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| − | '''Meopta''' | + | '''Meopta''' is a Czech-based manufacturer of optical goods, which previously included still and movie cameras, darkroom equipment and projectors. The company still makes telescopes, binoculars and microscopes, as well as optical systems for industrial, medical, aeronautical and military uses.<ref>[http://www.meopta.com/ Meopta website], retrieved June 2012.</ref> |
| − | The company was founded as '''Optikotechna''' in 1933 in Prerov, in what was then Czechoslovakia. It started producing enlargers and darkroom equipment and even its own lenses. During the war, all sorts of optical equipment was being produced for the German military, since the factory found itself in the occupied zone. The first camera was produced in 1939, the Flexette, a 6×6 [[TLR]] that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed '''Meopta'''. After the fall of communism, it was privatized | + | The company was founded as '''Optikotechna''' in 1933 in Prerov, in what was then Czechoslovakia.<ref name=CH>[http://www.meopta.com/en/history-1404041995.html Company history], also on the Meopta website.</ref> It started producing enlargers and darkroom equipment and even its own lenses. During the war, all sorts of optical equipment was being produced for the German military, since the factory found itself in the occupied zone. The first camera was produced in 1939, the Flexette, a 6×6 [[TLR]] that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed '''Meopta'''. After the fall of communism, it was privatized in 1992. After a period of collaboration with the US company TCI (originally Tyrolit Company, Inc.), makers of optical glass and glass components, TCI became first distributors of Meopta goods in the US, and finally became Meopta USA.<ref name=CH/> |
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* [[Meopta Stereo 35|Stereo 35]] | * [[Meopta Stereo 35|Stereo 35]] | ||
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* [[Mikroma|Mikroma II]] | * [[Mikroma|Mikroma II]] | ||
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* [[Stereo-Mikroma|Stereo-Mikroma II]] | * [[Stereo-Mikroma|Stereo-Mikroma II]] | ||
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== Large format == | == Large format == | ||
* Magnola (13x18cm) | * Magnola (13x18cm) | ||
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* [http://ebgy.free.fr/photo/flexaret.htm An interesting Flexaret and Meopta history in French] | * [http://ebgy.free.fr/photo/flexaret.htm An interesting Flexaret and Meopta history in French] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Meopta Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Meopta Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr | ||
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app_meopta.php Meopta page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site] | * [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app_meopta.php Meopta page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site] | ||
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[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Lens makers]] | [[Category: Lens makers]] | ||
[[Category: Enlargers]] | [[Category: Enlargers]] | ||
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[[Category: Meopta|*]] | [[Category: Meopta|*]] | ||
[[Category: Czechoslovakia]] | [[Category: Czechoslovakia]] | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 9 June 2012
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Meopta is a Czech-based manufacturer of optical goods, which previously included still and movie cameras, darkroom equipment and projectors. The company still makes telescopes, binoculars and microscopes, as well as optical systems for industrial, medical, aeronautical and military uses.[1]
The company was founded as Optikotechna in 1933 in Prerov, in what was then Czechoslovakia.[2] It started producing enlargers and darkroom equipment and even its own lenses. During the war, all sorts of optical equipment was being produced for the German military, since the factory found itself in the occupied zone. The first camera was produced in 1939, the Flexette, a 6×6 TLR that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed Meopta. After the fall of communism, it was privatized in 1992. After a period of collaboration with the US company TCI (originally Tyrolit Company, Inc.), makers of optical glass and glass components, TCI became first distributors of Meopta goods in the US, and finally became Meopta USA.[2]
Cameras
120 film
TLR
- Kamarad I
- Kamarad II
- Autoflex
- Optiflex
- Flexette
- Flexaret I
- Flexaret II (3 types exist, type 2 is very rare)
- Flexaret IIa ( the old name (Optikotechna) on the top was changed to Meopta)
- Flexaret III
- Flexaret IIIa (same as the III but with a Flash Synchro Shutter)
- Flexaret IV
- Flexaret IVa (can take 35mm insert)
- Flexaret V
- Flexaret Va (extra winding knob added to rewind 35mm film)
- Flexaret VI (early version in black skin, later version in grey skin)
- Flexaret Standard (most commonly in black skin but also exists in grey skin)
- Flexaret VII (grey skin only, can also use 6x4.5 mask and has double exposure option)
Folding
- Milona
Panoramic
35mm
Interchangeable lens (viewfinder/rangefinder)
- Opema I/II
Fixed lens
- Spektaretta (as Optikotechna)
- Optineta
- Etareta
Stereo
16mm subminiature
- Mikronette (as Optikotechna)
- Mikroma
- Mikroma II
Stereo
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Large format
- Magnola (13x18cm)
Enlargers
- Agrand
- Axomat Ia
- Axomat II
- Axomat 3
- Axomat 4
- Axomat 4a
- Axomat 5
- Axomat 5a
- Colombo
- Ideal
- Laborant
- Magnitarus 13 x 18
- Magnitarus 10 x 15
- Multifax
- Magnifax II
- Magnifax 3
- Magnifax 3a
- Magnifax 4
- Meogrand
- Opemus 4 x 4
- Opemus 6 x 6
- Opemus IIa
- Opemus III
- Opemus 4
- Opemus 5
- Opemus 6
- Opemus 6a
- Opemus 7
- Opemus Standard
- Opemus Standard 2
- Proximus
- Proximus 2
Notes
- ↑ Meopta website, retrieved June 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Company history, also on the Meopta website.
Links
- An interesting Flexaret and Meopta history in French
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Meopta page at Collection G. Even's site
