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Staeble was an OEM who supplied  lenses to a range of German manufacturers, such as  [[Braun]],  [[Finetta]], Kalos, [[King]], [[Neidig]], Potthof, [[Saraber]], [[Wirgin]], [[Genos]], [[Ising]], [[Bilora | Kürbi & Niggeloh]], Linden, Mozar, Pohlack und Seidel.<ref> Thiele, Hartmut (2008) ''Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972''. München: Lindemanns Fotobuchhandlung.</ref> Lenses sold under its own brand name were:
 
Staeble was an OEM who supplied  lenses to a range of German manufacturers, such as  [[Braun]],  [[Finetta]], Kalos, [[King]], [[Neidig]], Potthof, [[Saraber]], [[Wirgin]], [[Genos]], [[Ising]], [[Bilora | Kürbi & Niggeloh]], Linden, Mozar, Pohlack und Seidel.<ref> Thiele, Hartmut (2008) ''Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972''. München: Lindemanns Fotobuchhandlung.</ref> Lenses sold under its own brand name were:
  
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*Aeroplast
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====Aeroplast====
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**F/6.8 used on the 'Atlanta' balloon camera made by [[Contessa]] ca. 1911ref name="Vademecum" />
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*F/6.8 used on the 'Atlanta' balloon camera made by [[Contessa]] ca. 1911ref name="Vademecum" />
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* Choroplast
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==== Choroplast====
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**Series I f/3.9 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912">Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/staeble_1.html 1912 Catalogue extracts] at www.cameraeccentric.com</ref>
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*Series I f/3.9 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912">Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/staeble_1.html 1912 Catalogue extracts] at www.cameraeccentric.com</ref>
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**Series II f/4.5 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Series II f/4.5 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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**Series III f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 36cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Series III f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 36cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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**Series IV f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 38cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Series IV f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 38cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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**Series IV f/6.8 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, and 27.5cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Series IV f/6.8 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, and 27.5cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Citonar supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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====Citonar====
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*Citoplast supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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*Color-Ultralit ([[Braun]] Color-Ultralit)
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====Citoplast====
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**f/2.8 50mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12">Seen in an eBay auction December 2012,</ref>
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supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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*Extra-Rapid Aplanat
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====Color-Ultralit ([[Braun]] Color-Ultralit)====
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**f/7.7 avaiable as 10.5, 13.5 16.5 and 19.5cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*f/2.8 50mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12">Seen in an eBay auction December 2012,</ref>
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*Hellaplast
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====Extra-Rapid Aplanat====
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*Isoplast
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*f/7.7 avaiable as 10.5, 13.5 16.5 and 19.5cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Kata
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====Hellaplast====
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**  f2.8/45mm
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====Isoplast====
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***[[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Kata====
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***[[Braun]]  [[Paxette | Super Paxette]] <ref name="Vademecum"> Wilkinson, M. and Glanfield, C. A lens collector's vade mecum. Version 07/05/2001. Distributed as a CD or PDF file</ref>
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*f2.8/45mm
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***[[Braun]] Gloriette<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**[[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**([[Neidig]] Perlux<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**[[Braun]]  [[Paxette | Super Paxette]] <ref name="Vademecum"> Wilkinson, M. and Glanfield, C. A lens collector's vade mecum. Version 07/05/2001. Distributed as a CD or PDF file</ref>
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*Katagon
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**[[Braun]] [[Gloriette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**f/2.5 45mm fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**[[Neidig]] Perlux I (1949)<ref name="Perlux">[http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/neidig1.html  Perlux] in Classic Cameras.</ref>
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** f2.8 50mm fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]cameras<ref name="Vademecum" /><ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**[[Neidig]] Perlux II (1952)<ref name="eBay2012-12" /><ref name="Perlux" />
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** f/4.5 60mm as part of the Novoflex bellows <ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**[[Neidig]] Perlux II (1953)<ref name="Perlux" />
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*Kataplast
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====Katagon====
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**f/2.8 45mm fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*f/2.5 45mm
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*Kuhn's Anachromat (1928) the original Imagon<ref>Staeble, Franz (1928) Anachromat Kühn«, Photographische Rundschau und Mitteilungen vol. 65, pp. 189-190.—[http://harrysproshop.com/Imagon/imagon.html A History of the Imagon lens by Dr. Alfons Schultz].— Young, William Russell (2008) [http://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/505 ''The soft-focus lens and Anglo-American pictorialism'']. Thesis. University of St Andrews..</ref>
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**fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*Lineogon
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*f/2.8 50mm
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**f/3.5 35mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]cameras<ref name="Vademecum" /><ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*Lineoplast
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*f/4.5 60mm
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**f/11.5 25cm barrel lens<ref>[http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11315533_drstaeble-werk-lineoplast-155255cm-sn-197 Westlicht 21/Lot 561]</ref>
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**as part of the Novoflex bellows <ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**f/12.5 available as 6, 9, 13, 15.5, 18, 22, 25.5, 32, 44 and 55cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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====Kataplast====
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*Medioplast
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*f/2.8  45mm
