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Company Summary
Alpa
Company Website: http://www.alpa.ch/
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A Swiss camera manufacturer from the 1940s. Decalred bankruptcy in 1990. In 1996 the worldwide rights to the brand-name ALPA were acquired by Capaul & Weber, Zurich. The new owners aim is to continue the tradition of quality established with the classic 35-mm ALPA reflex cameras and to enter into the field of medium-format cameras. On 18 April 1996 the internet domain alpa.ch was registered and soon the first website went online. At Photokina 1998 the first two ALPA 12 models are shown. Both were for medium-format: ALPA 12 WA (Wide Angle) and ALPA 12 SWA (Shift Wide Angle). Since then ALPA became one of the leading companies for technical cameras in medium format (first analog/film up to 6×9 and nowadays primarily with high-end digital backs). Most recently, the company has been reborn as the new “Alpa” brand of the Swiss company Capaul & Weber, and is used for minimalistic medium format cameras using specifically mounted lenses from Rodenstock, Schneider and Zeiss.
Lens Models
Alpa Switar
Alpa Switar 24mm T3.5
Alpa Switar 35mm T3.5
Alpa Switar 45mm T2.8
Alpa Switar 55mm T3.5
Alpa Switar 80mm T2.0
Alpa Switar Macro 120mm T4.0
Alpa Switar 140mm T2.8
Alpa Switar 210mm T4.0
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