Camera Manufacturing Companies Family Tree V2.2
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1886 Copeland & Co. 1851 1902 1887 Süddeutsches Maison Richard Camerawerk Camera Manufacturing Companies Family Tree v3.1 Körner & Mayer 1888 Photographic Lens, film or accessory manufacturers are not included in most cases Apparatus 1877 1882 1904 1893 1891 1900 1792 Optische Anstalt & Chemical Co. Comptoir General Camerawerk Rathenow De Photographie Sontheim (1904) Fichtner Richard Freres Herbst & Firl Palmos AG 1889 Camerabau Emil Busch AG Perrichont & Picard Nettel (1909) (1872) 1919 1899 1892 1846 1861 1884 1834 1897 1891 1891 1850 1930 1886 1908 1895 1888 1887 1896 1902 1929 1909 A.C. Jackson Chas. Tyler Holmes Brothers George Houghton Joseph Levi & Co Spratt Brothers & Drexler & Nagel Richard Wünsche (Sanderson Works) and Sons Hüttig & Sohn Ilex Camera Works England Bros. Jules Richard F.M. Richard John Stock & Co. Bradac C.P. Goerz Zulauf & Co Dr. Krügener AG Carl Zeiss Palmos Emil Busch Carl Zeiss (London) Contessa Emil Wünsche AG (1909) Hüttig AG (1897) (1898) 1903 1903 1903 1904 1903 1907 c1960s 1866 c1936 1912 1909 1939 1917 Carl Zeiss Jena 1938 (Carl Zeiss Foundation) c1900 1895 1896 1867 1856 1889 1933 1907 1905 1919 1889 1909 (lens-only businesses are not listed) 1904 1889 1945 Butcher & Co American Goodwin C.P. Goerz C.P. Goerz Midland Camera Gaumont & Cie Rietzschel AGFA Optikotechna Contessa-Nettel Ernemann ICA Houghtons Butcher & Son Optical Co. Film & Camera (Bratislava) (Vienna) Butcher & Sons 1911 1935 (RIP) 1921 1925 1871 1945 c1945 c1960 1901 Factory 1912 Equipment 1901 1842 1888 1888 1938 1922 1863 1802 1841 1896 c1870 1946 1926 1926 Headquarters Houghton-Butcher Brooks-Watson Scovill Société Nouvelle Edward Anthony Zeiss Ikon AG Manufacturing Manufacturing James H. Marion & Co. Kershaw Thornton-Pickard des Etablissements Gaumont British Bayer Aiken-Gleason Meopta (Carl Zeiss (H.B.M & Co Ltd) Rajar Smith & Co Gaumont E.&H.T. Anthony Foundation) (1904) Scovill & Adams Ensign (1930) 1939 1925 1905 Rietzschel 1921 (1925) equipment personnel 1884 1882 1921 1925 1902 1897 1901 1893 c1898 1897 1764 1908 1900 1830 1945 (1946) Camera-Werk Goerz Optical 1756 Max Baldeweg Merkel Anthony & Scovill Imperial Camera (1927) Lumière and Sons Jougla APM AGFA Multiscope & Film Sunart Bullard Camera Burke & James Kiev Arsenal Ross Barnet-Ensign (ANSCO 1907) (LaCrosse) Balda C. Richter Tharandt Voigtländer (1932) 1929 1908 1903 1902 1902 c1970 1956-1965 1946 Kershaw 1928 Midland 1956-1965 Goerz Thornton-Pickard Goodwin Contessa Equity Marion Bayer 1911 1879 1850 1929 1945 1928 1899 1895 1945 1898 1919 1951 1948 1946 1946 1948 Balda-Werk Telescopes machinery, Britannia Works Soho Reflecta Lippische AGFA-Ansco Mimosa AG Kamera- Mechanik Balda Max Baldeweg microscopes mfg. equipment Barnet Ensign Ross patents IG Farben Ilex Optical Zeiss Ikon AG Kamerafabrik U.P.I. Wray ELOP IG Chemie (1928) Conley Camera Seneca Camera VEB Mimosa Werkstätten (1902) Ilford Limited Kershaw and Sons (BASF, (Bausch & Lomb) Stuttgart Kamera-Werk Richter & Fischer American IG (1929) Guthe and Thorsh VEB Belca Balda Ross-Ensign (1902) incl. T.-P. until 1933 AGFA, Tharandt (Lipca) (Bünde) 1928 1969 1962 1951 Bayer) 1927 1924 1972 (RIP) 1991 1957 1970 1950 1966 1961 camera Burke & James business (1975) Pentax (1951) (brand) 1910 1896 1928 1904 1947 1941 1907 1951 1948 1939 c1880 1886 c1965 c1934 1919 1945 1938 1921 1860 Asahi Bussan Franz Kochmann Adam Hilger Asahi Kōgaku Kamera- SIPE Burleigh Brooks Brand VEB Zeiss Ikon Pathé Frères Société Lumière Kershaw-Soho Gaumont British Bell & Howell UCA ILOCA AGFA 1941 GAF Greenpoint Optical Sears Roebuck Kōgyō G.K. Werkstätten Dallmeyer (chemical) Optics Olympic and other Dresden Korelle-Werk Hilger & Watts Asahi Kōgaku C.A. Noble Bell & Howell Camera Works (1938) International Kōgyō K.K. 1961 1968 1949 (RIP) manufacturing 1952 1962 1945 1891 1981 1937 Asahi Optical (1941) AGFA ANSCO plate & hand brand division (Ascot) (1978) (1899) Ilford 1905 1890 1920 (1969) 1954 1904 1894 1952 1956 1981 1938 1936 2002 