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'''Julius Laack''', later '''Julius Laack Soehne''',<ref>One of the sons was Ernst Laack (Listed as German soldier in WWI: ''Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Mechanik und Optik'' 1914, p.272)</ref> was a camera and lens maker, based at Curlandstrasse 60, Rathenow (Brandenburg, Germany).<ref name=Kingslake> Kingslake, R (1939) The Development of the Photographic Objective. in:  Keith Henney, <i>Handbook of photography.</i> (London: Whittlesey House, pp.37-68, esp. p. 59.</ref>  The company seems to have started in 1934.<ref name=BJA1934>The 50th anniversary is mentioned for 1934: ''British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographer's Daily Companion'' 1934, p309.</ref> McKeown<ref>{{McKeown12}} p592.</ref> lists a [[ferrotype]] camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. Laack lenses were used on smaller-format cameras at least up to the Second World War. In the time of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was part of VEB Rathenower Optische Werke ('''ROW'''), together with [[Emil Busch]] and Nitsche and Gunthe.<ref>[http://www.optikrathenow.de/optik/de/ge_a02.html Die Geschichte der optischen Industrie in Rathenow II] (History of the optical industry in Rathenow part II) at [http://www.optikrathenow.de/optik/index.html Kompetenzzentrum Optik Rathenow] (Rathenow Optics Centre)</ref>
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'''Julius Laack''', later '''Julius Laack Soehne''',<ref>One of the sons was Ernst Laack (Listed as German soldier in WWI: ''Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Mechanik und Optik'' 1914, p.272)</ref> was a camera and lens maker, based at Curlandstrasse 60, Rathenow (Brandenburg, Germany).<ref name=Kingslake> Kingslake, R (1939) The Development of the Photographic Objective. in:  Keith Henney, <i>Handbook of photography.</i> (London: Whittlesey House, pp.37-68, esp. p. 59.</ref>  The company seems to have started in 1884.<ref name=BJA1934>The 50th anniversary of the company is mentioned for 1934: ''British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographer's Daily Companion'' 1934, p309.</ref> McKeown<ref>{{McKeown12}} p592.</ref> lists a [[ferrotype]] camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. Laack lenses were used on smaller-format cameras at least up to the Second World War. In the time of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was part of VEB Rathenower Optische Werke ('''ROW'''), together with [[Emil Busch]] and Nitsche and Gunthe.<ref>[http://www.optikrathenow.de/optik/de/ge_a02.html Die Geschichte der optischen Industrie in Rathenow II] (History of the optical industry in Rathenow part II) at [http://www.optikrathenow.de/optik/index.html Kompetenzzentrum Optik Rathenow] (Rathenow Optics Centre)</ref>
  
 
Laack lenses, especially the Pololyt, appear on other German companies' cameras including the Altissa [[Altiflex]] and [[Altix]], Welta [[Reflekta]] and KW [[Pilot Super]]. Laack also made cine lenses.
 
Laack lenses, especially the Pololyt, appear on other German companies' cameras including the Altissa [[Altiflex]] and [[Altix]], Welta [[Reflekta]] and KW [[Pilot Super]]. Laack also made cine lenses.
  
  
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===Cameras===
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==Cameras==
 
* Ferrotype camera ('Ferrotype Cannon'), c1895
 
* Ferrotype camera ('Ferrotype Cannon'), c1895
 
* Gazelle Tropical. 9&times;12 cm tropical folding plate camera. Pololyt or Dialytar lens and Compur or Ibsor shutter.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/69497336@N02/8110435580 wit Pololyt f/4.5 135mm]</ref>
 
* Gazelle Tropical. 9&times;12 cm tropical folding plate camera. Pololyt or Dialytar lens and Compur or Ibsor shutter.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/69497336@N02/8110435580 wit Pololyt f/4.5 135mm]</ref>
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== Lenses ==
 
Laack produced a wide range of lenses for still photo and cine cameras as well as enlargers.<ref name=Kingslake /><ref name=G>Greenleaf, Allen R. (1950) ''Photographic Optics''. Macmillan, New York. pp82 & 201-8.</ref> An advertisement in 1934 claimed that over 500,000 lenses had been produced by Laack and Laack Söhne.<ref name=BJA1934 />  
 
Laack produced a wide range of lenses for still photo and cine cameras as well as enlargers.<ref name=Kingslake /><ref name=G>Greenleaf, Allen R. (1950) ''Photographic Optics''. Macmillan, New York. pp82 & 201-8.</ref> An advertisement in 1934 claimed that over 500,000 lenses had been produced by Laack and Laack Söhne.<ref name=BJA1934 />  
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===Standard Lenses===
 
* '''Atelier Schnellarbeiter''', Petzval type lens
 
* '''Atelier Schnellarbeiter''', Petzval type lens
 
** Laack 6 cm f/3.5 Schnellarbeiter lens,<ref>[http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] auction catalogue.</ref>
 