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*Monoplast
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**fitted in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**f/7.7 available as 7.5, 11.5, 14.5, 19.5, 22, 30, 42, and 54cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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====Kuhn's Anachromat (1928)====
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*Neoplast
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the original Imagon<ref>Staeble, Franz (1928) Anachromat Kühn«, Photographische Rundschau und Mitteilungen vol. 65, pp. 189-190.—[http://harrysproshop.com/Imagon/imagon.html A History of the Imagon lens by Dr. Alfons Schultz].— Young, William Russell (2008) [http://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/505 ''The soft-focus lens and Anglo-American pictorialism'']. Thesis. University of St Andrews.</ref>
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**f/5.6 85mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Lineogon====
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*Protoplast
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*f/3.5 35mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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**f/6.8 available as 9, 12, 13.5, 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 30 and 36cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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====Lineoplast====
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*Super-Choro
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*f/11.5 25cm barrel lens<ref>[http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11315533_drstaeble-werk-lineoplast-155255cm-sn-197 Westlicht 21/Lot 561]</ref>
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**f/3.5 35mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*f/12.5 available as 6, 9, 13, 15.5, 18, 22, 25.5, 32, 44 and 55cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Super-Ultralit ([[Braun]] Super-Ultralit)
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====Medioplast====
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**f/2.0 50mm
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====Monoplast====
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***for [[Braun]] Super-[[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12">Seen in an eBay auction December 2012,</ref>
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*f/7.7 available as 7.5, 11.5, 14.5, 19.5, 22, 30, 42, and 54cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*Tachyplast
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====Neoplast====
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**f/3.2 available as 15, 18.5, 26, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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*f/5.6 85mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*Telon
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====Polyplast====
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**f/5.6 85mm for [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/billsmoorfoot/6916298279/ via flickr[</ref>
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[[Polyplast]] multi-lens lens set of 1912 with custom mount.<ref>Some commentators were very critical: "Occasionally, for some reason, a designer will try the effect of combining two dissimilar cemented components about a central stop. It is hard to see the virtue of such an arrangement,except perhaps as an economy measure." (Kingslake, Rudolf [1989] ''A history of the photographic lens''. London: Academic Press, p. 102)</ref>
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*Telexon
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====Protoplast====
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** with f/5.6 90mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*f/6.8 available as 9, 12, 13.5, 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 30 and 36cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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** with f/5.6 90mm for [[Akarette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Super-Choro====
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** with a f/3.8 135mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*f/3.5 35mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*Telexon – E
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====Super-Ultralit ([[Braun]] Super-Ultralit)====
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** with a f/5.6 85mm lens. 39mm fitting for Braun [[Paxette]].<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*f/2.0 50mm
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*Teronar supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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**for [[Braun]] Super-[[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12">Seen in an eBay auction December 2012,</ref>
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*Tessaplast supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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====Tachyplast====
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*Ultralit (see also Color-Ultralit and Super-Ultralit)
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*f/3.2 available as 15, 18.5, 26, 36 and 48cm<ref name="Staeble1912" />
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**f/2.8 50mm in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Telon====
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*Ultraplast
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*f/5.6 85mm for [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/billsmoorfoot/6916298279/ via flickr[</ref>
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**f/9 600mm in [[Compound]] shutter<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Telexon====
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*Unolast [[Anastigmat]]
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*with f/5.6 90mm in [[LTM]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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===Lens kit===
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*with f/5.6 90mm for [[Akarette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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*[[Polyplast]] multi-lens lens set of 1912 with custom <ref>Some commentators were very critical: "Occasionally, for some reason, a designer will try the effect of combining two dissimilar cemented components about a central stop. It is hard to see the virtue of such an arrangement,except perhaps as an economy measure." (Kingslake, Rudolf [1989] ''A history of the photographic lens''. London: Academic Press, p. 102)</ref>
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*with a f/3.8 135mm in [[LTM]] mount<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Teronar====
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supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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====Tessaplast====
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supplied to [[Contessa-Nettel]]<ref name="Vademecum" />
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====Ultralit====
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see also Color-Ultralit and Super-Ultralit
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*f/2.8 50mm in [[Braun]] [[Paxette]]<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Ultraplast====
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*f/9 600mm in [[Compound]] shutter<ref name="eBay2012-12" />
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====Unolast [[Anastigmat]]====
  
 
==Projector lenses==
 
==Projector lenses==

Revision as of 09:06, 9 December 2012


Camera industry in Munich
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Staeble was a German company, founded in 1908[1] by the German scientist, physicist (optics) and mathematician Dr. Franz Staeble (*1876 †1950).[2] The company made lenses for cameras, projectors and enlargers.[3] Some of the Staeble lens designs were apparently acquired by Rodenstock in 1930.[4] Staeble was based initially in Munich but by 1944 had to move to Altenstadt near Schongau (Bavaria). By 1958 it belonged to the salesman Otto Friedl and his wife, and was named Dr. Staeble, Friedl & Co. KG.[5] It was bought out by Agfa in 1969.[6]

