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| − | '''Photo Porst''' was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras. It was founded in 1919 by Hanns Porst in Nuremberg, Germany. For many years Porst bought cameras to other manufacturers, among which [[Dacora]], [[Balda]], [[Franka]] and [[Adox]], and rebadged them. It used the [[Hapo]] brand, an acronym of <U>Ha</U>ns <U>Po</U>rst, from the 1930s to the end of the 1950s. By 1996, the Porst | + | '''Photo Porst''' was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras. It was founded in 1919 by Hanns Porst in Nuremberg, Germany. For many years Porst bought cameras to other manufacturers, among which [[Dacora]], [[Balda]], [[Franka]] and [[Adox]], and rebadged them. It used the [[Hapo]] brand, an acronym of <U>Ha</U>ns <U>Po</U>rst, from the 1930s to the end of the 1950s. |
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| + | By 1996, the Porst chain of camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer<REF> {{McKeown}}, p. 797. </REF>, and in that year it was purchased by a Belgian investment group. In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet. The following year, the company became insolvent and the rights to the name Porst were sold to the German group Ringfoto.<REF> From 1996: [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/chronik_deutsch.htm Porst chronology] at [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/ kamera-geschichte.de]. </REF> | ||
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* Hapo 24e, is a Balda [[Baldina|Super Baldina]] (postwar) | * Hapo 24e, is a Balda [[Baldina|Super Baldina]] (postwar) | ||
* Hapo 36 | * Hapo 36 | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
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** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/porst_hausmarken_frameset_d.htm Porst rebadged cameras] | ** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/porst_hausmarken_frameset_d.htm Porst rebadged cameras] | ||
** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/alle_kameras_uebersicht_d.htm Table of rebadged cameras] | ** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/alle_kameras_uebersicht_d.htm Table of rebadged cameras] | ||
| − | ** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/chronik_deutsch.htm | + | ** [http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/chronik_deutsch.htm Porst chronology] |
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Porst Photo Porst article of the German Wikipedia] | * [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Porst Photo Porst article of the German Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category: Distributors]] | [[Category: Distributors]] | ||
[[Category: Germany]] | [[Category: Germany]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 8 September 2006
Photo Porst was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras. It was founded in 1919 by Hanns Porst in Nuremberg, Germany. For many years Porst bought cameras to other manufacturers, among which Dacora, Balda, Franka and Adox, and rebadged them. It used the Hapo brand, an acronym of Hans Porst, from the 1930s to the end of the 1950s.
By 1996, the Porst chain of camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer[1], and in that year it was purchased by a Belgian investment group. In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet. The following year, the company became insolvent and the rights to the name Porst were sold to the German group Ringfoto.[2]
Contents
120 folder
- Hapo 3 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is a Franka Bonafix
- Hapo 3 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is first a Balda Fixfocus then a Franka Rolfix
- Hapo 10 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is first a Balda Fixfocus then a Balda Pontina
- Hapo 45 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is a Balda Pontina
- Hapo 50 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is an Adox Sport
- Hapo 100 (6×9 and 4.5×6), is an Adox Sport
- Hapo 66 (6×6), made by Dacora
- Hapo 66e(6×6), is a Balda Mess-Baldix
- Lisette (4.5×6), is a Balda Baldax (prewar)
127 rigid
- Hapomatic (4×4), is a Braun Paxina Electromatic
35mm rigid
- Hapomat 100
- Hapomat 200
- Haponette
- Haponette B
- Hapo 24, is a Balda Baldina (postwar)
- Hapo 24e, is a Balda Super Baldina (postwar)
- Hapo 36
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, p. 797.
- ↑ From 1996: Porst chronology at kamera-geschichte.de.
Links
In German:
- The kamera-geschichte.de website has many pages about Photo Porst, among which:
- Photo Porst article of the German Wikipedia