** Laack 6 cm f/3.5 Schnellarbeiter lens,<ref>[http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] auction catalogue.</ref>
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* '''Cine-lens''', a Petzval design
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**f/2 15 to 85mm<ref name=Kingslake />
 
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* '''Cine-Pololyt''', a Cooke design for 16mm cine cameras
 
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**f/2 25mm<ref name=Kingslake />
 
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* '''Cine-Polyxentar''', a Cooke design for 8 and 16mm cine cameras
 
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**f/1.3 12.5mm<ref name=Kingslake />
 
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**f/1.5 25mm<ref name=Kingslake />
 
 
* '''Dialytar'''. This name was used on several lenses of different design and maximum aperture. Greenleaf<ref name=G /> lists three designs; one is a simple triplet, one (''Series T''!) a Tessar-type, and one a four-element lens like a Tessar, but with the two parts of the rear group not cemented, and with an air space.
 
* '''Dialytar'''. This name was used on several lenses of different design and maximum aperture. Greenleaf<ref name=G /> lists three designs; one is a simple triplet, one (''Series T''!) a Tessar-type, and one a four-element lens like a Tessar, but with the two parts of the rear group not cemented, and with an air space.
 
**in Glunz 3x4<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/4562718311 pho-Tony via Flickr]</ref>
 
**in Glunz 3x4<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/4562718311 pho-Tony via Flickr]</ref>
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**f/3.5 15cm in Compur<ref>[http://www.enter-net.de/auktion/photo/laack.htm Enter-net de</ref>
 
**f/3.5 15cm in Compur<ref>[http://www.enter-net.de/auktion/photo/laack.htm Enter-net de</ref>
 
**f/6.3 15cm in Pronto<ref>[http://yeshenvenema.com/blog/magic-machines-1-laack-rathenow-dialytar Stereo Camera, lens s/n 59344)  Yeshen Venema's site]</ref>
 
**f/6.3 15cm in Pronto<ref>[http://yeshenvenema.com/blog/magic-machines-1-laack-rathenow-dialytar Stereo Camera, lens s/n 59344)  Yeshen Venema's site]</ref>
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**f/4.5 13.5 cm<ref>Laack Rathenow in Compur [http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.Object?inSiteLang=SWEDISH&inC=LP&inA=20091106_1531&inO=12 LP Auktioner ]</ref>
 
**f/4.5 13.5 cm<ref>Laack Rathenow in Compur [http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.Object?inSiteLang=SWEDISH&inC=LP&inA=20091106_1531&inO=12 LP Auktioner ]</ref>
 
*'''Doppelanastigmat Dialytar'''
 
*'''Doppelanastigmat Dialytar'''
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**f/4.5  10.5cm<ref>s/n 48xxxx [http://ameblo.jp/blackcamerakan/entry-10221656690.html Brass barrel lens] (Black Kamera Kan)</ref>
 
**f/4.5  10.5cm<ref>s/n 48xxxx [http://ameblo.jp/blackcamerakan/entry-10221656690.html Brass barrel lens] (Black Kamera Kan)</ref>
 
**f/4.5  11.5cm<ref>Brass barrel lens, eBay October 2012</ref>
 
**f/4.5  11.5cm<ref>Brass barrel lens, eBay October 2012</ref>
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===Cine Lenses===
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* '''Cine-lens''', a Petzval design
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**f/2 15 to 85mm<ref name=Kingslake />
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* '''Cine-Pololyt''', a Cooke design for 16mm cine cameras
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**f/2 25mm<ref name=Kingslake />
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* '''Cine-Polyxentar''', a Cooke design for 8 and 16mm cine cameras
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**f/1.3 12.5mm<ref name=Kingslake />
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**f/1.5 25mm<ref name=Kingslake />
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===Enlarger Lenses===
 
*'''Vergrösserungs Anastigmat''' Enlarger Lens
 
*'''Vergrösserungs Anastigmat''' Enlarger Lens
 
**f.4.5 7.5 cm<ref>eBay October 2012</ref>
 
**f.4.5 7.5 cm<ref>eBay October 2012</ref>
 
**f.4.5 10.5 cm<ref>eBay October 2012</ref>
 
**f.4.5 10.5 cm<ref>eBay October 2012</ref>
  
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==Links==
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* [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/grossbild/laack/plattenkam-laack.html Laack 9&times;12 cm] with Rathenow Polyplan f/7.2 135 mm  in Vario (Camera Collection Kurt Tauber)
 
* [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/grossbild/laack/plattenkam-laack.html Laack 9&times;12 cm] with Rathenow Polyplan f/7.2 135 mm  in Vario (Camera Collection Kurt Tauber)
 
* [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8777603 Laack 9&times;12 cm tropical camera] with 13.5 cm Poloyt and Rulex shutter, in a past Breker auction listing (on the left of the picture).
 
