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'''Rodenstock''' is a old German optics house (founded 1877) and renowned among photographers for its manufacture of high quality optics for cameras, enlargers, and slide projectors.  The company was sold to Linos AG in 2000, and continues to produce high quality camera lenses, most notably for the superb [[Alpa]] 12WA and 12S/WA.
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'''Rodenstock''' is an old German optics house (founded 1877) and renowned among photographers for its manufacture of high quality optics for cameras, enlargers, and slide projectors.  The precision optics part of the company was sold to Linos AG in 2000, while the main Rodenstock company concentrated their activities on spectacle frames and lenses. Linos became part of the Qioptic group in 2007 and will become an integral part of Qioptic starting 2010. They continue to produce high quality camera lenses, most notably for the [[Alpa]] 12WA and 12S/WA, and for view cameras, including specialized lenses for digital capture backs.
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Some trademarks used for Rodenstock lenses:
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|image_text= Old Rodenstock products: A Werol camera, a Monar lens, and a Citonette camera.{{with permission}}
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=== Some trademarks used for Rodenstock lenses ===
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|image_text= Ysar 1:3,9 f=10,5cm Lens
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|image_by= Hans Kerensky
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|image_rights= with permission
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* Apo-Grandagon
 
* Apo-Grandagon
 
* Apo-Ronar
 
* Apo-Ronar
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* Apo-Macro-Sironar
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* Apo-Sironar
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* Digaron
 
* Eurygon
 
* Eurygon
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* Eurynar<ref>Early Serial number #11361 [http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=16807 forum.mflenses.com]</ref>
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* Geronar
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* Imagon
 
* Heligon
 
* Heligon
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* [[Heligonal]]
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* Monar
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* [[Periskop]]
 
* Rodagon
 
* Rodagon
 
* Sironar
 
* Sironar
 
* Splendar
 
* Splendar
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* [[Trinar]]
 
* Yronar
 
* Yronar
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* Ysar
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See [[Serial_numbers | here]] for dating the serial numbers of Rodenstock lenses.
  
== See also ==
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==== See also ====
 
 
 
The links go directly to the Rodenstock section:
 
The links go directly to the Rodenstock section:
 
* [[39mm screw lenses#Rodenstock lenses|39mm screw lenses]]
 
* [[39mm screw lenses#Rodenstock lenses|39mm screw lenses]]
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* [[Exakta lenses#Rodenstock lenses|Exakta lenses]]
 
* [[Exakta lenses#Rodenstock lenses|Exakta lenses]]
  
== Cameras with a fixed Rodenstock lens ==
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=== Rodenstock cameras ===
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|image= http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6827312084_edfc29e159_m.jpg
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|image_text= Clarovid II
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|image_by= Hans Kerensky
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|image_rights= with permission
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|image_text= Rodenstock Citonette
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|image_by= Michele Solmi
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* Adina
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* Astra
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* Autoklapp
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* Bafo
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* Box
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* Citoklapp
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* Citonette (1932, with Trinar in Compur shutter)
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* Clarovid , Clarovid II
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* Daro III
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* Gero
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* Illma
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* Imagon Spezialkamera I / II / III
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* Lumofort
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* Nahbildkamera, Nahbildkamera Stereo
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* Planitta, Planitta II
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* Prinzess
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* Prontoklapp
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* Robra
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* Rodar II / III
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* Rodella
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* Rodinett
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* Rofina I / II
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* Rollfilm-Kamera
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* Rulex
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* [[Supreme]]
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* Wedar I / II / V
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* Werol (1933, with Eurynar in Compur shutter)
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* [[Goldi|Ysella]]
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* Ysette
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=== other cameras with a fixed Rodenstock lens ===
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* [[Altiflex]]
 
* [[Certo Super Dollina II]]
 
* [[Certo Super Dollina II]]
 
* [[Certo Durata]]
 
* [[Certo Durata]]
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* [[Graflex Graphic 35]]
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* [[Kodak Retinette Ib]]
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== Notes and References ==
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<references />
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[[Category: Lens makers]]
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[[Category: German lens makers]]
[[Category: Germany]]
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[[Category: German camera makers]]

Revision as of 08:38, 30 October 2016

Rodenstock is an old German optics house (founded 1877) and renowned among photographers for its manufacture of high quality optics for cameras, enlargers, and slide projectors. The precision optics part of the company was sold to Linos AG in 2000, while the main Rodenstock company concentrated their activities on spectacle frames and lenses. Linos became part of the Qioptic group in 2007 and will become an integral part of Qioptic starting 2010. They continue to produce high quality camera lenses, most notably for the Alpa 12WA and 12S/WA, and for view cameras, including specialized lenses for digital capture backs.


Some trademarks used for Rodenstock lenses

  • Apo-Grandagon
  • Apo-Ronar
  • Apo-Macro-Sironar
  • Apo-Sironar
  • Digaron
  • Eurygon
  • Eurynar[1]
  • Geronar
  • Imagon
  • Heligon
  • Heligonal
  • Monar
  • Periskop
  • Rodagon
  • Sironar
  • Splendar
  • Trinar
  • Yronar
  • Ysar

See here for dating the serial numbers of Rodenstock lenses.

See also

The links go directly to the Rodenstock section:

Rodenstock cameras

  • Adina
  • Astra
  • Autoklapp
  • Bafo
  • Box
  • Citoklapp
  • Citonette (1932, with Trinar in Compur shutter)
  • Clarovid , Clarovid II
  • Daro III
  • Gero
  • Illma
  • Imagon Spezialkamera I / II / III
  • Lumofort
  • Nahbildkamera, Nahbildkamera Stereo
  • Planitta, Planitta II
  • Prinzess
  • Prontoklapp
  • Robra
  • Rodar II / III
  • Rodella
  • Rodinett
  • Rofina I / II
  • Rollfilm-Kamera
  • Rulex
  • Supreme
  • Wedar I / II / V
  • Werol (1933, with Eurynar in Compur shutter)
  • Ysella
  • Ysette

other cameras with a fixed Rodenstock lens

Notes and References

  1. Early Serial number #11361 forum.mflenses.com