Cameras

  • Unoplast 10x15 (~1925)
    • with Doppel-Anastigmat f/ 5.4 120 mm in Compound shutter (~1910s)[7]
    • with Doppel-Anastigmat f/ 6.3 165 mm in Compur shutter (~1920s)[8]

Lenses fitted in cameras

Staeble was an OEM who supplied lenses to a range of German manufacturers, such as Braun, Finetta, Kalos, King, Neidig, Potthof, Saraber, Wirgin, Genos, Ising, Kürbi & Niggeloh, Linden, Mozar, Pohlack und Seidel.[9] Lenses sold under its own brand name were:

Aeroplast

  • F/6.8 used on the 'Atlanta' balloon camera made by Contessa ca. 1911ref name="Vademecum" />

Choroplast

  • Series I f/3.9 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm[10]
  • Series II f/4.5 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm[10]
  • Series III f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 36cm[10]
  • Series IV f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 38cm[10]
  • Series IV f/6.8 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, and 27.5cm[10]

Citonar

supplied to Contessa-Nettel[11]

Citoplast

supplied to Contessa-Nettel[11]

Color-Ultralit (Braun Color-Ultralit)

Extra-Rapid Aplanat

  • f/7.7 avaiable as 10.5, 13.5 16.5 and 19.5cm[10]

Hellaplast

Isoplast

Kata

Katagon

Kataplast

Kuhn's Anachromat (1928)

the original Imagon[14]

Lineogon

Lineoplast

  • f/11.5 25cm barrel lens[15]
  • f/12.5 available as 6, 9, 13, 15.5, 18, 22, 25.5, 32, 44 and 55cm[10]

Medioplast

Monoplast

  • f/7.7 available as 7.5, 11.5, 14.5, 19.5, 22, 30, 42, and 54cm[10]

Neoplast

Polyplast

Polyplast multi-lens lens set of 1912 with custom mount.[16]

Protoplast

  • f/6.8 available as 9, 12, 13.5, 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 30 and 36cm[10]

Super-Choro

Super-Ultralit (Braun Super-Ultralit)

Tachyplast

  • f/3.2 available as 15, 18.5, 26, 36 and 48cm[10]

Telon

Telexon

Teronar

supplied to Contessa-Nettel[11]

Tessaplast

supplied to Contessa-Nettel[11]

Ultralit

see also Color-Ultralit and Super-Ultralit

Ultraplast

Unolast Anastigmat

Projector lenses

  • Halogon
  • Katagon
    • f/2.8 85mm
      • in Noris 500 slide projector[12]
      • in Revue 24JL slide projector[12]
  • Paxigon
  • Proj.-Kata
  • Proj.-Katagon
  • Proj.Trigon
  • Stellagon
  • Stellar
    • f/2.8 85mm
  • Trigon

Enlarger lenses

Bibliography

Catalogues

  • Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. [1912]
  • Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co.: Photographische Objektive. München, Ausgabe 1914, 64 Seiten

Other

Thiele, Hartmut (2008) Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972. München: Lindemanns Fotobuchhandlung.

Links

Notes

  1. ↑ Founded on 5 May 1908 together with Ing[engieur] Alfred Neumann und Dipl[om]-Ing[engieur] Oskar Jaeger (listed as 'business manager') (Photographische Korrespondenz. Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie vol. 45, 1908, p. 284)
  2. ↑ For a brief biography and a list of his publications, see the Wikipedia entry.
  3. ↑ It was also known as Staeble-Werk or Dr. Staeble.
  4. ↑ A History of the Imagon lens by Dr. Alfons Schultz
  5. ↑ See also German trademark issued on 24 Dec 1958: Wort-Bildmarke von Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble, Friedl & Co (DE732266).
  6. ↑ On 13 June 1988 Agfa applied for the trademark STAEBLE Wortmarke von Agfa-Gevaert AG (DE1126417).
  7. ↑ Norway Photomuseum
  8. ↑ Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann
  9. ↑ Thiele, Hartmut (2008) Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972. München: Lindemanns Fotobuchhandlung.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. 1912 Catalogue extracts at www.cameraeccentric.com
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Wilkinson, M. and Glanfield, C. A lens collector's vade mecum. Version 07/05/2001. Distributed as a CD or PDF file
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12.28 12.29 Seen in an eBay auction December 2012,
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Perlux in Classic Cameras.
  14. ↑ Staeble, Franz (1928) Anachromat Kühn«, Photographische Rundschau und Mitteilungen vol. 65, pp. 189-190.—A History of the Imagon lens by Dr. Alfons Schultz.— Young, William Russell (2008) The soft-focus lens and Anglo-American pictorialism. Thesis. University of St Andrews.
  15. ↑ Westlicht 21/Lot 561
  16. ↑ Some commentators were very critical: "Occasionally, for some reason, a designer will try the effect of combining two dissimilar cemented components about a central stop. It is hard to see the virtue of such an arrangement,except perhaps as an economy measure." (Kingslake, Rudolf [1989] A history of the photographic lens. London: Academic Press, p. 102)
  17. ↑ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/billsmoorfoot/6916298279/ via flickr[
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