* [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8777603 Laack 9&times;12 cm tropical camera] with 13.5 cm Poloyt and Rulex shutter, in a past Breker auction listing (on the left of the picture).
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* [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C53.html#C53 K.W. Box Reflex] with a 10.5 cm f/4.5 Pololyt, at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ Early Photography]
 
* [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C53.html#C53 K.W. Box Reflex] with a 10.5 cm f/4.5 Pololyt, at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ Early Photography]
 
* [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body8.htm#060319 Laack 13.5 cm enlarging lens] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com], the website of a Japanese lens collector (he has tried the lens for photography with a DSLR; example photos are linked from [http://www6.atpages.jp/~ksmtcom/classic2.htm#62 this page]).
 
* [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body8.htm#060319 Laack 13.5 cm enlarging lens] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com], the website of a Japanese lens collector (he has tried the lens for photography with a DSLR; example photos are linked from [http://www6.atpages.jp/~ksmtcom/classic2.htm#62 this page]).
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[[Category: German camera makers]]
 
[[Category: German camera makers]]
 
[[Category: German lens makers]]
 
[[Category: German lens makers]]

Revision as of 09:35, 26 November 2012


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Laack Padie 9x12 camera
with Omfa München (Munich) Doppel-Anastigmat Correktar f4.5 135mm in a Rulex shutter
image by PhotoShop Guru (Image rights)


Julius Laack, later Julius Laack Soehne,[1] was a camera and lens maker, based at Curlandstrasse 60, Rathenow (Brandenburg, Germany).[2] The company seems to have started in 1884.[3] McKeown[4] lists a ferrotype camera from 1895, and a number of folding plate cameras. Laack lenses were used on smaller-format cameras at least up to the Second World War. In the time of the German Democratic Republic the company became state-owned and was part of VEB Rathenower Optische Werke (ROW), together with Emil Busch and Nitsche and Gunthe.[5]

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


Cameras

  • Ferrotype camera ('Ferrotype Cannon'), c1895
  • Gazelle Tropical. 9×12 cm tropical folding plate camera. Pololyt or Dialytar lens and Compur or Ibsor shutter.[6]
  • Graziella
  • Merkur. 10×15 cm folding plate camera. Polyxentar f/6.8 lens and Koilos shutter.
  • Padie. 9×12 cm vertical folding plate camera. Pololyt f/6.8 lens and Rulex shutter.
  • Padie "Luxus" D
    • Omfa Muenchen (Munich) Doppel-Anastigmat Correktar f4.5 135mm and Rulex shutter[7]
    • Laack 4,5 Doppel Anastigmat in a Rulex shutter
  • Roland Reise Kamera
  • Saturn
  • Sport-Camera. Folding press camera with focal plane shutter. 6.5×9, 9×12 or 10×15 cm. Dialytar lens (various maximum apertures).
  • Stereo Camera with Dialytar Series T f/6.3 15cm in Stereo Pronto[8]
  • Wanderer. 6.5×9 cm folding plate camera[9]
  •  ? Meteor [10]
  • Name? Horizontal 9x12 folding plate camera with Polyplan f/7.2 135mm in Vario shutter[11]
  • Name? Horizontal 9x12 folding stereo plate camera with Dialyar f/7.2 135mm in Pronto [12]




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Laack 12 x 9 Triple Expansion Camera
images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)



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Laack 5 cm f/2.7 Dialytar on a 3x4 cm camera by Glunz
image by Tony Kemplen (Image rights)
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Laack 16.5 cm f/4.5 lens identified simply as 'Doppel Anastigmat', for a large
format (probably 4×5 inch) camera. Images by Ladenla (Image rights)

Lenses

Laack produced a wide range of lenses for still photo and cine cameras as well as enlargers.[2][13] An advertisement in 1934 claimed that over 500,000 lenses had been produced by Laack and Laack Söhne.[3]

Standard Lenses

  • Atelier Schnellarbeiter, Petzval type lens
    • Laack 6 cm f/3.5 Schnellarbeiter lens,[14]
  • Dialytar. This name was used on several lenses of different design and maximum aperture. Greenleaf[13] lists three designs; one is a simple triplet, one (Series T!) a Tessar-type, and one a four-element lens like a Tessar, but with the two parts of the rear group not cemented, and with an air space.
  • Dialytar Series P
  • Dialytar Series T
    • f/3.5 15cm in Compur[20]
    • f/6.3 15cm in Pronto[21]
    • f/4.5 13.5 cm[22]
  • Doppelanastigmat Dialytar
  • Doppel-Polynar. A simple double-anastigmat, with two cemented doublets.[13]
  • Egotar
  • Egolyt
  • Extra Rapid Aplanat
  • Pololyt. A simple triplet.
  • Polyplan. A simple double-anastigmat, with two cemented doublets.
    • f/7.2 135mm in IBSO[34]
    • f/7.2 135mm in Pronto[35]
    • f/7.2 135mm in Vario[36]
  • Polyxentar. A double-anastigmat; either composed of two cemented triplets (f/6.8) or of two triplets with only the outermost pair of each cemented (f/4.5).[13]
  • Regulyt. A simple triplet.
  • Schnellarbeiter. This lens appears on Ferrotype cameras by more than one maker.[37]
  • Texon

