Camera Manufacturing Companies Family Tree v2.

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Lens, film or accessory manufacturers are not included in most cases

1900 1792 1861 1884 1834

Optische Anstalt
1895 1850 1902 1891 Rathenow A.C. Jackson
Holmes Brothers George Houghton
Palmos AG Joseph Levi & Co Spratt Brothers
Sddeutsches (Sanderson Works) and Sons
Fichtner Emil Busch AG Ilex Camera Works
Gaumont & Cie John Stock & Co. Camerawerk (1872)
Camerabau
Krner & Mayer 1903 1903 1903 1904 1903

1935 (RIP) 1866 1892

1846
1938 c1900 1896 1867 1856 1889 1896 1904 1895 1888 1887 1896 1902 1929 1909 1889 1904
Camerawerk Richard Wnsche
Socit Nouvelle Butcher & Co
American Goodwin Sontheim (1904) Httig & Sohn
des Etablissements Midland Camera Rietzschel AGFA Aiken-Gleason Zulauf & Co Dr. Krgener AG Carl Zeiss Palmos Emil Busch Carl Zeiss (London) Butcher & Son Houghtons
Optical Co. Film & Camera Emil Wnsche AG
Gaumont Butcher & Sons
Nettel (1909) Httig AG (1897) (1898)
1911 1921 1925 1871 1919 1912 1909 1939 1917

Carl Zeiss Jena

1901
1912 (Carl Zeiss Foundation)
1842 1888 1888 1922 1863 1802 1841 1901 1893 c1898 1908 1909 1886 1893 (lens-only businesses are not listed) 1926
Scovill Drexler & Nagel 1945
Edward Anthony
Manufacturing Imperial Camera Houghton-Butcher
Marion & Co. Kershaw Thornton-Pickard Gaumont British Bayer Sunart Bullard Camera ICA C.P. Goerz Herbst & Firl
(LaCrosse) Contessa Factory Manufacturing
E.&H.T. Anthony
Scovill & Adams (1909) Equipment
Headquarters
1939 1925 1903 1902 1902 1899
Rietzschel
1921 (1925)

1884 1882 1921 1925 1902 1899 1895 1919 1905 1889 1830 1945
Goodwin
equity
Anthony & Scovill C.P. Goerz
Lumire and Sons Jougla APM AGFA Conley Camera Seneca Camera Contessa-Nettel Ernemann Ross Barnet-Ensign
(ANSCO 1907) (Vienna)

1929 1927 1924 c1960

Kershaw
1928
Midland
Thornton-Pickard
Marion
1911 1879 1850 1929 1945
Bayer 1928
1910
1886 1948
c1880 c1870 1926 1898 1919 1908
Telescopes machinery,
Britannia Works Soho microscopes mfg. equipment
AGFA-Ansco Zeiss Ikon AG Mimosa AG Kamera- Max Baldeweg Barnet Ensign Ross
patents IG Farben James H.
U.P.I. Wray ELOP IG Chemie (1928) Greenpoint Optical Sears Roebuck (Carl Zeiss VEB Mimosa Werksttten
(1902) Ilford Limited Kershaw and Sons (BASF, Smith & Co
American IG (1929) Foundation) Guthe and Thorsh Balda Ross-Ensign
(1902) incl. T.-P. until 1933 AGFA,
1928 1969 1962 1951
Bayer) 1991 1961
1891 1905
camera
business
equipment (1951)
personnel
1896 1928 1904 1947 1941 1907 1951 1948 1939 1897 1764 (1946) 1945 1938 1951 1948 1921 1900 1860
Balda-Werk Camera-Werk
Goerz Optical Franz Kochmann
Adam Hilger Kamera- Mechanik Balda Max Baldeweg Merkel
SIPE (1927) VEB Zeiss Ikon
Path Frres Socit Lumire Kershaw-Soho Gaumont British Bell & Howell UCA ILOCA AGFA 1941 GAF Burke & James Kiev Arsenal Werksttten Dallmeyer
(chemical) Dresden Korelle-Werk
Hilger & Watts Bell & Howell C.A. Noble VEB Belca Balda C. Richter Tharandt
Voigtlander (1938)
International 1756 (Bnde) (1932)
1961 1968 1949 (RIP) manufacturing 1952 1962 1945 c1970 1956-1965 Goerz 1957 1970 1946
(1941) Contessa
AGFA ANSCO plate & hand
brand division (Ascot) Voigtlnder
(1978) (1899)
Ilford
1905 1890 1920 (1969) 1954 1894 1952 1956 1981 1932 1945 1958 1946 1914 1948 1946 1946
1956-1965
Kamera- Weeka Reflecta Lippische
GB Equipments Neumann & Ilex Optical Zeiss Ikon AG VEB Kinowerke Werksttten Welta (1919) Kamerafabrik
Tensi Cappelli Fiamma G.B Bell & Howell Gevaert AGFA AG Haking Anitec VEB WEFO
G.B Kershaw Heilemann (Bausch & Lomb) Stuttgart Dresden VEB Niedersedlitz Waurich & Weber Kamera-Werk Richter & Fischer
Lumiere (Mechanik,Optik) (1935) Tharandt (Lipca)
(1961)
1935 1932 1935 1956 (RIP) 1937 1972 (RIP) 1951 1950 1966
British Optical and Precision Engineers
Burke & James Brand
Rank Precision Industries
(1975) and other
Rank Audio Visual Division
1917 Rank Organization 1964 1987 1896 1880 1913 c1965 1936 1940 1953 1892 1945
Eho-Altissa
VEB
Anitec Wm. H. Walker Burleigh Brooks Nicca Ikon VEB Welta-
FILM Ciba AGFA-Gevaert Zar Camera Fujimoto Fuji Kgaku Rheinmetal Kamera-Werke
(International Paper) and Company Optics (Taih 1959) (Finland/Sweden) VEB Altissa- Kamera-Werke
Niedersedlitz
Contax Camera-Werke
1936 Lumiere Ilford 1897 1883 2007 1981 c1953 1958
(1982) (1989)
Cameras
(1959)
(plant,
1899 1936 1935 1982 1989 1897 1891 1897 1894 1883 1943 equipment) 1928 1873 1949 c1955 1945 1889 1896 1959 1923 1939
Mutschler and Nichidoku Konishi
Yashima Bentzin VEB Kamera Kamera-Fabrik
Wollensak FILM La societe Ilford France Ilford-Anitec Roberson
Monroe Camera Rochester Camera Western Camera Rochester Optical Kant Taisei Kki Katuma Kgaku Hugo Meyer & Co. und Kinowerke Woldemar Beier Karl Pouva
Optical Cappelli-Ferrania Filma (International Paper) Molta Rokuoh-Sha
Yashica VEB Grlitzer Dresden Freital
Ray Camera (1931) (1902) Voigtlnder
1953 1938 1938 1998 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 c1954 1960 c1956 1983 (1973) 1951 1973
Ilford
(1997)

