Porst is not my primary brand of interest but I still think that what has been said do far does not do this name justice.
Porst certainly is one of the great names in the German photo industry since the twenties, although he - to my knowledge - never actually made cameras. However, he had many, many cameras made to his specs before WWII (not just rebadged) and has played his part as the largest (by far) retailer (mainly mail order) before and after the war. Porst is and always was a 'West-German' company. They imported Japanese as well as east German (GDR) cameras. Since the late eighties Porst is no longer family owned and the brand has since then changed ownership several times. Sven Zitat von Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Many brand names have been reused as names for products that have nothing to > do with the original brand/manufacturer. Trading companiers, that have no > production anymore or have no real realations with the original brand buy > old names. Exakta, Contax, Voigtländer - are examples - to mention a few. I > believe ther's a market for just "names". When a manufacturer closes down, > they can make a profit by selling or licensing their name/brand. > > A Cosina named Porst is still not a Porst, just a Cosina with "borrowed" > name tag. > > BTW, I may be confusing Alpha (made by Zeiss) with Acra Swiss, a large > format Swiss camera - portable large format, great for landscapes etc. I was > reviewed in Outdoor Photographer a couple of years back. > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Raimo K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 7. februar 2005 22:30 > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Emne: Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > > > I wrote: "IIRC the later SLRs were rebadged Chinons." Do you have > difficulties in reading? > And by "later" I do not mean fifties SLRs which were indeed made in DDR like > the pictures clearly show. Try to find some info concerning the eighties, > for > instance. Here is one sample: > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4702&item=3872139519&r > d=1 > Looks like the still later ones were made by Cosina - and maybe by some > others as well. Porst filed for bankruptcy in 2002. > And there was no Swiss camera by the name Alpha, it was the prestigious > Alpa, made by Pignons SA, no connection with Porst whatsoever. > All the best! > Raimo K > Personal photography homepage at: > http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:18 PM > Subject: RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > > > > Rebadged Chinons - in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) in the fifties? > > Come on! I seriously doubt it! > > They were from Dresden: > > > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8275&item=3871653324&r > > d=1 > > > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8275&item=3871653324&r > > d=1 > > In this last add it actually says it's baugleich (built like/the same as) > > a > > Praktica (Pentacon, Dresden, DDR)! > > > > This one even has a Praktica lens! > > > > Jens Bladt > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Raimo K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 7. februar 2005 20:52 > > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Emne: Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > > > > > > No, it is just a trading company, rebadging only, no manufacturing > > facilities anywhere (?). IIRC the later SLRs were rebadged Chinons. > > All the best! > > Raimo K > > Personal photography homepage at: > > http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:32 PM > > Subject: RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > > > > > >> Yes, German company. I seem to remember a connection with Swiss "Alpha", > >> but > >> I'm not shure. > >> Perhaps realated to DDR kameras from the Dresden manufacturers, Pentacon, > >> Ihagee, Zeiss Ikon etc > >> Anyway, look: > >> http://www.praktica-collector.de/134_Porst_reflex_FX2.htm > >> http://www.praktica-collector.de/162_Porst_FX4.htm > >> > >> > > > http://search.ebay.de/porst_Porst_W0QQcatrefZC12QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentryp > > > ageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsaatsZ77QQ > >> sacatZ4702 > >> > >> All the best > >> Jens Bladt > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > >> > >> > >> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > >> Fra: Wilko Bulte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sendt: 7. februar 2005 08:36 > >> Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >> Emne: Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 08:44:44PM -0500, Larry Cook wrote.. > >>> I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never > >>> heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and > >>> the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does > >>> anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in > >>> general? > >> > >> Porst is indeed a German company. To the best of my knowledge they > >> never had manufacturing capability, rather they sold OEM-ed stuff under > >> their own name. Most likely different OEMs as well. > >> > >> Around here (the Netherlands) the Porst stuff does not fetch any real > >> money at used-camera markets. For what that means.. > >> > >> Wilko > >> > > > > > > >
