Orionwerk

History

The company 'Orionwerk' Hannover (Gemany) was founded in 1893 as Glunz & Bülter. In 1903 it changed its name to Bülter & Stammer, probably because the company founder Bülter changed his partner. Later cameras of a maker Glunz from Hannover are known. In 1921 Bülter & Stammer became Orionwerke, and finally the Orionwerk A.G. stock market company. It produced a range of cameras until about 1933 when the company went into liquidation.^[1]

Models

Early Models

Bülter & Stammer 13x18 Zweiverschluss-Kamera (two-shutter camera)

Orion Box
Orion Daphne
Orion Dorrit
Orion Tropen
Orion-Klapp-Reflex
Photo-Recorder 1578

Rio series

- 2C— a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
  - 2C Tropen Version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows^[2]
- 3C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
  - 3C Tropen Version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows
    - with Meyer Helioplan f/4.5 13.5cm in Compur^[3]
- 5C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
  - 5C Tropen. Version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows^[4]
    - with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 15cm lens in Compur^[5]
- 8 B
- 8 C
- 10 B
- 10 C
- 11 B
- 12 C

Gauthier Vario Shutter (in Orion 'Rio' 14C)
image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

- 14 C — a vertical 9x12 plate camera
  - with Anastigmat Rionar f/6.8 135mm in Vario^[6]
- 15 B
- 18 B
- 18 C
- 19 C
- 20 C
- 21 C
- 22 D
- 23 C
- 25
- 25 B
- 25 C Luxus
- 25 D
- 26 B
- 26 C
- 26 C Luxus
- 28 C
- 44 C — a 12 x 9 horizontal plate camera
  - with Meyer Görlitz Doppel-Anastigmat f6.8 13.5cm^[7]
  - with Rodenstock Hemi f/7.2 13.5cm^[8]
- 73 B
- 74 B
- 75 B
- 79 C
- 79 D
- 81
- 82 B
- 83
- 84
- 84 A — a strut-folding camera taking 4×6.5cm pictures on 127 film
  - 84 A Luxus. Strut-folding vest pocket camera for 4×6.5cm.
- 84 C
- 84 D
- 84 E
- 85 C