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 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]
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- 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)
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- 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.
Bibliography
- 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). Pp. 797–801.
Links
In German:
- The kamera-geschichte.de website has many pages about Photo Porst, among which:
- Photo Porst article of the German Wikipedia
