Polskie Zaklady Optyczne

enlarger lens PZO Matar P 1:4.5 f=5cm image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

In 1921 the company Fabryka Aparatów Optycznych was founded in Warszawa, Poland. It made lenses, magnifiers, microscopes and other optical products. Later it was named Polskie Zakłady Optyczne (PZO). In communist times the company was married for a while with the state owned WZFO. PZO had plants in Rzeszów and Zaczernie. In 1997 the German B&M Optik GmbH took over the factory in Zaczernie.

cameras

• Fotokarabin K-28
• Monorex
• Toporex

Links

• PZO at Polish Wikipedia, caution: article seems to contain (misplaced?) camera names of WZFO
• U. Kulick's lens data supply page (about PZO's enlarger lenses)
• Flickr album PZO Amar 105/4.5