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'''Walter Zapp''' ( born Sept 6th 1905 in Riga , died June 17th 2003 ) was one of the pioneers of photography. He was the inventor and constructor of the legendary [[Minox|Minox subminiature]] camera. In 1934 he developed this smallest industrially produced film camera. In Zapp's lifetime nearly one million of these cameras were sold. In 2001 he got the honorary doctorate of the University of Riga, and he was decorated with the honorary cross of the Latvian Republic. | '''Walter Zapp''' ( born Sept 6th 1905 in Riga , died June 17th 2003 ) was one of the pioneers of photography. He was the inventor and constructor of the legendary [[Minox|Minox subminiature]] camera. In 1934 he developed this smallest industrially produced film camera. In Zapp's lifetime nearly one million of these cameras were sold. In 2001 he got the honorary doctorate of the University of Riga, and he was decorated with the honorary cross of the Latvian Republic. | ||
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| − | * [http://www.deutschbalten.de/namen1.html#zapp Walter Zapp on Deutsch Balten Heute] | + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/8647303584/in/pool-camerawiki |
| + | |image= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8647303584_a01f9742d3_n.jpg | ||
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| + | |image_text= Original 1937 [[Minox Riga]] | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090805071106/http://www.deutschbalten.de/namen1.html#zapp Walter Zapp on Deutsch Balten Heute] (in German) (archived) | ||
* [http://www.submin.com/8x11/collection/minox/articles/die_minox_ist_mein_leben.htm Minox is my Life based upon the monologue given by Walter Zapp available on DVD] | * [http://www.submin.com/8x11/collection/minox/articles/die_minox_ist_mein_leben.htm Minox is my Life based upon the monologue given by Walter Zapp available on DVD] | ||
[[Category:Camera designers|Zapp]] | [[Category:Camera designers|Zapp]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:57, 15 December 2023
Walter Zapp ( born Sept 6th 1905 in Riga , died June 17th 2003 ) was one of the pioneers of photography. He was the inventor and constructor of the legendary Minox subminiature camera. In 1934 he developed this smallest industrially produced film camera. In Zapp's lifetime nearly one million of these cameras were sold. In 2001 he got the honorary doctorate of the University of Riga, and he was decorated with the honorary cross of the Latvian Republic.
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| Original 1937 Minox Riga image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
