Orionwerk
History
The company 'Orionwerk' Hannover (Gemany) was founded in 1893 as Glunz & Bülter. In 1903 it changed its name to Bülter & Stammer, probably because the company founder Bülter changed his partner. Later cameras of a maker Glunz from Hannover are known. In 1921 Bülter & Stammer became Orionwerke, and finally the Orionwerk A.G. stock market company.[1] It produced a range of cameras until about 1933 when the company went into liquidation.[2]
Models
Early Models
- Bülter & Stammer 13x18 Zweiverschluss-Kamera (two-shutter camera)
- Orion Box
- Orion Daphne
- Orion Dorrit
- Orion Tropen
- Orion-Klapp-Reflex
- Photo-Recorder 1578
Rio series
The cameras models of the Rio series seem consecutively numbered and supplied with a suffix (A–E) that appears to correspond with the size of the negative.
2C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
- 2C Tropen; version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows[3]
Rio 3C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
- 3C Tropen; version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows
Rio 5C — a 9 x 12 vertical plate camera
- 5C Tropen; version for the tropics with exposed teak, brass and brown bellows[5]
- with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 15cm lens in Compur shutter[6]
- with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 15cm lens in Compur shutter[6]
Rio 8 B — a 6 x 9 vertical plate camera
Rio 8 C
Rio 10 B
Rio 10 C — a vertical 9x12 plate camera with single expansion bellows and fixed front board.—Brillant finder offset to the (photographer's) left.
- with Meyer Goerlitz Trioplan 1/6.3 13.5cm in Vario shutter[7]
- with Orionwerk A.-G Hannover Spezial-Aplanat f/8 13.5cm in Vario shutter[7]
Rio 11 B
Rio 12 C — a vertical 9x12 plate camera with double expansion bellows and moveable front board.—Brillant finder offset to the (photographer's) left.
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| Gauthier Vario Shutter (in Orion 'Rio' 14C) image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Rio 14 C — a vertical 9x12 plate camera
Rio 15 B
Rio 18 B
Rio 18 C — a vertical 9x12 plate camera with double expansion bellows and fixed front board.—Brillant finder centered).
Rio 19 C
Rio 20 C
Rio 21 C
Rio 22 D
Rio 23 C
Rio 25
Rio 25 B
Rio 25 C Luxus
Rio 25 D
Rio 26 B — a vertical 6.5 x 9 cm plate camera (~1923)
- with Carl Zeiss Tessar f/4.5 15cm in Compur [10]
Rio 26 C
Rio 26 C Luxus
Rio 28 C
Rio 44 C — a 12 x 9 horizontal plate camera
- with Meyer Görlitz Doppel-Anastigmat f6.8 13.5cm[11]
- with Rodenstock Hemi f/7.2 13.5cm[12]
Rio 73 B
Rio 74 B
Rio 75 B
Rio 79 C
Rio 79 D
Rio 81
Rio 82 B — a 129 rollfilm camera 5x8
Rio 83 B — a 120 rollfilm camera 6x9
Rio 84
Rio 84 A — a strut-folding camera taking 4×6.5cm pictures on 127 film
- Rio 84 A Luxus. Strut-folding vest pocket camera for 4×6.5cm.
Rio 84 C
Rio 84 D
Rio 84 E
Rio 85 C
  
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| Orionwerk Tropen Rio 3C, Meyer Helioplan f4,5/13.5cm lens. Images by yalluflex. (Image rights) |
  
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| Orionwerk Tropen Rio 5C, Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f4,5/15cm lens. Images by yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Notes and References
- ↑ Formally the 'Orionwerk Aktiengesellschaft für photographische Industrie,' Hannover
- ↑ Orion page at Classic Cameras (archived)
- ↑ www.vintagephoto.tv
- ↑ Yalluflex via Flickr
- ↑ www.vintagephoto.tvl
- ↑ Yalluflex via Flickr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 seen on eBay December 2012.
- ↑ Ralph Nogal via flickr
- ↑ Dirk HR Spennemann via Flickr
- ↑ Geoffrey Gilson via Flickr
- ↑ Enternet
- ↑ seen on eBay December 2012.
- ↑ seen on eBay December 2012.
Links
- Orionwerk at Classic Cameras
- Orion page at Collection G. Even's site (in French)
