Staeble
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Staeble was a German company, founded in 1908[1] by the famous German scientist, physicist and mathematician Dr. Franz Staeble (*1876 †1950, PhD 1901).[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 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
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.[8] 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[9]
- Series II f/4.5 available as 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 36 and 48cm[9]
- Series III f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 36cm[9]
- Series IV f/6.3 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 32 and 38cm[9]
- Series IV f/6.8 available as 7.5, 10.5, 12, 13.5. 16.5, 19.5, 24, and 27.5cm[9]
- Citonar supplied to Contessa-Nettel[10]
- Citoplast supplied to Contessa-Nettel[10]
- Extra-Rapid Aplanat
- f/7.7 avaiable as 10.5, 13.5 16.5 and 19.5cm[9]
- Hellaplast
- Isoplast
- Kata
- Katagon
- Kataplast
- Kuhn's Anachromat (1928) the original Imagon[11]
- Lineogon
- Lineoplast
- Medioplast
- Monoplast
- f/7.7 available as 7.5, 11.5, 14.5, 19.5, 22, 30, 42, and 54cm[9]
- Protoplast
- f/6.8 available as 9, 12, 13.5, 16.5, 19.5, 24, 27.5, 30 and 36cm[9]
- Unolast Anastigmat
- Tachyplast
- f/3.2 available as 15, 18.5, 26, 36 and 48cm[9]
- Telexon- with a 1:5.6/85 lens. 39mm fitting for Braun Paxette.
- Teronar supplied to Contessa-Nettel[10]
- Tessaplast supplied to Contessa-Nettel[10]
- Ultraplast
Lens kit
Links
- Zeit Chronik mentioning 50th anniversary of Staeble in 1958
- Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen [sic]. 1912 Catalogue extracts at www.cameraeccentric.com
- Staeble Optik Polyplast and Neoplast Catalog n.d. at www.cameraeccentric.com
Notes
- ↑ Founded on 5 May 1908 together with Alfred Neumann und O. Jaeger (Photographische Korrespondenz. Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie vol. 45, 1908, p. 284)
- ↑ For a brief biography and a list of his publications, see the Wikipedia entry.
- ↑ It was also known as Staeble-Werk or Dr. Staeble.
- ↑ A History of the Imagon lens by Dr. Alfons Schultz
- ↑ See also German trademark issued on 24 Dec 1958: Wort-Bildmarke von Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble, Friedl & Co (DE732266).
- ↑ On 13 June 1988 Agfa applied for the trademark STAEBLE Wortmarke von Agfa-Gevaert AG (DE1126417).
- ↑ Norway Photomuseum
- ↑ Thiele, Hartmut (2008) Staeble-Optik. Die Geschichte des Optischen Werkes, Aufstellung der gesamten Objektivfertigung von 1917 bis 1972. München: Lindemann.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Optisches Werk Dr. Staeble & Co. G.M.b.H Muenchen. 1912 Catalogue extracts at www.cameraeccentric.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Wilkinson, M. and Glanfield, C. A lens collector's vade mecum. Version 07/05/2001. Distributed as a CD or PDF file
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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)
