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== Links == | == Links == | ||
| + | === General links === | ||
| + | In English: | ||
| + | * [http://homed.inet.tele.dk/riess/gewir.html History of Wirgin] ([http://homed.inet.tele.dk/riess/wirgin.html German version]) by Klaus-Eckhard Riess in his [http://homed.inet.tele.dk/riess/index.html camera site] | ||
| + | In German: | ||
| + | * [http://www.wirgin.de Wirgin.de website] by Stefan Schaum - Holzappel | ||
| + | In French: | ||
| + | * [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=wirgin Wirgin page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site] | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | === Miscellaneous === |
| − | + | <!-- These will be moved to the corresponding page when it is created. --> | |
| − | * [http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/edixas.htm Edixa | + | In English: |
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/German/index.html German TLR cameras] with two Wirgin Reflex at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ Barry Toogood's www.tlr-cameras.com] |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/edixas.htm Edixa SLR cameras] in [http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/cameras.htm Andrey's M42 pages] |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/other_manuals.htm Other manuals] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ butkus.org's Orphan Cameras]: |
| − | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ | + | ** [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/wirgin_edina_i_ii/wirgin_edina_i_ii.htm Edina I and II] |
| − | * [http:// | + | ** [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/edixa_1/edixa_1-splash.htm Edixa I and II] |
| + | ** [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/edixa/edixa-splash.htm Edixa Reflex] | ||
| + | ** [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/edixa_reflex/edixa_reflex.htm Edixa Reflex (other)] | ||
| + | In German: | ||
| + | * [http://homed.inet.tele.dk/riess/edixa.html Edixa Flex and Edixa-mat Kadett] in [http://homed.inet.tele.dk/riess/index.html Klaus-Eckhard Riess' camera site] | ||
| + | * [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/Edixa_IA/body_edixa_ia.html Edixa Stereo IA] and [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/Stereokameras_nach_1945/Edixa_Stereo_IIIA/body_edixa_stereo_iiia.html Edixa Stereo IIIA] in [http://www.stereoskopie.com/ Welt der Stereoskopie] | ||
[[Category: German camera makers]] | [[Category: German camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Wirgin|*]] | [[Category: Wirgin|*]] | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 18 January 2007
Wirgin was a German company which is still known for its brands Edixa and Edinex. It was based in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden and made a line of quite inexpensive 35mm SLRs from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the Edixa Reflex and Edixa-Mat Reflex. Wirgin was West Germany's main producer of SLRs with focal plane shutter. It also produced some of the lenses for its cameras, among them several M42 screw mount lenses.
Wirgin was already active before World War II and had made a small 3×4cm camera using 127 film, the Gewirette.
From the mid-1930s it also made the Edinex 35mm viewfinder cameras. These are equipped with Wirgin Gewironar lens and Compur shutter or Steinheil Culminar lens (alike Tessar) with Prontor shutter.
In 1961 Wirgin bought Franka. Several 35mm viewfinder cameras had been made in the Franka-Kamerawerk in Bayreuth/Oberfranken, for example the one visible in the picture at the right side of this page, an Edixa with builtin selenium meter and a lens with selectors for shutter speed, aperture and distance.
Also made in Bayreuth were the small Edixa cameras for 16mm film with built-in meter, all derived from the Franka 16.
120 film
An export version of the Reflekta II TLR was sold in the USA under the Wirgin label. (see links)
Links
General links
In English:
- History of Wirgin (German version) by Klaus-Eckhard Riess in his camera site
In German:
- Wirgin.de website by Stefan Schaum - Holzappel
In French:
Miscellaneous
In English:
- German TLR cameras with two Wirgin Reflex at Barry Toogood's www.tlr-cameras.com
- Edixa SLR cameras in Andrey's M42 pages
- Other manuals at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras:
In German:
