Meopta is a Czech manufacturer of sports and military optics, cinema projectors, photo enlargers and other optical products. The company was once well-known for its still and movie cameras, although it no longer manufactures such products. Table of Opticks, 1728 Cyclopaedia Optics ( appearance or look in ancient Greek) is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter. ... Projectors are used for displaying an image on a projection screen or similar surface for the view of an audience. ... Photographic Enlarger An enlarger is a specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives. ...

History

The company, originally called Optotechnica, was established in Prerov in 1933. In the early 1930s, it produced photo enlargers and other darkroom equipment, as well as optical lenses. By 1939, it was producing consumer cameras for the domestic market. The company's first camera was the Flexette, a 6x6 twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera, starting what would become a long line of TLR models. Location of Přerov in the Czech Republic Přerov is a city in Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The front of a Kinaflex twin-lens reflex camera Sketch of an early 20th century twin-lens reflex camera 1957 Kodak Duaflex IV, an inexpensive fixed-focus TLR A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length. ...

During World War II, the company produced a broad selection of optical equipment for the German military. In 1946, it was nationalized by Czechoslovakia's communist authorities and renamed Meopta. The company was privitized in 1992. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Cameras

TLR 6x6

• Flexette
• Autoflex
• Optiflex
• Flexaret II
• Flexaret III
• Flexaret IV
• Flexaret V
• Flexaret Standart
• Flexaret automat VI
• Flexaret automat VII

Folding 6x6

• Milona

Interchangeable lens (viewfinder/rangefinder) 35mm

• Opema I/II

Fixed lens 35mm

• Optineta
• Etareta

Stereo 35mm A stereo camera is a type of camera with two or more lenses. ...

• Stereo 35

16mm Subminiature Subminiature photography is the practice of using unusually small cameras with unusually small film formats to make photographs. ...

• Mikroma series

Large format 13x18

• Magnola

External links

• Official website