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'''Julius Laack Soehne''' was a camera and lens maker, based in the German town Rathenow. McKeown<ref>{{McKeown12}} p592.</ref> lists a ferrotype camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. In times of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was renamed VEB Rathenower Optische Werke ('''ROW''').
 
'''Julius Laack Soehne''' was a camera and lens maker, based in the German town Rathenow. McKeown<ref>{{McKeown12}} p592.</ref> lists a ferrotype camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. In times of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was renamed VEB Rathenower Optische Werke ('''ROW''').
  
Laack lenses, especially the Pololyt, appear on other companies' cameras including the Welta [[Reflekta]] and KW [[Pilot Super]]. Laack also made cine lenses.
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Laack lenses, especially the Pololyt, appear on other companies' cameras including the Altissa [[Altiflex]] and [[Altix]], Welta [[Reflekta]] and KW [[Pilot Super]]. Laack also made cine lenses.
  
  

Revision as of 12:33, 4 August 2011

Julius Laack Soehne was a camera and lens maker, based in the German town Rathenow. McKeown[1] lists a ferrotype camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. In times of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was renamed VEB Rathenower Optische Werke (ROW).

Laack lenses, especially the Pololyt, appear on other companies' cameras including the Altissa Altiflex and Altix, Welta Reflekta and KW Pilot Super. Laack also made cine lenses.


Cameras

  • Ferrotype camera, c1895
  • Merkur: 10×15 cm folding plate camera. Polyxentar f/6.8 lens and Koilos shutter.
  • Padie: 9×12 cm folding plate camera. Pololyt f/6.8 lens and Rulex shutter.
  • Sport-Camera: folding press camera with focal plane shutter. 6.5×9, 9×12 or 10×15 cm. Dialytar lens (various maximum apertures).
  • Tropical: 9×12 cm tropical folding plate camera. Pololyt or Dialytar lens and Compur or Ibsor shutter.
  • Wanderer: 6.5×9 cm folding plate camera
  • Meteor

Lenses

  • Dialytar
  • Pololyt
  • Polyxentar
  • Regulyt


Notes

  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). p592.


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