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Kenngott Supra N° 2 |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from (Circa) 1929 to (After) 1929.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 4899
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Chronology of cameras Kenngott
A man named Wilhelm Kenngott, German of origin, settles down in Paris in 1894 where he set up a workshop of optical and mechanical precision. Its first lens would be the Rectilinear-Aplanat Cosmopolit by 1895. Its first shutter would be of 1898.
The Koilos, truly revolutionary at the time, dates of 1904 (the first patent is French... N 350.870 of April 21st, 1905 - It is only four years later that it will be patented in Germany.)
In 1901, Kenngott opens a store in Reutlingen to propose its productions.
In 1902, to manufacture industrially its shutter, he creates the " Wilhelm Kenngott Fabrik für photographische Präzisionsmomentverschlüsse " in Kalmbach ( Würtemberg) with as director Alfred Gauthier, also German, and also manufacturer of cameras
In 1910 , Alfred took control of the company, with a minority share of Carl Zeiss .
In 1914, Kenngott had to leave France . He died in 1919 , but the company Wilhelm Kenngott Stuttgart survived him until 1932.
Sources: Jean-Loup Princelle and Dieter Scheiba
Traduction de Manuel M
This little view camera, very well built, has interesting technical features such as vertical and horizontal shift by thumb wheel, double extension and a spirit level.
Its appearance reminds some Zeiss Ikon view cameras, especially the plate of the shutter/lens holder with two knobs for unfolding the bellows. Also we can notice some similarity between the shape of the Kenngott logo, located on this plate, and the Zeiss Ikon logo.
The camera is equipped with a lens of the brand, a triplet anastigmat Wekar 105 mm, because Kenngott was originally an optician. The same Wekar lens can be found on early Minolta foldings as the Nifcaklapp, the Nifcasport and the Happy.
For the shutter, a Gauthier Pronto, we stay in family, Alfred Gauthier having been, for a while, director of the Kenngott factory.
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