Kilfitt

Makro-Kilar 1:2.8/90 image by botakjay (Image rights)

Kilfitt gunstock for telephoto lens image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights)

Kilfitt Tele Kilar 300mm f/5.6 telephoto lens image by Bryce Bradford (Image rights)

Heinz Kilfitt was a prolific designer of cameras, but his firm Heinz Kilfitt München is primarily known for its innovative series of macro, telephoto, and zoom lenses from the 1950s and 1960s. Kilfitt was contracted to manufacture the groundbreaking 1960 Zoomar 36-82mm lens for Voigtländer. Later, with the 1967 retirement of Heinz Kilfitt, Zoomar designer Dr. Frank G. Back acquired the Kilfitt company and continued its products from Zoomar's home in Long Island, New York.

1952 Kilar lens advertisement image by Nesster (Image rights)

Pan-Tele-Kilar 300/4 image by Woradate Pattayawan (Image rights)

Links

• Kilfitt Zoomar & Kilar lenses at Stephen Gandy's CameraQuest
• Zoomar 36–82mm f/2.8 at Stephen Gandy's CameraQuest
• Kilfitt history at AlpaReflex.com