1920 1938 1902 1997 1841 1904 1883 1884 c1928 1955 1959 1946 1898 1972 1902 1912
Chiyoda Konishiroku Certo
Goltz & Breutmann
(1937) (1921) Gnna & Sons
Lumiere North Ilford Imaging Rochester Rochester Optical VEB Feinoptisches OHG, VEB Kamerafabrik
Revere Ferrania Hasselblad Boston Camera Kenko Pioneer Kyocera Ihagee
American (Doughty Hanson) Panoramic & Camera Werk Grlitz Mentor, Freital
Minolta Konica VEB Certo-
VEB Mentor
(1962) (1968) Camera-Werk
1960 1964 1912 1905 1903 1890 2003 2003 c1956 1968 1980 1976 1980 1970

1902 2005

1900 1896 1892 1878 1887 1892 1948 2003 1920 1964 1959
3M Ilford Photo Ihagee West
Blair Tourograph Sanshin Franke & Heidecke
Anitec American Camera Boston Camera VEB Pentacon
Century Camera PMC Folmer & Schwing Konica Minolta Rollei
(1998) Manufacturing Manufacturing Dresden Ihagee-Exakta
Blair Camera Chinon Rollei Fototechnic
Photo
Hasselblad
Fotografiska AB 1907 1897 1898 1899 1905 1895 1997 2006 1987 1984 1976
(1966) Voigtlnder
brand
(1982) 1945
1946 1980
VEB Carl Zeiss
Jena
Sony Plusphoto
1903 1997-2004

Voigtlnder
brand
1880 Rollei 1990 1990 1879
(1997)
1987 Zeiss Jena GmbH
Eastman Dry Plate 1928
VEB Pentacon
Ringfoto Jenoptik Sinar
Dresden
Eastman Kodak Carl Zeiss Jena
Nagel-Werke GmbH
Cosina 1999
(license) 1991 (RIP)
Pentacon
1931 (brand, 1997)

2005
1927 1938 1931 1992

Candid
Schneider
Kodak-Path Camera Corp. Kodak AG Jenoptik GmbH
Kreuznach
Of America

1949 Carl Zeiss

Jena GmbH
Rollei
1990s

1941

Icons Legend
Ciro Samsung Carl Zeiss
1920
Rollei
1902 1902 1902 1902 1990s
1951 Rollei Fototechnic
Part of the company Company was sold, Company was
Company acquired
was split off or merged with other, created from
the other
subsidiary was or transformed into the existing one
establishment 2009 (RIP)
created the different entity (funds, machinery)
1928
1912 1912 1912 1912
Folmer Graflex
2009
Graflex

1973 DHW Fototechnik

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