Where have the Leitz Klapp Cameras all gone?

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14 hours ago, willeica said:

There is also an advertisement for Leitz Hand Kameras.

Looking at the advert again it says Summar f:5 bis [to] f:6. Perhaps someone could explain this as it seems a little odd.

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1 hour ago, kangaroo2012 said:

This is the link to Franz Bergmann on this site by his grand daughter.

Cheers

Philip

 

Thanks Philip. It was good to see Bergmann's granddaughter clarifying matters about his business on this Forum about 11 years ago. I have sent you an email today with all of the material I have obtained from the experts overnight. This is a camera 'assembled' and/or marketed by Leitz, but it was not made by them. The only Leitz manufactured part seems to be the lens. I may hear more from Paul Henry van Hasbroeck and I will post it here.

William

Edited April 27, 2021 by willeica

[alan mcfall]

A stereo KlappKamera.

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4 hours ago, alan mcfall said:

A stereo KlappKamera.

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I have never seen one of these, Alan. Have you? In fact, I don't ever recall having seen any verified Leitz Klapp Cameras, just a few Moment cameras where the body was made by another company and a Leitz lens was added. In this case, the drawing of the Klapp camera has a body similar to that made by Goerz and some other companies at around that time. 

When 0 Series No 105 was sold at auction in 2022, the lot included a modified Nettel camera in the Klapp style which Barnack had used to carry out photographic research.

William