Plaubel

Plaubel is originally a German camera maker, founded in 1902 by Hugo Schrader as a distributor and lens maker. It began the production of cameras in 1910. It became famous for the Makina series of press cameras, introduced as early as 1911 and withdrawn around 1960. After the war, it also made monorail view cameras, and a big 9×9 SLR called Makiflex. In 1975 it was bought by Kimio Doi (of the Doi company) and effectively became a Japanese company. It launched a modernized successor to the Makina, called the Makina 67, in cooperation with Konica, and later with Mamiya. It stopped the production of the Makina 67 in 1986. The company still services and repairs this cameras. Plaubel continues to produce large format monorail cameras (Peco Profia for 4×5, 5×7 and 8×10 inch) but also a 6×9 monorail camera for digital and roll film (PL69D).

Cameras

Film plates or cut film

large format monorail cameras

• Peco Junior
• Peco Profia
• Peco Supra
• Peco Universal
• Peco Profia PL1

4.5×6 strut folding

• Baby Makina

6.5×9 strut folding

With adaptors for 120 film.

• Makina I
• Makina II
• Makina III
• Makina IIIR

45×107mm stereo strut folding

• Stereo Makina 45×107

6×13 stereo strut folding

• Stereo Makina 6×13

roll film (120 & 220)

4.5×6 folding

• Roll-Op and Roll-Op II (4.5×6 version)

6×6 folding

• Roll-Op and Roll-Op II (6×6 version)

6×7 strut folding

• Makinette 67
• Makina 67
• Makina W67
• Makina 670

6×9 view finder

• 69W ProShift (with Schneider Super-Angulon 5,6/47 mm ultra-wide-angle lens)

6×9 monorail view cameras

• PL69D

6×10 view finder

• Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide 100 (with Schneider Super-Angulon 8/47 mm ultra-wide-angle lens)

9×9 SLR

• Makiflex
• Pecoflex

127 film

• Makinette (3×4)

35mm film

• Makinette 35P, prototypes only

16mm film

• Makinette 16, prototypes only

Lenses

• Anastigmat-Tele-Peconar
• Anticomar
• Heli-Orthar
• Triple-Orthar

Links:

In English:

• Information on PL69D by The Big Picture
• Plaubel Cameras Manual (PDF) : Photo-Manuals.com
• Information on 69W ProShift

In Spanish:

• Plaubel at Historia de Bolsillo by J. Noir

In French:

• Chambres Plaubel by Bernard Sulmon

In German:

• Plaubel website
• Plaubel - Kameras aus Frankfurt Photoscala article on history and current range of Plaubel