Leidolf was founded by Rudolf Leidolf in 1921 as a manufacturer of optical equipment located in Wetzlar, Germany. The company initially produced lenses for microscopes. After World War II the company resumed business as part of the us managed western Germany. In 1949 the company began to manufacture cameras with the Leidox camera being the first. The company designed but did not manufacture their own lens. They sourced them from Enna Optik in Munich. The Leidolf cameras were distributed by Wedena in Bad Nauheim. Leidolf exported cameras to other countries including the United States where they were marketed by Unimark Photo Inc. of New York City and sold through the Montgomery Ward company. Camera production ended in 1962 when Wild Heerbrugg took over the Leidolf camera factory and it was then used for manufacturing surveying equipment. The Leidolf company continued for years until it was taken over by Leica in 1990.


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Adams 351
Adams 352
Auto Malik
Automatic Unimark I
Automatic Unimark II
Automatic Unimark III
Leidox
Lordette
Lordomat
Lordomat C-35
Lordomat SE
Lordomat SLE
Lordomatic
Lordomatic II
Lordomatic IIR
Lordox (1952)
Lordox (1957)
Lordox Automat
Lordox BL
Lordox Blitz
Lordox Junior
Lordox Junior B
Lordox Super Automat
Optina
Unimatic 606
Unimatic 707

REF:
2005 McKeowens Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras p.596
4 Dec 2020 - Camera Wiki (http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Leidolf)
14 March 2021 - CJ's classic camera collection (http://www.cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk/leidolf/leidolf.html)

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