Karl Pouva KG
| Karl Pouva KG VEB Photo Technology Freital |
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| founding | 1939 |
| resolution | 1972 |
| Seat | Freital , Germany |
| Branch | Photo company |
The Karl Pouva KG was a photo company based in Freital ( Sachsen ).
History and products
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Karl Pouva (born November 21, 1903 in Deuben ; † January 16, 1989 in Freital) founded the company in 1939.
The company first produced simple slide projectors , and from 1951 simple medium format cameras (for 120 roll film 6x6), such as the Pouva Start . Their price at that time was 16.50 marks . Thus, with the product by Karl Pouva, children and young people were given their first access to photography. For these purposes, the results were acceptable, although due to the simple lens, Duplar 1: 8, designed as a periscope lens , the illumination of the image could only be moderate. The color errors in the edge area of the pictures were due to the simple product. Slightly modified versions of the Pouva Start were produced and brought onto the market under license in Poland, Hungary and by Hama in Germany. In 1953 the simple slide projector Pouva Magica made of black Bakelite was added. This was a projector for 35mm slide film. A standard 40 W general service lamp, also with a single filament, served as the light source. This projector was produced almost unchanged for about 30 years until the 1980s. Karl Pouva had also developed a simple reel tape recorder called Bändi , which was not widely used due to the very uneven tape speed and is therefore less well known. Tapes from the Bändi could be played on all other half-track devices at 9.5 cm / s speed - they had the usual standards.
The Karl Pouvas company was transferred to public ownership in 1972 and later incorporated into the Woldemar Beier camera factory .
- Pouva products
Pouva start photo
Color photo
Pouva Magica (view)
Pouva Magica, from below
Folding boxes for the Pouva Start roll film camera.
Pouva-Start and Pouva-Magica (February issue 1955 photography )
Remarks
- ↑ Contrary to what is stated in the original description of the picture in the Deutsche Fotothek, these are not lenses for the Pouva Start, but condenser lenses for the Pouva Magica 35mm projector. This picture shows that Pouva also manufactured optical components itself.
- ↑ Black and white films were preferably used. However, this is an unrepresentative example because the recording is blurred.
- ↑ taken with Pouva Start: the simplicity of the camera resulted in poor illumination at the edge of the image and the resulting color errors.
