DIAX-corrections
 
Although my book on the Diax-camera-history has been published, I will continue researching.
On this page you're welcome to find corrections to the book, updated information or further comments.

Sorry to say that you will find some misprints or grammatical errors in the book.
"Nobody is perfect"

Please, note the following important corrections:

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Mistake and correction
14
in footnote 19 reference must be: Übersicht VIII (statt VII)
43
"An das Mittelstück wurde eine Vorderwand sowie die Ober- und Unterdeckel angeschraubt." Must be:
An das Mittelstück wurde die Vorderwand sowie der Oberdeckel angeschraubt. (bottom plate - i.e. GERMAN "Unterdeckel" - was screwed to the removable back and not to the middle piece.)
153
Regards to footnote 185 in appendix (p. 177) the proper source is missing:
Scheiba, Dieter/Seelentag, Werner: "Adox 500 - Geschichte eines gleich zweimal geplatzten Wechsels", in: Photo Antiquaria, Hg.: Club Daguerre, Heft 1-2/1999, S. 4ff.
155
"Das Suchersystem dieser L-2 gleicht in der Anlage den unter a) und b) beschriebenen c-Prototypen..."
Here a) refers to Diax IIc, while b) refers to Diax IIIc, both described on p. 152.
186
Reference to the estimated production number of the Diaxette must be: p. 138 instead of p. 113.
188 f.
The survey "Adressen der Auslieferungslager und ..." must be titled Übersicht VIII (not VII).
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of pictures
Hans Logé: 63, 64
Rolf Schickler: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 32, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 70
(alle anderen: P. Geisler bzw. Repros)


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35
January 2003:
Photographs of the 24x24-project haven't been published in the book. You can find some PIC's HERE.


60
November 2002:
According to an advertising in the periodical "Der Photohändler", Heering-Verlag Seebruck/Chiemsee, Heft Juni/1951, p 32, there was a Proximeter close-up focussing device even for the Diax II,  made by Schneider/Hamburg as early as 1951. There are two items known realiter (Proximeter I and II), but both different to the advertised type. See PIC HERE.

72
However until november 2002 about double a number of interchangeable lenses has been registered, there was no hint on a change of the partition of the lens-types.

80
August 2002:
Diax Standard: These cameras have been advertised in an Australian camera-magazine ("Popular Photography", November 1954, p. 94) for 27 Australian Pounds. However, the text describing the Diax Standard was false illustrated by using the picture of a Diaxette. The advertisement containes a hint on the Australian Diax - representatives Salmon & Gardener (Melbourne) .
December 2002:
As meanwhile 9 cameras of this type are known, one obviously has to speak of a small series instead of prototypes (ref. to survey on page 185).
The following body-numbers are safed as to now: 63309 / 63325 / 63379 / 63429 / 63532 / 63613 / 63655 / 64506 / 64533
March 2003:
A 10th Diax Standard was listed with an internet auction in Hungaria in early 2003. Body number was quoted 64495, but neither picture nor further information was available as the auction obviously was run out in approx. March 2003.
April 2003:
Diax Standard - a never-ending story??? No. 11 came up with body-# 63305. Are there still more to come???
Note: except # 64495 (Hungaria) all other "Standards" are known from pic's or realiter.

See nice Diax Standard set HERE.
June 2003:
Well, things appear to be going on. Here is Diax Standard no. 12, reported from Australia: body-number 63358.
July 2003:
Diax Standard  no. 13 with body-# 63903 came out the Australian  "bush".
See recent listing of Diax Standard body-## HERE.
January 2004:
Few parts of another Diax Standard came up in Australia: body without shutter, without lens. Alas, the accessory shoe with the camera's serial number was missing, too, so this data is probably gone forever. As it is rather unlikely that one of the Diax Standards already known has been unscrewed to pieces, there's apparently evidence for the existance of at least 14 Diax Standards.

Let's keep on watching how things are going on...

92

April 2003:
When developping the Ia-body to the IIa-rangefinder-type the light-alloy body has been modified with some details as comparison is showing.
See PIC HERE.

95
April 2004:
The distribution of Diax-products in New-Zealand was organized by 
T.A. Macalister Ltd, 12 Albert St. Auckland C.1 after having finalised arrangements with Gardener&Salmon (Australia) in 1952.  (source: Australasian Popular Photographer, Juni 1952, S. 5)
101 April 2002:
a-Xenagon 35mm (no. 415): Meanwhile such a lens is known with black rim / without red triangle: lens-# 4410192.
102
March 2004:
regards Diax-a-Westar 3,5/50mm Nr. 415: After the first series marked "Opt. Werke Göttingen" (OWG), Westars were marked ISCO. Now two later Westars again marked with OWG came up, so that there is evidence that another (small?) series of OWG-Westars existed.

A typical Diax-Westar-lens came up, however signed with an unusual "Isconar" and a serial-number 478735, which is high regards both Westar AND Isconar lenses
(see pic and serial-numbers HERE).
103
April 2002:
a-Tele-Xenar 90mm (Nr. 414): There is evidence now for all three variants: 1) chrome/red triangle 2) black/red triangle 3) black/no triangle
November 2002:
a-Isconar 85mm (Nr. 417):
For this type, too, a a version with black rim (similar to the Isconar 50mm and the Schneider-lenses) is known.

113 April 2002:
IIb-cameras with additional 35mm-finder (instead of the usual 85-90mm-finder) obviously date from the latest period of production in 1957 (and not 1956, as supposed in the book). 
Recently known is such a IIb-camera with body-number 135.463 within a total range of serial-numbers from 120.001 to about 138.xxx for Diax-IIb cameras.
June 2003:
A Ib (body serial-# 101733) came up with  false viewfinder engravings, not matching the focal lengths available for the b-Diax cameras but copying the common Diax Ia engravings from 1952-53.
See PIC HERE for different viewfinder engravings with Diax-b cameras.

120 April 2002:
b-Tele-Xenar 90mm (Nr. 514):
Obviously these lenses have been regularly made in the heavy brass mount, like the a-version (weight 358 g, chrome). The mentioned lighter version (light-alloy, 238 g) is known from the assets of Walter Voss and appears to have been a prototype.

124

May 2003:
Diax accessory # 450 / adopter for using Diax lenses with M39-thread-enlargers.
In addition to the original Diax-accessory another professionally made adopter came up. Amazingly there occured a second one fully alike the first. Unfortunately, none of these two non-Diax-adopters shows any maker's signature, so there's no evidence whether there was a (small)series of these items made. See PIC HERE.

126
November 2002:
The van-Albada-finders (auxiliary finders) have been made in shining chrome as well as in satin chrome.

152-153
November 2003
A prototype lens XENON 1:1,9/50mm for the c - models came up. See HERE for more information and pic's.


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April 2003:
On paperwork for the Ib and IIb-Diax, cameras show a different kind of rewind knob. Meanwhile a modified IIa is known with exactly such a knob. As there are no signs of damage this knob seems to have been mounted at the Voss factory. It appears as if such knobs have been used in very few cases in about 1955.
See PIC HERE. 
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August 2010
The former Diax factory building will be pulled down. See last pic's.

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