Apparate & Kamerabau
Apparate und Kamerabau Gmbh was a camera manufacturer based in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It was formed by brothers Eugene and Max Armbruster in February 1946.
The AkArette had interchangeable lenses and was a cheaper alternative to a Leica[1].
The subminiature Mec 16 SB is said to be the first camera to have TTL metering[2]. According to this reference, the company designed the View-Master stereo Color Camera in c.1955 for Sawyer's, of Portland, Oregon, USA, who produced the View-Master Personal stereo camera.
- AkArelle (1954 - 1957)
- AkArette (1947 - 1954)
- Akarex (1951 - 58)
- Arette models A, IA, IB, IC, ID (1956 - 1963)
- Arette Automatic S,
- Automatic AkArelle S, SE
- Mec 16
- Mec 16 SB
- Wilca
Links/Sources
- ↑ Company History (in German) - on Martin Kohler's 3D-Historische.de site.
- ↑ Martin Kohler's Camera Models listings (in German)
- AkA cameras on Ken Lyndrup's site
- AkA cameras on UKCAmera.com (German + English translation)
- McKeown
