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The Cameras of the GDR - 7 - The Edixa Story

Part seven of the documentary "The Cameras of the GDR and the Development of the SLR". To watch the entire documentary, here is a link to the playlist:    • The Cameras of the GDR and the Development...  . In this particular video we continue our story with the development of the Edixa by Wirgin, and talk about Henri Wirgin and Heinz Waaske. We trace a journey from Dresden to West Germany and back again, and finally discuss the failure of Wirgin and the Edixa, due to prevention by the cartel to allow the innovative designs of Heinz Waaske to go into production, and how Heinz Waaske had to go to Rollei to finally see the Edixa designed Rollei 35 developed. The entire series follows the progress from the Origin in Jena, the Exakta and Praktiflex cameras, made in Dresden before WW2, through the development of the Contax S by Zeiss Ikon Jena and Dresden, and the Praktina in Dresden, how this became the Pentacon and later the Praktica of Kamera Werk Niedersedlitz (Dresden), or KW. How the various makers of lenses and cameras were consolidated at Dresden and Jena into one company, including the famous lens maker Meyer-Optik Gorlitz. This and much more, including the movement of the intellectual property and machinery from the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to West Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Japan, with the involvement of the US Internationalists. It is an inter esting journey over 20 or so video parts, a Super Documentary, made during the winter of 2022/23 in Bromyard, UK. Music by Lightnin' Papa Abe Ram and the Small Stones. I hope you enjoy the videos. Adam of Bremen-Krubally, November 2022.