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'''Kenngott''' was a German company that made lenses and shutters. It seems that it made the Wekar lenses and the [[Koilos]] shutters.<REF> Koilos shutter: see [http://www.largeformatphotography.info/shutters-history-and-use.html Ernest Purdum's article]. </REF>
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'''Willhelm Kenngott''' was a German company that made lenses and folding plate cameras. It was based in Stuttgart. The company was wound up in 1932.
  
== Notes ==
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McKeown states that Kenngott had a subsidiary that made lenses in Paris;<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p457.</ref> However, the Lens Vade Mecum lists this company as ''P.'' Kengott, and lists lenses dated rather earlier, in the first decade of the 20th century.<ref>Wilkinson, M, and Glanfield, C. 2001. A Lens Collector's Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F. Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates.</ref>
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== Cameras ==
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* McKeown lists unnamed plate cameras in several sizes from the 1920s<ref name=McK></ref>
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* [[Kenngott Phoenix|Phönix]] (1924)
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* [[Kenngott Matador|Matador]] (1928)
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* Supra (1929)
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* Notafix (1932)
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==Notes==
 
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C572.html 9&times;12 Tropical Hand Camera, c1930] (a simplified Phönix) at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ Early Photography]
* [http://www.largeformatphotography.info/shutters-history-and-use.html Shutters - History and Use], an article by Ernest Purdum at [http://www.largeformatphotography.info/ largeformatphotography.info]
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* [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm#051210 Kenngott Wekar 10.5cm f/4.5] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#17 specs] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com]
 
* [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm#051210 Kenngott Wekar 10.5cm f/4.5] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#17 specs] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com]
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Latest revision as of 10:18, 16 June 2020

Photo industry in Stuttgart
Contessa | Contessa-Nettel | Drexler & Nagel | Ebner | Hauff | Kenngott | Kodak AG | G. A. Krauss | Nagel | Zeiss Ikon

Willhelm Kenngott was a German company that made lenses and folding plate cameras. It was based in Stuttgart. The company was wound up in 1932.

McKeown states that Kenngott had a subsidiary that made lenses in Paris;[1] However, the Lens Vade Mecum lists this company as P. Kengott, and lists lenses dated rather earlier, in the first decade of the 20th century.[2]

Cameras

  • McKeown lists unnamed plate cameras in several sizes from the 1920s[1]
  • Phönix (1924)
  • Matador (1928)
  • Supra (1929)
  • Notafix (1932)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p457.
  2. Wilkinson, M, and Glanfield, C. 2001. A Lens Collector's Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F. Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates.

Links

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