Nettel
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| Advertisement of 1910 showing the Nettel folder Kibitz and Nettel's camera type names, and mentioning Nettel lenses and binoculars |
Nettel Camerawerk was a cameramaker in Sontheim am Neckar, in southern Germany. The company was founded by R.E. Mayer in 1902, as Süddeutsches Camerawerk Körner and Mayer. It was renamed Camerawerk Sontheim in 1904, and again to Nettel Camerawerk in 1908.[1] It was famous for its patented strut folding cameras, with focal plane shutters. When such a camera was unfolded the position of the scissors type struts could be manipulated with a lever for focusing. Around 1910 this kind of strut folders were classified as Nettel folders. The Deckrullo-Nettel strut folders were an improvement on this design, with a focal plane shutter which is self-capping, i.e. light-tight during tensioning; (rouleau shutter --> "deckrullo"). The Deckrullo-Nettel and other camera models were continued when Nettel was merged with Drexler & Nagel into Contessa-Nettel in 1919; some models were still produced after Contessa-Nettel was merged into Zeiss Ikon in 1926.
Notes
- ↑ 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). p712.
Links
- Deckrullo-Nettel at Pacific Rim Camera [1]
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Nettel page at Collection G. Even's site
