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== History == | == History == | ||
The company was founded as ''Optotechnica''. It was established in 1933 in the Prerov city in what was then Czechoslowakia. 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 6x6 [[TLR]] that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed ''Meopta'' | The company was founded as ''Optotechnica''. It was established in 1933 in the Prerov city in what was then Czechoslowakia. 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 6x6 [[TLR]] that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed ''Meopta'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:53, 26 August 2006
Meopta was a Czech manufacturer of still and movie cameras, and is currently making darkroom and enlarging equipment, among other things.
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History
The company was founded as Optotechnica. It was established in 1933 in the Prerov city in what was then Czechoslowakia. 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 6x6 TLR that was the startoff for what was to become a long line of TLRs. In 1946 the company was nationalized and renamed Meopta
120 film
TLR
- Flexette
- Autoflex
- Optiflex
- Flexaret II
- Flexaret III
- Flexaret IV
- Flexaret V
- Flexaret Standart
- Flexaret automat VI
- Flexaret automat VII
folder
- Milona
35mm
Interchangeable lens (viewfinder/rangefinder)
- Opema I/II
Fixed lens
- Optineta
- Etareta
stereo
- Stereo 35
16mm submini
- Mikroma series
large format
- Magnola (13x18cm)
