Voigtländer

Voigtländer () was a significant long-established company within the optics and photographic industry, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, and today continues as a trademark for a range of photographic products.

Key facts

Company.name: Voigtländer
Company.logo: File:Voigtlaender logo blau.jpg
Company.image: File:Daguerreotype camera, replica of Voigtlander's first metal camera from 1841, TM32508 - Tekniska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01429.JPG
Company.image_caption: Replica of the world's first all-metal camera from 1840, the daguerreotype camera No. 84 Voigtländer & Son in Vienna, at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. The revolutionary lens is light-fast so that exposure time could be reduced to around one minute.
Company.industry: optics and photography (lens and camera manufacturer)
Company.founded: in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
Company.fate: Brand acquired byRollei (1973)Plusfoto GmbH & Co. (1983)RINGFOTO GmbH & Co. ALFO Marketing KG (1997)
Company.successor: Schering AG (1923)Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (1956)Carl Zeiss AG, state of Lower Saxony and Rollei (1972)
Company.hq_location_city: Braunschweig
Company.hq_location_country: Germany
Company.founder: Johann Christoph Voigtländer
Company.products: optical lenses, cameras, and other related products