Franka Kamerawerk was a manufacturer of

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equipment situated in

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

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. It was founded by Franz Vyskocil in 1909. Company was known under several names during its life: Vysko-Fabrik Franz Vyskocil; Weigand & Vyskocil; Frankonia-Kamerawerk; Hogaschwerk; Franka-Kamerawerk.Franka-Kamerawerk from Collectiblend
/ref> By 1958 Franka had 154 employees and production of 650,000 cameras.Franka-Kamerawerk from Camera-Wiki
/ref> In 1962 Franka was sold to Henry Wirgin (

Wirgin Wirgin was a German company which is still known for its brands Wirgin and Edixa, and for its camera types like the Edina, the Edinex or the Gewirette. It was based in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden and made a line of quite inexpensive 35mm SLRs ...

) and camera production ceased in 1967.

Camera models

* Bonafix * Bubi * Champion * Francolor * Franka * Frankamatic * Frankarette * Record * Rolfix * Rollop * Solida * Solida Record * Solida Jr. * Super Frankarette * Weitz

Citations

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