Cambo camera
Encyclopedia
Cambo BV is a manufacturer of high quality, mainly large format
cameras based in Kampen
, the Netherlands, and has the distinction of being the first studio camera manufacturer to produce an all-metal large format camera.
, the Netherlands.
At the time the company was called Technica Hengelo. Trying to export the first produced camera 'Super Technica' a confusion with Linhof Technica made it necessary to rethink the company's name to Cambo (CAMera BOk)
The company moved to Kampen in 1965.
In 1968, cambo obtained worldwide success by developing the multishot camera. This camera fitted with four lenses and hence is able to take four pictures at a time.
Since several years Cambo has expanded their product range into the market for Video supports.
The RS has been designed for digital photography with high-end digital backs.
It features Schneider
's latest Digitar lenses as well as Rodenstock
's Digaron-S and Digaron-W series.
Large format
Large format refers to any imaging format of 4×5 inches or larger. Large format is larger than "medium format", the 6×6 cm or 6×9 cm size of Hasselblad, Rollei, Kowa, Pentax etc cameras , and much larger than the 24×36 mm frame of 35 mm format.The main advantage...
cameras based in Kampen
Kampen (Overijssel)
Kampen is a municipality, a city and an old Hanseatic city at the lower reaches of the river IJssel in the Dutch province of Overijssel.The municipality of Kampen counts 50,073 inhabitants in an area of approximately 162 km² . Kampen is located in the North West of Overijssel and is the...
, the Netherlands, and has the distinction of being the first studio camera manufacturer to produce an all-metal large format camera.
History
The company was founded by Roelof Bok in 1945 in HengeloHengelo
Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:...
, the Netherlands.
At the time the company was called Technica Hengelo. Trying to export the first produced camera 'Super Technica' a confusion with Linhof Technica made it necessary to rethink the company's name to Cambo (CAMera BOk)
The company moved to Kampen in 1965.
In 1968, cambo obtained worldwide success by developing the multishot camera. This camera fitted with four lenses and hence is able to take four pictures at a time.
Since several years Cambo has expanded their product range into the market for Video supports.
Current large format cameras
- Wide RS
The RS has been designed for digital photography with high-end digital backs.
It features Schneider
Schneider
Schneider is a surname, common in Germany, it may also refer to:Companies and organizations* G. Schneider & Sohn, Bavarian brewery company* Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG, former owner of the Dual brand record players...
's latest Digitar lenses as well as Rodenstock
Rodenstock GmbH
The Rodenstock GmbH is a renowned German manufacturer headquartered in Munich and the only brand producer of the entire spectacles product worldwide...
's Digaron-S and Digaron-W series.
- Wide DS
- Ultima
- X2-pro
- Sc.2
- 45 Pepro-D