1958 1946 1914 1948 Riken Kankōshi Pentax Kamera- Weeka Ponder & Best GB Equipments Riken Kōgaku Kōgyō Ikon VEB Kinowerke Werkstätten Welta (1919) Tensi Cappelli Fiamma G.B Bell & Howell Leonar Gevaert AGFA AG Haking Anitec VEB WEFO G.B Kershaw (Riken Optical Industries) Hoya Pentax (Finland/Sweden) Dresden VEB Niedersedlitz Waurich & Weber Vivitar (1979) Lumiere (2007) (Mechanik,Optik) (1935) (1961) 1935 1932 1935 1956 (RIP) 1985 Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō 2011 1951 British Optical and Precision Engineers Asahi Musen Kōgyō Rank Precision Industries Asahi Seimitsu Kōgyō Rank Audio Visual Division Asahi Seimitsu Kōgyō Voigtländer 1917 Rank Organization 1964 1987 1896 1880 1947 1953 (1973) 1889 1953 1892 1945 Eho-Altissa Bentzin VEB Anitec Wm. H. Walker Hanimex VEB Welta- FILM Ciba AGFA-Gevaert Zar Camera Rheinmetal Kamera-Werke (International Paper) and Company (Australia) VEB Altissa- Kamera-Werke VEB Görlitzer Niedersedlitz Contax Camera-Werke 1936 Lumiere Ilford 1897 1883 1989 1951 (1982) (1989) Cameras (1959) Gestetner (1989) 1899 1936 1935 1982 1989 1897 1891 1897 1894 1883 1884 Ricoh (1996) 1963 1896 1959 1923 1939 Mutschler and VEB Kamera Kamera-Fabrik Wollensak FILM La societe Ilford-Anitec Roberson Ilford France Monroe Camera Rochester Camera Western Camera Rochester Optical Boston Camera Ricoh Hugo Meyer & Co. und Kinowerke Woldemar Beier Karl Pouva Optical Cappelli-Ferrania Filma (International Paper) Dresden Freital Ray Camera 1953 1938 1938 1998 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 1890 Vivitar brand 1973 Ilford via Hanimex (1997) Plaza Create (1996) (2004) Syntax-Brillian (2006) Sakar (2008) 1920 1938 1902 1997 1841 1904 1883 1977 1940 1934 1920 1946 1898 1972 1902 1912 Certo Goltz & Breutmann Fuji Photo Film Franke & Heidecke Gönna & Sons Lumiere North Ilford Imaging Rochester Rochester Optical Nicca VEB Feinoptisches OHG, VEB Kamerafabrik Revere Ferrania Hasselblad Sakar Rollei Ihagee American (Doughty Hanson) Panoramic & Camera (Taihō 1959) Werk Görlitz Mentor, Freital Fujifilm Group Rollei Fototechnic VEB Certo- VEB Mentor Camera-Werk 1960 1964 1912 1905 1903 1958 1987 1968 1980 1976 1980 1970 Voigtländer brand (1982) 1902 2005 1866 1900 1896 1892 1887 1878 1892 1948 1932 1945 1980 Blair Tourograph Sanshin Yashima 1964 1959 Marlow Ltd. American Camera Boston Camera Neumann & 3M Ilford Photo Century Camera PMC Folmer & Schwing Plusphoto Marlow Bros. Manufacturing Manufacturing Heilemann Ihagee West Anitec Blair Camera Chinon Yashica VEB Pentacon (1998) Dresden Ihagee-Exakta 1901 1907 1897 1898 1905 1899 1895 1997 1937 1983 Photo Hasselblad Voigtländer Fotografiska AB brand 1984 1976 (1966) (1997) 1890 1913 1959 1936 1945 Ringfoto VEB Carl Zeiss Hurman Fujimoto Kyocera Fuji Kōgaku Cosina 1999 Jena Rollei 1903 1997-2004 (license) 1987 1904 2007 c1953 (plant, 1880 1943 equipment) 1928 1873 1949 1990 1990 1948 Zeiss Jena GmbH Nichidoku Konishi Eastman Dry Plate 1928 VEB Pentacon Kantō Taisei Kōki Jenoptik Sinar Molta Rokuoh-Sha Dresden Eastman Kodak Carl Zeiss Jena (1931) (1902) Nagel-Werke GmbH c1954 1960 1991 (RIP) Pentacon Carl Zeiss 1931 (brand, 1997) Jena GmbH 2005 1927 1938 1931 c1928 c1955 1991 1991 1948 Chiyoda Konishiroku Candid (1937) (1921) Schneider Kodak-Pathé Camera Corp. Kodak AG Kenko Katuma Kōgaku Carl Zeiss Jenoptik GmbH Minox Kreuznach Of America Minolta Konica (1962) (1968) 1949 2003 2003 c1956 1996 Rollei Sinar 1990s 2006-2013 1941 1914 Icons Legend 2003 1955 Ernst Leitz GmbH Ciro Samsung 1920 Leica GmbH Konica Minolta Pioneer Rollei Leica Camera AG 1902 1902 1902 1902 1990s 1951 Part of the company Company was sold, Company was Rollei Fototechnic Company acquired was split off or merged with other, created from the other 2006 c1956 subsidiary was or transformed into the existing one establishment created the different entity (funds, machinery) 2009 (RIP) 1928 2001 1912 1912 1912 1912 Folmer Graflex 1946 Minox 2009 Graflex Sony 1973 DHW Fototechnik Unites States France United Kingdom Germany Japan Italy Czech © Eugene Ilchenko / collectiblend.com.