Voigtländer
Sign in to saveVoigtländer () was a significant long-established company within the optics and photographic industry, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, and today continues as a trademark for a range of photographic products.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Voigtländer
- Company.logo
- File:Voigtlaender logo blau.jpg
- Company.image
- File:Daguerreotype camera, replica of Voigtlander's first metal camera from 1841, TM32508 - Tekniska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01429.JPG
- Company.image_caption
- Replica of the world's first all-metal camera from 1840, the daguerreotype camera No. 84 Voigtländer & Son in Vienna, at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. The revolutionary lens is light-fast so that exposure time could be reduced to around one minute.
- Company.industry
- optics and photography (lens and camera manufacturer)
- Company.founded
- in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
- Company.fate
- Brand acquired byRollei (1973)Plusfoto GmbH & Co. (1983)RINGFOTO GmbH & Co. ALFO Marketing KG (1997)
- Company.successor
- Schering AG (1923)Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (1956)Carl Zeiss AG, state of Lower Saxony and Rollei (1972)
- Company.hq_location_city
- Braunschweig
- Company.hq_location_country
- Germany
- Company.founder
- Johann Christoph Voigtländer
- Company.products
- optical lenses, cameras, and other related products
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Early beginnings
- Photography optics and cameras
- Public corporation
- Current Status
- Lenses
- Models
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Voigtländer () was a significant long-established company within the optics and photographic industry, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, and today continues as a trademark for a range of photographic products.
== History == Voigtländer was founded in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, in 1756, by . Voigtländer produced mathematical instruments, precision mechanical products, optical instruments, including optical measuring instruments and opera glasses, and is the oldest name in cameras.