Gitzo
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Gitzo is a French company, founded in 1917. Its name comes from the founder's name Arsène Gitzhoven.
In the beginning, the company manufactured wooden supports adapted to the majority of the cameras manufactured in Europe. In the middle of the 1920s the company started to produce its own cameras, the Gilax series of 6,5 X 9, 6,5 X 11 and even 24 X 36 cm. Gitzo gave up the manufacture of cameras to concentrate its know-how on the precision accessories such as shutters and precision accessories (cable releases, delayed action mechanisms, flash connectors). It ceased operations from 1942 to 1945. After the war it continued to produce shutters and precision accessories, but also branched into the production of tripods. In 1992 the company concentrated on tripods and tripod heads. Currently (2008) Gitzo manufactures tripods, tripod heads and photographers' clothing.
Shutter Types
"GITZO" black disc (settings: 25-50-100-B-T, AG marking)
- Used in the following cameras:
- Caillon Stereo plate camera, c. 1920
- Krauss Paris Tessar Zeiss 85/4.5
- Caillon Stereo plate camera, c. 1920
"GITZO" red centre with black ring (settings: 25-50-100-B-T, AG marking)
- Used in the following cameras:
- unknown manufacturer (plate camera)
- Darlot Nemo 135/4,5
- unknown manufacturer (plate camera)
2R (settings: T-B-25-50-100-150, AG marking)
- Used in the following cameras:
- Pontiac Bloc_Métal_41
Zotic I (settings:B 25-200)
- Used in the following cameras:
- Pontiac Bloc_Métal_45('Standard')
Gitz∆-Paris (settings:B 25-200)
- Used in the following cameras:
- Alsaphot Cyclope
- Boyer Topaz 105/4.5
- Alsaphot Ajax,_Cady_and_D'Assas
- Alsaphot Cyclope
Gitzo Shutters were also used in the Lynx I (Lynx Roussel) and Baby Lynx (Baby_Standard), both made by Roussel.
Links
- History page of the Gitzo official website. It is the main source of this page.
