Karl Nüchterlein
Johann Karl Nüchterlein (* 14. March 1904 in Dresden , † April 1945 missing in Yugoslavia) was the designer of the first successful small screen - SLR , which went into series production.
Nüchterlein completed an apprenticeship as a mechanic at the Seidel & Naumann typewriter factory . In 1923 he started working as a mechanic at the Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co. In 1936 the Kine Exakta from the Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co. was presented at the spring fair in Leipzig , the designer of which was Nüchterlein and which is considered the first single-lens reflex camera. Nüchterlein held numerous patents in camera construction, such as B. SLR camera with exposure meter (1939).
In 1942 Nüchterlein was drafted into the Wehrmacht and has been missing since April 1945.
literature
- Richard Hummel: Kine Exakta or Sport ?. What was the first 35mm SLR camera? The life works of Karl Nüchterlein and AO Gelgar. Lindemanns Verlag, 1997
- Helmut Lindner: Nüchterlein, Johann Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 369 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co., Ihagee Kamerawerk AG , Dresdner-Kameras.de
- ↑ Ihagee , exaktapages.com
- ↑ Peter Lanczak: Ihagee Kamerawerk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nüchterlein, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nüchterlein, Johann Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1945 |
| Place of death | Yugoslavia |