Staeble
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Staeble was a German company. Founded in 1908 by the famous German scientist, physicist and mathematician Dr. Franz Staeble (1876-1950), the company made lenses for cameras, projectors and enlargers[1]. It was based initially in Munich but by 1944 had to move to Schongau (Bavaria). By 1958 it belonged to the salesman Otto Friedl and his wife, and was named Dr. Staeble, Friedl & Co. KG. It was bought out by Agfa in 1969.
Cameras
Lenses
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.[3] Lenses sold under its own brand name were:
- Choroplast
- Series I f/3.9 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm[4]
- Series II f/4.5 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm[4]
- Series III f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 36cm[4]
- Series IV f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 38cm[4]
- Series IV f/6.8 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, and 27.5cm[4]
- Extra-Rapid Aplanat
- f/7.7 avaiable as 10.5, 13.5 16.5 and 19.5cm[4]
- Kata
- Kataplast
- Lineogon
- Lineoplast
- Monoplast
- f/7.7 available as 7.5, 11.5, 14.5, 19.5, 22, 30, 42, and 54cm[4]
- Protoplast
- f/6.8 available as 9, 12, 13.5, 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 30 and 36cm[4]
- Unolast Anastigmat
- Tachyplast
- f/3.2 available as 15, 18.5, 26, 36 and 48cm[4]
- Telexon- with a 1:5.6/85 lens. 39mm fitting for Braun Paxette.
Lens kit
Links
- Zeit Chronik mentioning 50th anniversary of Staeble in 1958
- [Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. 1912 Catalogue extracts at www.cameraeccentric.com
- Staeble Optik Polyplast and Neoplast Catalog n.d. at www.cameraeccentric.com
Notes
- ↑ It was also known as Staeble-Werk or Dr. Staeble.
- ↑ Norway Photomuseum
- ↑ Thiele, Hartmut (2008) Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972. München: Lindemann.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. 1912 Catalogue extracts at www.cameraeccentric.com
- ↑ Westlicht 21/Lot 561
- ↑ 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)
