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Kenngott Phönix Tropical |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1924 to 1928.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 14741
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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
The Kenngott Phönix Tropical is entirely made of teak, with brass finishes and a brown leather bellows. Due to these materials, the camera is heavy, but such a combination allows for better resistance to the tropical, hot, and humid climate.
This specimen has a Lumar1 anastigmat lens of 5 inches, f/4.5, manufactured in Great Britain. The shutter is a Rulex with speeds from 2 to 1/300, B, T, I. The plates of 9 x 14 cm are inserted into individual metal frames. It is a double-extension model.
1 The patent number that appears around the lens (No. 157,037) refers to a patent filed by Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, and Arthur Warmisham on July 13, 1920, for an optical formula. It can be assumed that the brand of Lumar is TTH.
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