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| − | '''Adox''' was a German company, also called ''Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH'', whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. They produced some camera models from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the [[Adox 300]] with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of [[Wirgin]] when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company [[efke| |
+ | '''Adox''' was a German company, also called ''Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH'', whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. They produced some camera models from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the [[Adox 300]] with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of [[Wirgin]] when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company [[efke|Fotokemika]] along with the rights to continue manufacture of Adox films under license using the original formulae. When the license agreement expired in the early 90's so did the rights to use the Adox brand name and the films were sold under the ''efke'' brand name. More recently the German distributor [[Fotoimpex]] in Berlin registered the lapsed Adox brand name and now uses it for a variety of products from a different manufacturers, including films and papers[[efke]]. |
== 35mm film == |
== 35mm film == |
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* [[Adox 300]] |
* [[Adox 300]] |
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* [[Adox 500]], prototypes |
* [[Adox 500]], prototypes |
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| + | * Golf I (1964) |
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* [[Golf IA]] |
* [[Golf IA]] |
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* [[Golf IIA]] |
* [[Golf IIA]] |
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=== 6x6 folding === |
=== 6x6 folding === |
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| + | * Golf I |
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| + | * Golf II |
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| + | * Golf IV |
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| + | * Mess-Golf I |
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| + | * Mess-Golf II |
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| + | * Mess-Golf IV |
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* [[Adox Golf 63|Golf 63]] |
* [[Adox Golf 63|Golf 63]] |
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| + | * Golf 63 S |
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| + | * Golf 45 S |
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=== 6x6 / 6x4.5 folding === |
=== 6x6 / 6x4.5 folding === |
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== 127 film == |
== 127 film == |
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+ | * Adoxette 3x4, name variant of the [[Wirgin]] [[Gewirette]] |
== Special film == |
== Special film == |
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In Spanish: |
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* [http://www.jnoir.eu/camaras/adox/ ADOX] on [http://www.jnoir.eu/ Historia de Bolsillo] by J. Noir |
* [http://www.jnoir.eu/camaras/adox/ ADOX] on [http://www.jnoir.eu/ Historia de Bolsillo] by J. Noir |
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 27 February 2020
Adox was a German company, also called Dr C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH, whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and B&W paper sold under the Adox brand name. They produced some camera models from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the most advanced being the Adox 300 with interchangeable film magazines. In 1938 Adox took over the camera factory of Wirgin when the Wirgin brothers had to leave Germany to escape from persecution by the German regime of that time. After WWII Henry Wirgin bought it back. The Schleussner company was taken over by Dupont, and in 1972 some of the film making machines were sold to the Yugoslavian company Fotokemika along with the rights to continue manufacture of Adox films under license using the original formulae. When the license agreement expired in the early 90's so did the rights to use the Adox brand name and the films were sold under the efke brand name. More recently the German distributor Fotoimpex in Berlin registered the lapsed Adox brand name and now uses it for a variety of products from a different manufacturers, including films and papersefke.
35mm film[]
- Adrette, name variant of the Wirgin Edinex
- Adox 300
- Adox 500, prototypes
- Golf I (1964)
- Golf IA
- Golf IIA
- Golf IIIA
- Polo 1S
- Polomat
- Polomatic
120 film[]
6x6 folding[]
- Golf I
- Golf II
- Golf IV
- Mess-Golf I
- Mess-Golf II
- Mess-Golf IV
- Golf 63
- Golf 63 S
- Golf 45 S
6x6 / 6x4.5 folding[]
6x9 folding[]
- Adox Sport (6x9 + 6x4.5)
- Adox Start
6x6 box[]
- Adox 66
- Adox Blitz
127 film[]
Special film[]
- Juka 3x4 on Juka film
Links[]
In English:
- Some Adox cameras at Alan McPherson's site
- Adox page at ukcamera.com
- Adox camera's in Andrys Stienstra's camera collection
- ADOX on Pocketable History by J. Noir
In French:
- Adox page at Gérard Langlois site
- Adox page at Collection G. Even's site
- Adox cameras at Sylvain Halgand's site
- Adox Cameras Timeline at www.collection-appareils.fr
In German:
- history on adox.de
- Adox company story, in German, from a 1958 book
In Spanish:
- ADOX on Historia de Bolsillo by J. Noir