Difference between revisions of "Neue Görlitzer Camera-Werke"
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| − | '''Neue Görlitzer Camera-Werke Robert Reinsch & Wolf''' was a camera-maker in Germany, founded in 1920 by Robert Reinsch, former leading craftsman at [[Herbst & Firl]]. It took over a factory in Görlitz where [[Herbst & Firl]] had produced [[Ernemann]]'s [[Globus]] cameras. | + | '''Neue Görlitzer Camera-Werke Robert Reinsch & Wolf Nachf.''' was a camera-maker in Germany, founded in 1920 by Robert Reinsch<ref>see [http://www.stadtwiki-goerlitz.de/index.php?title=Robert_Reinsch Görlitz Wiki]</ref>, former leading craftsman at [[Herbst & Firl]]. It took over a factory in Görlitz where [[Herbst & Firl]] had produced [[Ernemann]]'s [[Globus]] cameras. |
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| + | The company made wooden-bodied view cameras similar to the Globus ones, and big [[studio camera]]s for [[large format]] photography, mainly badged with its ''Globus-Stella'' and ''Globica'' labels. It also made [[tripod]]s, forensic cameras and [[repro camera]]s. Company onwers were Reinsch and ancestors of a Mr. Wolf.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=DE&NR=399994C&KC=C&FT=D&ND=3&date=19240812&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP German Patent 399994] of 1924, ''Vorrichtung zum Verschwenken einer Kamera'' (Apparatus for rotating a camera), filed in February 1923 and granted in August 1924 to Neue Görlitzer Camera Werke Reinsch & Wolf, describing an arc-shaped mount for the focusing screen and plate-holder at the rear of a view camera, allowing them to be rotated about the optical axis, to compensate for a tilt in the subject; at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.</ref> In 1958 the company became part of [[Pentacon]] group and continued making the professional [[studio camera]] ''Globica''. Production ended in 1991. | ||
==Cameras== | ==Cameras== | ||
*Globus | *Globus | ||
| − | * Globus-Stella<ref>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inO=634 13x18 cm Stella studio camera] with 15 cm f/4.5 Tessar and Compur shutter, offered for sale at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 November 2013.</ref> | + | *Globus-Stella<ref>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inO=634 13x18 cm Stella studio camera] with 15 cm f/4.5 Tessar and Compur shutter, offered for sale at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 November 2013.</ref> |
*Globica | *Globica | ||
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Neue Görlitzer Camera-Werke Robert Reinsch & Wolf Nachf. was a camera-maker in Germany, founded in 1920 by Robert Reinsch[1], former leading craftsman at Herbst & Firl. It took over a factory in Görlitz where Herbst & Firl had produced Ernemann's Globus cameras.
The company made wooden-bodied view cameras similar to the Globus ones, and big studio cameras for large format photography, mainly badged with its Globus-Stella and Globica labels. It also made tripods, forensic cameras and repro cameras. Company onwers were Reinsch and ancestors of a Mr. Wolf.[2] In 1958 the company became part of Pentacon group and continued making the professional studio camera Globica. Production ended in 1991.
Cameras
- Globus
- Globus-Stella[3]
- Globica
Notes
- ↑ see Görlitz Wiki
- ↑ German Patent 399994 of 1924, Vorrichtung zum Verschwenken einer Kamera (Apparatus for rotating a camera), filed in February 1923 and granted in August 1924 to Neue Görlitzer Camera Werke Reinsch & Wolf, describing an arc-shaped mount for the focusing screen and plate-holder at the rear of a view camera, allowing them to be rotated about the optical axis, to compensate for a tilt in the subject; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- ↑ 13x18 cm Stella studio camera with 15 cm f/4.5 Tessar and Compur shutter, offered for sale at the 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 November 2013.
