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</table>Hanskerenskyhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=225309&oldid=prevHanskerensky: /* History */ Redirected Link URL to new site2023-08-22T04:47:45Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> Redirected Link URL to new site</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word "Impex" is likely a contraction of "<U>Imp</U>ort <U>Exp</U>ort". From 1956, AIC Photo, Inc. began using the brand name '''Soligor''' for cameras, lenses and accessories imported from Japan.<REF> Date: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online.</REF> It imported the [[Miranda]] cameras and later, using money acquired from taking AIC Photo public, took control of the Miranda company at some time in the 1960s.<REF> The [https://web.archive.org/web/20190301152239/http://www.mirandacamera.com/_faq/faq1.htm FAQ of the Miranda Camera site] (archived) says 1963, but the [http://miranda<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-camera</del>.xrea.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">jp</del>/miranda/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">main</del>.html main page of the Miranda Society Japan] says that it bought the shares in 1968 and took complete control in 1969. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word "Impex" is likely a contraction of "<U>Imp</U>ort <U>Exp</U>ort". From 1956, AIC Photo, Inc. began using the brand name '''Soligor''' for cameras, lenses and accessories imported from Japan.<REF> Date: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online.</REF> It imported the [[Miranda]] cameras and later, using money acquired from taking AIC Photo public, took control of the Miranda company at some time in the 1960s.<REF> The [https://web.archive.org/web/20190301152239/http://www.mirandacamera.com/_faq/faq1.htm FAQ of the Miranda Camera site] (archived) says 1963, but the [http://miranda<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.s32</ins>.xrea.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com</ins>/miranda/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">index</ins>.html main page of the Miranda Society Japan] says that it bought the shares in 1968 and took complete control in 1969. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company founded a German sub-company called '''A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH''' in 1968, that became '''Soligor GmbH''' in 1993.<REF> See [https://web.archive.org/web/20100415233809/http://www.soligor.de/src/index.php?hp=3 this page of the Soligor GmbH official website] (archived). </REF> This German company is the only one still active today (2009).<REF> It seems that in 1997, the company Allied Impex Corporation was an empty structure based in the USA, owning the German company '''Soligor GmbH''' and itself owned by '''AIC International, Inc.''', another empty structure. Source: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online. </REF> It is known for its rich product range of camera accessories.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company founded a German sub-company called '''A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH''' in 1968, that became '''Soligor GmbH''' in 1993.<REF> See [https://web.archive.org/web/20100415233809/http://www.soligor.de/src/index.php?hp=3 this page of the Soligor GmbH official website] (archived). </REF> This German company is the only one still active today (2009).<REF> It seems that in 1997, the company Allied Impex Corporation was an empty structure based in the USA, owning the German company '''Soligor GmbH''' and itself owned by '''AIC International, Inc.''', another empty structure. Source: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online. </REF> It is known for its rich product range of camera accessories.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Hanskerenskyhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=225307&oldid=prevHanskerensky: Added Category:US distributors2023-08-22T04:43:03Z<p>Added Category:US distributors</p>
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</table>Hanskerenskyhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=223981&oldid=prevVoxphoto: /* 35mm film */ redlink SC-1 for incoming article2023-05-27T16:20:30Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">35mm film: </span> redlink SC-1 for incoming article</span></p>
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</table>Voxphotohttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=223779&oldid=prevVoxphoto: /* Distributed lenses */ refining claims around meaning of "C/D"2023-05-16T14:46:29Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Distributed lenses: </span> refining claims around meaning of "C/D"</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Soligor distributed lenses in many different camera mounts, including nearly every 35mm SLR mount. It competed with [[Vivitar]], and both sold the T and T4 mount lenses with interchangeable mounts. Vivitar also sold TX mount lenses, but Soligor did not. Soligor '''C/D''' lenses were intended to be higher-quality, much like Canon L lenses or Vivitar's Series 1 lenses. The C/D moniker is said to stand for either "Computer Designed" or "Compact Design" by collectors. Both designations are claimed to have been used in Soligor <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">brochures </del>but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">neither claim has been substantiated with </del>a scan or photo <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">showing the usage in </del>print.<ref>[http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-200mm-cd-2-8-p-first-test-shots-t28057,highlight,%2Bsoligor+%2B200mm.html Debate over meaning of C/D on Soligor lenses]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Soligor distributed lenses in many different camera mounts, including nearly every 35mm SLR mount. It competed with [[Vivitar]], and both sold the T and T4 mount lenses with interchangeable mounts. Vivitar also sold TX mount lenses, but Soligor did not. Soligor '''C/D''' lenses were intended to be higher-quality, much like Canon L lenses or Vivitar's Series 1 lenses. The C/D moniker is said to stand for either "Computer Designed"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>As implied but not explicitly stated in a [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52739198030/in/pool-camerawiki/ 1974 magazine advertisement].