Tag Archives: Dresden

bunch of Klapp

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In English, we say a camera is a folder if it has a bellows that can be folded so the body and lens are more compact – like Kodak folders. In German, the term is klapp, not folder. The … Continue reading →

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an innovator called Karl

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. You have likely used his designs or innovations, especially if you took photographs last century with smaller roll film cameras (127 and 35mm) or used an SLR. A young Dutchman, Johan Steenbergen, moved to Dresden in 1912 where he … Continue reading →

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need a Flektogon 25mm plus an Exakta?

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. The Exakta brand is well known in collector and user circles. Exaktas were the earliest 35mm (kine) SLRs and were available new into the 1960s. The Flektogon f/4 25mm lens made by Zeiss Jena was only made for about … Continue reading →

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high five

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Before the fall of Germany at the end of WW2, Dresden was a major camera manufacturing centre. Ernemann built its famous Pentacon tower building and upon the founding of Zeiss-Ikon, it became the central manufacturing works of Zeiss-Ikon.  Sadly, … Continue reading →

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