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]

Rio 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]

Rio 5C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera

5C Tropen. Version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows^[4]

Rio **with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 15cm lens in Compur^[5]
Rio 8 B
Rio 8 C
Rio 10 B
Rio 10 C
Rio 11 B
Rio 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]

Rio 15 B
Rio 18 B
Rio 18 C
Rio 19 C
Rio 20 C
Rio 21 C
Rio 22 D
Rio 23 C
Rio 25
Rio 25 B
Rio 25 C Luxus
Rio 25 D
Rio 26 B
Rio 26 C
Rio 26 C Luxus
Rio 28 C
Rio 44 C — a 12 x 9 horizontal plate camera