Steinheil

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Steinheil was a German optical company. It made camera lenses from the XIXth century until at least the 1970s.

In 1866 it invented the Aplanat lens.

During the late 1940s, it developed an advanced 35mm camera with interchangeable lenses, the Casca.

List of lenses

Some trademarks used by Steinheil:

  • Cassar
  • Cassarit
  • Cassaron
  • Culmigon
  • Culminar
  • Orthostigmat
  • Quinar and Tele-Quinar
  • Quinaron
  • Quinon
  • Triplar

Some Heliostar lenses are engraved "M. Steinheil München", but there is some doubt on their origin.

See also:

Cameras using a Steinheil lens

Links