Cine Lenses

  • Cine-lens, a Petzval design
    • f/2 15 to 85mm[2]
  • Cine-Pololyt, a Cooke design for 16mm cine cameras
  • Cine-Polyxentar, a Cooke design for 8 and 16mm cine cameras

Enlarger Lenses

  • Vergrösserungs Anastigmat Enlarger Lens

Links

Notes

  1. ↑ One of the sons was Ernst Laack (Listed as German soldier in WWI: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Mechanik und Optik 1914, p.272)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kingslake, R (1939) The Development of the Photographic Objective. in: Keith Henney, Handbook of photography. (London: Whittlesey House, pp.37-68, esp. p. 59.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The 50th anniversary of the company is mentioned for 1934: British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographer's Daily Companion 1934, p309.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Die Geschichte der optischen Industrie in Rathenow II (History of the optical industry in Rathenow part II) at Kompetenzzentrum Optik Rathenow (Rathenow Optics Centre)
  6. ↑ wit Pololyt f/4.5 135mm
  7. ↑ Photoshop Guru
  8. ↑ s/n 59344) Yeshen Venema's site
  9. ↑ Pololyt f/4.5 105mm; eBay September 2012
  10. ↑ This model isn't in McKeown: can anyone confirm it?
  11. ↑ body 152mm x 145 m; ebay October 2012.
  12. ↑ Yeshen Venema via Flickr
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Greenleaf, Allen R. (1950) Photographic Optics. Macmillan, New York. pp82 & 201-8.
  14. ↑ Christie's auction catalogue.
  15. ↑ pho-Tony via Flickr
  16. ↑ Laack Rathenow Doppel Anastigmat Dialytar in Wanderer? 9x12
  17. ↑ brass lens in Reisekamera (Dorotheum Auctions 2011 lot 404)
  18. ↑ brass barrel lens, eBay October 2012
  19. ↑ brass barrel lens, eBay October 2012
  20. ↑ [http://www.enter-net.de/auktion/photo/laack.htm Enter-net de
  21. ↑ Stereo Camera, lens s/n 59344) Yeshen Venema's site
  22. ↑ Laack Rathenow in Compur LP Auktioner
  23. ↑ in IBSO shutter; eBay August 2012
  24. ↑ eBay October 2012
  25. ↑ in IBSO shutter; eBay August 2012
  26. ↑ Bass barrel lens, eBay October 2012
  27. ↑ eBay September 2012
  28. ↑ eBay October 2012
  29. ↑ in IBSO shutter; eBay August 2012
  30. ↑ zniv via Flickr.—Gerard Vogels via Flickr
  31. ↑ in Wanderer plate camera; eBay September 2012
  32. ↑ in plate camera; eBay October 2012
    with Pololyt f/4.5 135mm
    Laack Rathenow s/n 91253 in IBSO (Romanian on-line auction, November 2012).
    Laack Rathenow s/n 102664 in Compur (eBay March 2011).
  33. ↑ Now defunct German on-line auction system
  34. ↑ s/n 17553 "Julius Laack Söhne Rathenow"; loose lens in shutter, eBay October 2012
  35. ↑ s/n 22451 "Julius Laack Söhne Rathenow"; 9x12 plate camera (Wanderer /) in Fotosidans Forum.
  36. ↑ s/n 12938 "Laack"; almost square 12 x 9 camera; ebay October 2012
    s/n 55072 "Julius Laack Söhne Rathenow"; eBay January 2012.
  37. ↑ Ertee 'cannon' camera by Romain Talbot, for 'button' ferrotypes, with Laack 6 cm f/3.5 Schnellarbeiter lens, in a past Christie's auction catalogue.
  38. ↑ s/n 195656; on a Victor Modell 5 16mm cine camera (on-line Auction Germany)
  39. ↑ Barrel lens (for enlarger?), eBay October 2012
  40. ↑ sn 268433 blog.sina.com.cn
  41. ↑ s/n 48xxxx Brass barrel lens (Black Kamera Kan)
  42. ↑ Brass barrel lens, eBay October 2012
  43. ↑ eBay October 2012
  44. ↑ eBay October 2012
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