</ref> </ins>or "Compact Design" by collectors. Both designations are claimed to have been used in Soligor <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">promotions </ins>but a scan or photo <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </ins>print <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">material explicitly stating "C/D stands for…" has not surfaced</ins>.<ref>[http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-200mm-cd-2-8-p-first-test-shots-t28057,highlight,%2Bsoligor+%2B200mm.html Debate over meaning of C/D on Soligor lenses]</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Voxphotohttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=220255&oldid=prevVoxphoto: /* History */ de-capitalize common nouns2023-01-07T15:23:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> de-capitalize common nouns</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Allied Impex Corporation''' was founded by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Four </del>German <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jews </del>who fled to America after the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Victor and Ben Silverman were the owners. Bruno Multer handled <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Finances</del>. The final original founder was Ralph Lowenstein, who was much younger than the other three men. Once the company began making money, a second entity, known as '''AIC Photo, Inc.''', was founded to act as the parent corporation with Allied Impex becoming the import/export company.<ref name="leehistory">* [http://web.archive.org/web/20091021103012/http://geocities.com/bill14210/demise/demise.html The Demise of AIC and Miranda Camera Company by Lee Mannheimer] GeoCity page archived 21 Oct 2009 via the Internet Archive</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Allied Impex Corporation''' was founded by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">four </ins>German <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">jews </ins>who fled to America after the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Victor and Ben Silverman were the owners. Bruno Multer handled <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">finances</ins>. The final original founder was Ralph Lowenstein, who was much younger than the other three men. Once the company began making money, a second entity, known as '''AIC Photo, Inc.''', was founded to act as the parent corporation with Allied Impex becoming the import/export company.<ref name="leehistory">* [http://web.archive.org/web/20091021103012/http://geocities.com/bill14210/demise/demise.html The Demise of AIC and Miranda Camera Company by Lee Mannheimer] GeoCity page archived 21 Oct 2009 via the Internet Archive</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word "Impex" is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">believed to be </del>a contraction of "<U>Imp</U>ort <U>Exp</U>ort". From 1956, AIC Photo, Inc. began using the brand name '''Soligor''' for cameras, lenses and accessories imported from Japan.<REF> Date: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online.</REF> It imported the [[Miranda]] cameras and later, using money acquired from taking AIC Photo public, took control of the Miranda company at some time in the 1960s.<REF> The [http://www.mirandacamera.com/_faq/faq1.htm FAQ of the Miranda Camera site] says 1963, but the [http://miranda-camera.xrea.jp/miranda/main.html main page of the Miranda Society Japan] says that it bought the shares in 1968 and took complete control in 1969. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word "Impex" is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely </ins>a contraction of "<U>Imp</U>ort <U>Exp</U>ort". From 1956, AIC Photo, Inc. began using the brand name '''Soligor''' for cameras, lenses and accessories imported from Japan.<REF> Date: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online.</REF> It imported the [[Miranda]] cameras and later, using money acquired from taking AIC Photo public, took control of the Miranda company at some time in the 1960s.<REF> The [http://www.mirandacamera.com/_faq/faq1.htm FAQ of the Miranda Camera site] says 1963, but the [http://miranda-camera.xrea.jp/miranda/main.html main page of the Miranda Society Japan] says that it bought the shares in 1968 and took complete control in 1969. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company founded a German sub-company called '''A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH''' in 1968, that became '''Soligor GmbH''' in 1993.<REF> See [https://web.archive.org/web/20100415233809/http://www.soligor.de/src/index.php?hp=3 this page of the Soligor GmbH official website] (archived). </REF> This German company is the only one still active today (2009).<REF> It seems that in 1997, the company Allied Impex Corporation was an empty structure based in the USA, owning the German company '''Soligor GmbH''' and itself owned by '''AIC International, Inc.''', another empty structure. Source: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online. </REF> It is known for its rich product range of camera accessories.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company founded a German sub-company called '''A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH''' in 1968, that became '''Soligor GmbH''' in 1993.<REF> See [https://web.archive.org/web/20100415233809/http://www.soligor.de/src/index.php?hp=3 this page of the Soligor GmbH official website] (archived). </REF> This German company is the only one still active today (2009).<REF> It seems that in 1997, the company Allied Impex Corporation was an empty structure based in the USA, owning the German company '''Soligor GmbH''' and itself owned by '''AIC International, Inc.''', another empty structure. Source: filing dated 1998 at Edgar Online. </REF> It is known for its rich product range of camera accessories.</div></td></tr>
</table>Voxphotohttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=217477&oldid=prevVoxphoto: /* 120 film */ redlinking for two new Soligor TLR pages to come2022-10-02T16:23:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">120 film: </span> redlinking for two new Soligor TLR pages to come</span></p>
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</table>Voxphotohttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Allied_Impex&diff=213188&oldid=prevVoxphoto: /* Soligor 35mm SLR T-4 Lenses */ Confirm sightings of 24mm Soligor T4, example S/N #17204680, 172043652022-02-25T14:15:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Soligor 35mm SLR T-4 Lenses: </span> Confirm sightings of 24mm Soligor T4, example S/N #17204680, 17204365</span></p>
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