Adox films under license using the original formulae. When the license agreement expired in the early 90's so did the rights to use the Adox brand name and the films were sold under the [[Efke]] brand name. More recently the German distributor [[Fotoimpex]] in Berlin registered the lapsed Adox brand name and now uses it for a variety of products from a different manufacturers, including films and papers.
  
 
== 35mm film ==
 
== 35mm film ==
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== Special film ==
 
== Special film ==
 
* [[Juka]] 3x4 on Juka film
 
* [[Juka]] 3x4 on Juka film
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.adox.de/ADOX_History/ADOX_History.html history] on adox.de
 
 
* [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/Kamerahersteller/adox.htm Adox page at ukcamera.com]
 
* [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/Kamerahersteller/adox.htm Adox page at ukcamera.com]
 
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Adox.html Adox page at Gérard Langlois site]
 
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Adox.html Adox page at Gérard Langlois site]

Revision as of 12:49, 11 September 2011

Adox was a German company, also called Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH, whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. The company was founded in 1860; the current Adox website states that this was 'the world's first photochemical factory'.[1] The company produced some cameras from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the Adox 300 with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of Wirgin when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company Fotokemia along with the rights to continue manufacture of Adox films under license using the original formulae. When the license agreement expired in the early 90's so did the rights to use the Adox brand name and the films were sold under the Efke brand name. More recently the German distributor Fotoimpex in Berlin registered the lapsed Adox brand name and now uses it for a variety of products from a different manufacturers, including films and papers.

35mm film

120 film

6x4.5 folding

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6x6 folding

  • Golf I, Golf II, Golf IV, Golf 45 S
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6x9 folding

6x6 box

127 film

Special film

  • Juka 3x4 on Juka film


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