Stegemann
A Stegemann was a maker of cameras in Berlin, from the late 19th century until at least 1950.[1]
The company made cameras of several types, some of which are somewhat innovative in design. The cameras include several variations on the Hand-Kamera; a strut-folding camera for hand-held use, with a focal-plane shutter and unpleated leather bellows, and with a folding frame or Newton-type viewfinder. The original of this series was the Geheim-Kamera of about 1893.[1] The Hand-Kamera was made from about 1895 in several plate sizes, for mono- and stereo- photography.[2][3][4]
Stegemann also made some folding bellows cameras,[5] and box-form reflex cameras in several sizes; McKeown states that these cameras were made from about 1905 until the early '30s.[1] The cameras have stained wooden bodies (i.e. not leather-covered).[6]
Stegemann made a 9×12 cm monorail camera, the Studien-Kamera (study camera) designed by photographer Heinrich Kühn (who also designed the Imagon soft-focus lens for Rodenstock).[1] This camera has front and rear standards sliding on a wooden rail of triangular section, with a central mount for a stand. It has some movements (front rise and rear tilt and swing) but by no means as extensive as on later monorail cameras. This was made from about 1916 until 1927, when it was replaced with a redesigned model, the Studien-Kamera C[7] The early model has the triangular section of the rail pointing upwards, and the later one has it downwards.[1]
Stegemann also made another 9×12 cm studio camera from about 1930, the Tropen-Reise-Studiokamera (Tropical portable studio camera).[8][9] The camera has folding beds at the front and rear, and very long focus, adjustable on both beds. It has front and rear tilt, and front rise and geared shift. It is made in teak with tan bellows and nickel plated metalwork.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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). p902-3.
- ↑ 9×12 cm Hand-Kamera, about 1895, sold at the December 2010 Westlicht auction: a strut-folding camera for plates (an early model with wooden strut mechanism), with a focal-plane shutter and frame finder, and front rise, fall and shift. This example has a Carl Zeiss Jena 105 mm f/6.5 Anastigmat with helical focusing.
- ↑ 9×13 cm Stereo Hand-Kamera, about 1905, sold at the November 2002 Westlicht auction: a strut-folding plate camera with a focal-plane shutter, similar to the Hand-Kamera cited above, but with more modern metal struts, and with a stereo lens board, with two 120 mm f/4.6 Goerz Doppel-anastigmat lenses, with mechanically linked diaphragms.
- ↑ 4.5×6 cm Liliput, about 1915, sold at the November 2011 auction: a later strut-folding model very similar to the Hand-Kamera. This example has an Emil Busch 7.5 cm f/3.1 Glaukar anastigmat with helical focusing. If held as shown in the photograph, it has front shift but not rise.
- ↑ 13×18 cm (5×7 inch) Tailboard camera, about 1895, usable for normal or, by exchanging the lensboard, stereo photography. Front rise and shift. Sold at the November 2005 Westlicht Auction.
- ↑ Box-form 9×12 cm SLR camera in stained wood (not leather-covered), with 16.5 cm f/3.5 Steinheil anastigmat and focal plane shutter, with front rise; sold at the November 2003 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Studien-Kamera C in Volkmar Kleinfeldt's gallery.
- ↑ 9×12 cm Tropen-Reise-Studiokamera, Sold at the November 2002 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Another example of the Tropen-Reise-Studiokamera (or perhaps the same camera sold again), with a 25 cm f/8 Doppel-Plasmat lens and dial-set compur shutter, at the May 2007 auction (more photographs).
