Technical school for optics and photo technology: Study trip report

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You are bidding on one report about the "Study trip 1955" the East Berliner State technical school for optics and photo technology (SFOF).

The initiative for this trip came from the goldsmith classes; but members of other courses also took part.

Typescript carbon copy with 30 mounted photos.

Dated 20. June until 30 June 1955.

The foreword comes from the headmaster Dr. Walter Mindt, author of the work "Augenoptik"; like the entire text, the signature is hectographed.

Describes the visit of various technical groups in "West Germany" (Baden-Württemberg):

-Carl Zeiss works in Oberkochen

-WMF (Geislingen)

-Zeiss Icon (Stuttgart)

-Marwitz and Hauser (Stuttgart)

- Degusa and R&W (Pforzheim)

- Gem grinders (Idar-Oberstein).

The Maulbronn Monastery was also visited (with an overnight stay).

Scope: Title page (as a photo collage), 28 single-sided sheets with foreword, entries, list of participants (typescript carbon copy) and 27 mounted photos; plus three larger photos on interposed panels.

Format: 29.2 x 20.6 x 0.7 cm.

Participants:

Goldsmiths: Klaus Afdring, Gerd Albrecht, Inge Britsch, Knut Cammert, Burkhard Grammerstorf, Dieter Hermann, Rudolf Klopstein, Hannelore Koppelmann, Detlef Olschewski, Helga Rosenthal, Ingrid Schmidt, Bernd Siebke and Ingrid Zczepan.

precision mechanic: Horst Böttcher, Dietrich Hartmann, Siegfried Haschke, Helmut Hirsekorn, Hardi Hoffmann, Lothar Jachnow, Werner Krause, Heinz Laurig, Heinz Liekfeld, Gisbert Munster, Dieter Otto and Achim Tamms.

precision optician: Peter Klaus Otto and Peter Rohn.

optometrist: Peter Peck.

Photographer: Ellen Machus.

Teacher: H Berg, K Bernt, G Klitzke, and F Nowak.

Condition: pages browned. Linen spine slightly damaged, otherwise excellent condition. BPlease note also the pictures at the end of the item description!

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About the school (source: wikipedia):

The State Technical School for Optics and Photo Technology (SFOF) in Berlin was a higher technical school for further training for opticians and photo professions. It was dissolved in 2000 due to Berlin education policy. It is considered one of the first film schools in Germany.

History: In 1909, the first German "technical school for opticians" was opened in Mainz through the efforts of the Central Association of Optical Shop Owners. V. In 1912 the technical school was relocated to Berlin, Neue Roß-Strasse, as the "German Opticians' School, Technical Center of the German Opticians' Association e. V." In 1914 the technical school was closed due to the First World War. In 1919, the technical school was reopened as the "German School for Optics and Photo Technology in Berlin", with its own course for photo technology. In 1930, the city of Berlin made its own building available on Hochstrasse (near Gesundbrunnen station). The technical school building on Hochstrasse was destroyed by bombs in 1943. In 1944, provisional accommodation for the technical school was built at Spittelmarkt. The technical school building on Spittelmarkt was destroyed by fire in a bomb attack in 1945. The first lessons after the Second World War for the photo technology department took place in the premises of the Gauß engineering school in Bochumer Straße.

The technical school had been under the sponsorship of the City of Berlin since 1950 and moved to the building of the Japanese Embassy on Tiergartenstrasse. In 1955, the "Camera Assistance" course was added. In 1962 the new building on the Einsteinufer was inaugurated. Today the central university administration of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) is located in the building.

Since 1996, the SFOF has been dismantled and the photo technology course has been dissolved. In 1997, the FFM Potsdam was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg with a new course in photo technology. At the same time, the first year started with the advanced course of study to become a "state-certified technician specializing in photo technology" at the FFM Potsdam-Babelsberg. The field of optics was detached from the SFOF in 1998 and transferred to the Technical University of Applied Sciences (TFH) Berlin. The camera department was integrated into the Technische Fachhochschule Berlin in 2000 and the SFOF was dissolved.

The continuing education courses in optics and camera are now offered as undergraduate courses at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. The continuing education course in photo technology was reopened in 1997 at the Fachschule für Foto- und Medientechnik Potsdam and expanded to include specific media.

Training: For opticians there was a course to become a state-certified technician specializing in optics. For photo professions, a course of study to become a state-certified technician specializing in photo technology. In addition, there was further training to become a state-certified camera assistant, which can be seen as a precursor to the basic camera courses.

With the training to become a “state-certified technician and state-certified camera assistant”, the continuing education courses offered one of the first media-technical training courses in West Germany.

graduates

Thomas Wilk, then Thomas Weisweiler (trickWILK GmbH), 1974

Frank Griebe (Lola Run, 1998)

Dietrich Lohmann (Deep Impact, 1998)

Ralf Leistl

Jörg Jeshel (Black Box Germany, 2001)