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− | '''Walter Voss''' (31 August 1908 - 11 August '68) was the founder of '''Walter Voss, Photo-Kamera-Fabrikation & Feinmechanik''', the company that made the [[Diax]] line of 35mm cameras in the 1950s. | + | '''Walter Voss''' (31 August 1908 - 11 August '68) was the founder of '''Walter Voss, Photo-Kamera-Fabrikation & Feinmechanik''', the company that made the [[Diax]] line of 35mm cameras in the 1950s, in southern Germany's city of Ulm. The first product of 1946 was a rangefinder named "Photometer", made by a few people in rooms of his dwelling. In 1947 Voss began to make the Diax, production began in 1949, in rooms of Ulm's old fortress. Later the company got a modern industry building for production in Ulm's Neutorstraße 56. In 1957 production and company ceased. |
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+ | ===Cameras=== | ||
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+ | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricksoloway/6474651115/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
+ | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/7160/6474651115_7637e46d4e_m.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= left | ||
+ | |image_text= a Diax of 1949 | ||
+ | |image_by= Rick Soloway | ||
+ | |image_rights= wp | ||
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+ | *[[Diax]] | ||
+ | *Diax (1950s variant with bigger viewfinder, probably also known as Diax I) | ||
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+ | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/7826/31627592497_bf3c980a0c_w_d.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= right | ||
+ | |image_text= Reprox 12 | ||
+ | |image_by= Jörg Krüger | ||
+ | |image_rights= wp | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | *Diax Ia | ||
+ | *Diax Ib | ||
+ | *Diax II | ||
+ | *Diax IIa | ||
+ | *Diax IIb | ||
+ | *Diax-L-1 (with selenium meter) | ||
+ | *Diax 3a | ||
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+ | ===Accessories=== | ||
+ | *Photometer ([[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]]) | ||
+ | *Reprox 12 (repro pedestal with built-in 2× enlarging lens) | ||
== Links == | == Links == |
Revision as of 20:50, 2 March 2021
Complete Voss Diax Ia kit image by Paul Hansen (Image rights) |
Walter Voss (31 August 1908 - 11 August '68) was the founder of Walter Voss, Photo-Kamera-Fabrikation & Feinmechanik, the company that made the Diax line of 35mm cameras in the 1950s, in southern Germany's city of Ulm. The first product of 1946 was a rangefinder named "Photometer", made by a few people in rooms of his dwelling. In 1947 Voss began to make the Diax, production began in 1949, in rooms of Ulm's old fortress. Later the company got a modern industry building for production in Ulm's Neutorstraße 56. In 1957 production and company ceased.
Cameras
a Diax of 1949 image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
- Diax
- Diax (1950s variant with bigger viewfinder, probably also known as Diax I)
Reprox 12 image by Jörg Krüger (Image rights) |
- Diax Ia
- Diax Ib
- Diax II
- Diax IIa
- Diax IIb
- Diax-L-1 (with selenium meter)
- Diax 3a
Accessories
- Photometer (rangefinder)
- Reprox 12 (repro pedestal with built-in 2× enlarging lens)
Links
- Walter Voss in 'Ulmer-Photogeschichte' (Ulm's photo-history) at Roger Büchel's PhotoAugenblick
- Massimo Bertacchi's page about the Diax (in Italian)
- Voss page at Collection G. Even's site (in French)
- Now again open for the ultimate Diax homepage by Peter Geisler
- Diax pages in Danish language by Leif Johansen