1960's Linhof camera factory tour movie...

[Embdude]

On YouTube a very fun and amazing visit to the Linhof camera factory in Munich and a review of the Technika cameras they made at the time.

"Made of 954 parts"
Visiting the Linhof Nikolaus Karpf KG, Precision Camera Works, Munchen

https://youtu.be/VtuWDzeANPM

Informative advertising film from the 60s with the BR television announcer Anneliese Fleyenschmidt.
Digital Processing: www.protel-film.de Project management and research: Günter Merkle.
You can also visit the website for the history of technology in the Ulm region. www.rtg-ulm.de

[nitroplait]

Fascinating!
Although I imagine that this was state-of-the-art production at the time, it is amazing to see, with modern eyes, how many human hands were involved.

[Tin Can]

now I know why so many workers had eye patches

[Tin Can]

I astounded almost no eye safety

now I know why so many workers had eye patches

[Bob Salomon]

I astounded almost no eye safety

No, but on the wall by the entrance to that large work room was a beer vending machine!

[Tin Can]

No, but on the wall by the entrance to that large work room was a beer vending machine!

Milwaukee beer factories let workers drink free as long as they never got drunk

Those big Germans has a large capacity

I think that ended about 1980

[Mark J]

Milwaukee beer factories let workers drink free as long as they never got drunk

Those big Germans has a large capacity

I think that ended about 1980

You could still buy a beer at lunchtime in Carl Zeiss in 1998 !

[nolindan]

Hmmm, I'm not sure I would brag about a product needing 954 parts to function.

A Technika made from 15 parts - now that's something worth talking about.

"A good engineer can make with 10¢ what any fool can make with $10."

[David Lindquist]

"A good engineer can make with 10¢ what any fool can make with $10."

Or as Nevil Shute rendered it on the frontispiece of Trustee From the Toolroom "An engineer is a man who can do for five bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid. Definition – origin unknown"

David

[David Lindquist]

Very interesting, and I don't understand German. I was struck by the number of women working at production jobs. Liked the brief vignette at about 10 minutes of the apprentice lad being instructed in the art of filing. Thank you for this.

David