GERMANY HAS BEEN WELL NOTED HISTORICALLY FOR ITS ENGINEERING & TECHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ...THROUGH THEIR INTENSE FOCUS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, AWARD WINNING INDIVIDUALS AND DISCOVERIES CONTINUALLY EMERGE FROM WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES...AS EARLY AS THE 1400s, JOHANNES GUTENBERG EXPANDED ON THE INVENTION OF MOVEABLE TYPE PRINTING FROM ASIA WHICH HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE 10TH CENTURY...HE WOULD MAKE HIS FAME AND FORTUNE IN EUROPE, WITH WHAT WOULD BE THE RENOWNED GUTENBERG BIBLE, ALONG WITH OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS..
..THEN ALONG THROUGH THE BRANDENBURG GATE CAME OTHERS IN SCIENCE AND TECH ...GOTTLIEB DAIMILER, DEVELOPED THE HIGH SPEED LIQUID PETROLEUM ENGINE... HANS GEIGER, THE GEIGER COUNTER FOR RADIATION DETECTION...RUDOLF KARL DIESEL, DIESEL ENGINE...NIKLAUS OTTO, INTERNAL COMBUSTION GASOLINE ENGINE...KONRAD ZUSE, WORLDS FIRST PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER... FELIX WANKEL, THE WANKEL ROTARY ENGINE,....AND CARL ZEISS FORMED A COLLABORATION OF SCIENTISTS AND OPTICIANS THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLASS AND LENS PRODUCTS, WELL KNOWN IN PHOTOGRAPY...
...KARL BENZ, INTRODUCED THE BENZ PATENT MOTORCAR IN 1885, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS THE "FIRST PRACTICAL AUTOMOBILE", AND TODAY, THE MERCEDES BENZ REMAINS AN ICONIC HIGH QUALITY CRAFTED MACHINE...WERNER VON BRAUN, WHO DEVELOPED AEROSPACE ROCKET TECHNOLOGY FOR WORLD WAR II, CONTINUED TO FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE EXPLORATION AFTER THE WAR WITH TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE EXPLORATION....AND SO IT WAS WITH MANY CRAFTSMAN & ENGINEERS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF INDUSTRY IN GERMANY, AS ENTREPRENEURS ATTEMPTING TO COMMERCIALIZE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE WAR...
...ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR ENDED ELECTRO OPTIC GMBH BEGAN START-UP IN 1945, THEN PROCEEDED TO DEVELOP ITS FIRST CAMERA IN 1946, A 24X24mm, 35mm CAMERA CALLED ELCA, WHICH HIT THE MARKET IN EUROPE IN 1947...IT WAS A SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL CAMERA BUT WITH HIGH EFFICIECY FOR THE TYPICAL PICTURE TAKERS, LIKE SOLDIERS AND TOURISTS WHICH SOLD FROM '47-'49...IT CAME WITH A BLACK PAINTED BODY AND CHROME NICKLE TOP AND BOTTOM, (50) EXPOSURES ON A ROLL, SINGLE SPEED SHUTTER, NO REWIND AND f4.5 LENS...
...IN THE MEAN TIME, BY '48 ELECTRO OPTIC HAD CHANGED ITS NAME TO ELOP,WHICH BEGAN DEVELOPING THE ELCA II WHICH WAS A BIT MORE ELABORATE WITH UPGRADED LENS AND FEATURES AND SOLD IN '49 & '50, BEFORE THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1951...AFTER ELOP DISSOLVED IN '51, UCA EMERGED THE SAME YEAR UNDER SIMILAR OWNERSHIP AND THE ELCA II WAS MADE UNDER THE NAME OF THE UCANETT, BEFORE THE WERE BOUGHT OUT BY AGFA...
...HERE IS THE FIRST VERSION OF ELECTRO OPTIC'S ELCA CAMERA FROM '47-48...IT MEASURES APPX 3.5 INCHES WIDE, 3 INCHES TALL AND 1.75 INCHED DEEP AND IS IN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL CASE...IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED FOR WORKING, HOWEVER IS SOLD AS A COLLECTIBLE ONLY...(SEE ALL PHOTOS),email with questions....see my other items....thanks for viewing
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