Braun Photo Technique
| Braun Photo Technik GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1915 |
| Seat | until 2016 Nuremberg , Germany , since then Eutingen |
| Website | braun-germany.de |
The Braun Photo Technik GmbH , formerly Carl Braun Camera work Nuremberg was a traditional manufacturer of photo and presentation technology, based in Nuremberg and is now a brand of Reflecta GmbH from Eutingen .
history
Karl Braun KG was founded by Karl Braun in 1915, and in 1948 the Carl Braun Camera factory in Nuremberg emerged from it. In the same year, Braun began producing box cameras for roll film, and from 1950 the production of 35mm cameras. The Paxette is the company's best-known 35mm viewfinder camera . Because of its affordable price, it was also known as the “Elementary School Teacher Leica ”. In 1965 the production of cameras was relocated to the Far East.
From 1954 Braun produced slide projectors . The Paximat model was one of the most successful semi-automatic slide projectors on the market and an important pillar of the company for many years. By 1997 more than four million pieces had been sold. In addition, the Episkop - Paxiscope, a projector for non-transparent documents, was a widespread product. The breakthrough in digital photography led to a slump in sales of slide projectors at the end of the 1990s. In 2000 the company had to file for bankruptcy. In 2004, Braun was renamed and has been operating under the name BRAUN PHOTO TECHNIK GmbH since then .
Today binoculars, slide projectors, slide scanners, analog 35mm and single-lens reflex cameras, and digital cameras since 2003, are sold under the Braun brand. In 2016, the company moved from its original headquarters in Nuremberg to Eutingen in Baden-Württemberg, where it moved into a newly constructed administration and production building together with the long-standing brand owner, Reflecta GmbH.
Products
Cameras
Brown Paxina 6x6
Braun Norca Super
Braun Paxette, 1950s
Braun Super Paxette I
Braun SLR camera
- Gloria
- Paxiflash
Medium format
- Imperial Box (6 × 9, from 1951 for 6 × 6 roll film)
- ideal
- Norca ( bellows camera , 6 × 9 and 6 × 6)
- Pax (also Paxina, 6 × 6, very compact)
35mm
The Paxette viewfinder camera was introduced in 1950 and produced in various configurations until 1967 ( Paxette 35 ). The cameras were built very compactly and were significantly cheaper to buy compared to a Leica M2 or a Voigtländer Prominent with comparable equipment . Some of them had interchangeable lenses with an M39 lens thread, but the connection was not compatible with the screw thread used by Leica. Some models had a light meter. The central lock was of the Prontor type (manufacturer Gauthier), some Paxette 28 models had Compur locks. Many cameras had lenses from Staeble and CA Steinheil & Sons .
list
- Gloriette
- Paxette I (1950-59)
- Paxette II (1953-58)
- Super Paxette (1953-64)
- Super Colorette (1956-59)
- Paxette 35 (1963-67)
- Paxette Automatic (1958-62)
- Electromatic (1960-64)
- Paxette 28 (1965-68) for 126 film
- Handy F2
- CB 35
- Trend M Motor (1988, in black and red)
Made to order
Projectors
Slide projectors
From 1954 the Carl Braun Camera factory produced slide projectors . These products should not be confused with the slide projectors from Braun GmbH from Kronberg / Taunus.
The projectors were equipped with different projection lenses under the brand name Braun:
- Super Paxon and Color-Paxon (f / 2.8 / 85 mm);
- ULTRALIT PL (1: 3.5 / 70-120 mm MC)
- Braun-Stellar (1: 3.5 / 150 mm)
In some cases, brand lenses from other manufacturers were also used:
- Staeble , Stellar and Stellagon (85 mm f / 2.8);
- ISCO , Paxigon ( f / 2.8 / 85 mm)
- Roeschlein-Kreuznach , Super-Stellar (1: 2.5 / 100 mm).
Paximat
The Paximat model was one of the most successful semi-automatic slide projectors on the market (e.g. Paximat Super N24 + J ). Later models ( Paximat Multimag 5015 AFC , Paximat International 1950 ) were equipped with autofocus , remote control and some with microprocessor control. By 1997, more than four million Paximat series had been sold.
Novamat
Another series of slide projectors was called “Novamat” (e.g. Novamat 515 AF ; NOVAMAT 515 AF-I Autofocus ). The Novamat 150 FM-M monitor Novamat 515-AF-M also had a monitor for slide viewing .
Episcopes
Braun manufactures a series of episcopes called Paxiscope (e.g. Paxiscope 650 , Paxiscope XL ). The projection lenses usually have the name Braun Super Paxigon ; typical specifications are 1: 2.5 / 200 mm for smaller and 1: 3.5 / 280 mm for larger devices. Some of the lenses were obtained from Will , Wetzlar.
Web links
- Official website
- Model overview of the Paxette 35mm cameras
- Kurt Tauber Camera Museum: Collection of Braun cameras
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page of Reflecta GmbH. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Company history. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Article on the move of Braun Phototechnik. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .