ADOX: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 09:14, 10 October 2024

The ADOX brand for photographic purposes has been used by three different companies since its original conception over one hundred fifty years ago. ADOX was originally a brand name used by the German company, Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH of Frankfurt am Main, the world's first photographic materials manufacturer. In 1962 the Schleussner family sold its photographic holdings to DuPont, an American company. DuPont used the brand for its subsidiary, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging for X-ray films. In 1999, Sterling was bought by the German company Agfa. Agfa did not use the brand and allowed its registration to lapse in 2003. Fotoimpex of Berlin, Germany, a company founded in 1992 to import photographic films and papers from former eastern Europe immediately registered the brand and today ADOX is a brand of black and white films, photographic papers and photochemistry produced by ADOX Fotowerke GmbH based in Bad Saarow near Berlin.

History

Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH (1860 - 1962)

ADOX was originally a brand name used by the German company, Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH of Frankfurt am Main, the world's first photographic materials manufacturer.^[1] The company's founder, Dr. Carl Schleussner, did pioneering work on the wet-collodion process during the early years of photography, and formed his manufacturing company in 1860. Working with the physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays, Dr. Schleussner invented the first X-ray plate.

The Schleussner firm began marketing cameras under the ADOX brand name in the first third of the 20th century and, recognizing the growing importance of the brand, renamed itself "Adox Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH." In 1952 they introduced a line of very sharp black and white 35 mm films under the ADOX brand.

DuPont & Agfa (1962 - 2003)

In 1962, the Schleussner family sold its photographic holdings to DuPont, an American company. DuPont became owners of the trademark, and registered it in the United States.

In the 1970s, Dupont licensed the Adox film technology, but not the trademark, and sold the coating plant with 'dip and dunk' machinery of their film to Fotokemika, Samobor, Croatia (at the time Yugoslavia) in 1972 who continued to produce the traditional black and white films according to the 1950s ADOX formulas under the Efke brand. (See List of discontinued photographic films). The Efke black & white KB (135) and R (120) films in 3 speeds (ISO 25, 50 and 100) were noted for their wide-latitude, smooth grain, great tonality, incredible sharpness and being capable of high contrast results.^[2] In particular the slowest speed film KB 25 was laid down as a single layer emulsion. The films were low cost but due to their soft emulsion were prone to scratching during processing as well as quality issues.

DuPont kept the Adox trademark, transferring it to a subsidiary, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, for its Adox brand X-ray films. DuPont still applies it to an industrial chemical, sodium chlorite.

In 1999, Sterling was bought by the German company Agfa, and was absorbed into Agfa's Health Sciences unit. In this roundabout way, the Adox photographic trademark once again briefly became German. Agfa did not use the Adox trademark, and the mark was removed from the German Patent Office trademark registry in March, 2003. It was almost immediately revived by companies in Canada, the United States, and Fotoimpex in Germany.

ADOX Fotowerke GmbH (2003 on)

The current rights to the ADOX name were obtained in 2003 by Fotoimpex of Berlin, Germany, a company founded in 1992 to import photographic films and papers from former eastern Europe. In particular they imported the Efke KB films and sold them branded as 'ADOX CHS Art' thus finally re-uniting the ADOX name with the original Schleussner film formula.

Fotoimpex established the ADOX Fotowerke GmbH film factory in Bad Saarow outside Berlin to convert and package their films, papers and chemicals using machinery acquired from the closed AGFA (Leverkusen, Germany) and Forte Photochemical Industry (Hungary) photographic plants.

ADOX test-produced a slightly improved version of the original AGFA APX 400 as ADOX Pan 400 during 2010.^[3]

After Fotokemikas closure in 2012 due to failure of the original film making machinery proving too expensive to repair, Fotoimpex had ADOX CHS II (100 ISO, equivalent to Efke KB 100) black and white film produced using modern cascade coating. This took priority over proposals to re-introduce Agfa APX 400.

In February 2015 they purchased/obtained a long lease on the former Ilford Imaging, Switzerland (Ciba Geigy) machine E, medium scale coating line at Marly, Switzerland to coat photographic film and paper. Trial coating for ADOX CHS (II) was undertaken at Marly prior to its re-introduction in 2018.^[4]^[5]^[6] The plant has also been used for testing the proposed revival of Polywarmtone Paper last produced by Forte in Hungary.^[7]

ADOX are also (2017–19) doubling the size of the film factory in Bad Saarow, Germany to add a small coating line using a former AGFA machine as well as space for small scale chemical production and film materials storage.^[8]

Current Products

ADOX Fotowerke GmbH produces a range of black and white films, photographic paper and photochemistry. The company has notably resurrected former ADOX films and AGFA films, paper and chemicals including the entire Agfa B&W chemistry line with the help of its former employees and it now holds the trademark in Europe and USA for the famous (Agfa) Rodinal film developer. It also sells newer more 'eco-friendly products'. Chemistry is produced in house in their factory.

Films

CMS 20 II ISO 20 An Agfa-Gevaert ortho micro film converted by ADOX offering very high resolution, needing special developer to tame contrast for normal pictures. Format: 135, 120*
CHS II 100 ISO The original ADOX R/KB21 film (Efke KB100 to 2012) classic 1950s ortho-panchromatic B&W print film. Introduced 2013 as a modern coating on a polyester base, but sold out by 2016. It was not re-introduced until 2018, initially as sheet film. Format: 135*, 120*, Sheet film.
Silvermax 100 ISO panchromatic B&W print film on a triacetate base (Similar to the original Agfa APX 100). Format: 135
SCALA 160 ISO panchromatic B&W reversal film (Same film as Silvermax) Format:135
HR-50 50 ISO Super-panchromatic ultra fine grain - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 modified to enhance usability. May also be used as an infra-red film with suitable filtration. Introduced 2018^[9] Format: 135
IR-HR PRO 50 ISO 80. Super-panchromatic fine grain film - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 as HR-50 without modification. Initial trial batch introduced 2018.^[10] Format: 135

(*current unavailable)

Photographic Paper

MCC 110. Fibre based paper (As for Agfa Multicontrast Classic) emulsion made using original Agfa machinery.
MCP 310. Premium Resin Coated photopaper with outstanding image quality (As for Agfa Multicontrast Classic) emulsion made using original Agfa machinery.
Fine Print Variotone. A newly developed warmtone paper made in cooperation with Harman Technology and Wolfgang Moersch
Lupex. A slow speed contact fibre paper made with a silver chloride emulsion and replaces Kodak Azo or Fomalux.

Other Photographic Paper

Art Baryta. Pure uncoated baryta base for coating with liquid emulsions
Fibre Baryta. Inkjet paper using fibre-base from analog photo paper manufacturing (100% alphacellulose with a barium-sulfate coating) and is coated with an inkjet receiving layer plus a backside coating to minimize curling behavior.
Fibre Monojet. An inkjet media optimized for the reproduction of black and white images.

Film Developers

RODINAL Liquid concentrate developer dating from 1891 and produced according to Agfa Leverkusen's latest Rodinal formula from 2004
ATOMAL 49. Powder based Universal ultra-finegrain developer for all types of B/W materials with good speed utilisation and high compensating factor. (Development of Agfa Atomal with currently available chemistry)
FX 39 II. Geoffry Crawleys FX-39 was a development of Willi Beutler's formula for Neofin Red.
Silvermax Developer. Specially formulated to increase tonal range in the Silvermax 21 film, formulated by SPUR
XT-3. A two-part powder developer equivalent to Kodak Xtol.

Paper Developers

ADOTOL NE. Liquid concentrate Neutral black working paper developer. Former Agfa developer
NEUTOL WA. Liquid concentrate warm tone paper developer. Former Agfa developer
MCC Developer. Liquid concentrate fine art developer For Multigrade Papers for neutral-black image tones. Former Agfa developer
NEUTOL ECO. Liquid concentrate without hydroquinine based on ascorbic acid.
ADOTOL KONSTANT Powder developer, which produces a neutral-black image tone
RA-4 Kit Liquid concentrate colour paper developer kit

Other Chemicals

ADOSTOP ECO (2018) Liquid concentrate 100% citric acid based odourless stop bath.
Acetic Acid 60% Acetic acid liquid concentrate for stop baths.
ADOFIX Plus Liquid concentrate, high capacity express-fixer with maximum capacity for black and white photo papers (RC and fibre), films and photographic plates.
ADOFLO Highly liquid concentrated wetting agent
ADOSTAB Liquid concentrate, image stabilizer and wetting agent.
SELENTONER Selenium toner for black and white photomaterials (films or paper)

Discontinued Products

Produced by ADOX Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH.

Cameras

135 format

Adrette, name variant of the Wirgin Edinex
Adox 300
Adox 500, prototypes
Golf I (1964)
Golf IA
Golf IIA
Golf IIIA
ADOX Polo
Polo 1S
Polomat
Polomatic

6 x 6 Box

ADOX 66
Adox Blitz

6 x 6 Folding

Golf I
Golf II
Golf IV
Mess-Golf I
Mess-Golf II
Mess-Golf IV
Golf 63 (1954–59)
Golf 63 S
Golf 45 S

6 x 9

Adox Sport (6x9 + 6x4.5)
Adox Start (1950)

Films

ADOX KB 14 / R14 (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
ADOX KB 17 / R17 (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
ADOX KB 21 / R21 (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
ADOX C15 (1958) Color reversal film
ADOX C17 (?) Color reversal film

References

^ "- About ADOX -". Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "Film stock review: Efke KB-25 in 35mm format". 9 September 2015.
^ "- Adox Pan 400 -". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "The best things in life are analog | ADOX acquires Ilford´s medium scale coating machine".
^ "L'homme qui redonne vie à la Machine E d'Ilford". La Gruyere (in French). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "The best things in life are analog | CHS 100 II Sheetfilm available again".
^ "The best things in life are analog | Final Polywarmtone Layer Build up".
^ "The best things in life are analog | Agfa Coating Table mooved into the new building".
^ "ADOX HR-50 High Resolution Film" (PDF). fotoimpex.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "Fotoimpex Berlin - the Analogue Photography Specialists".

Sources

The text of this article has been adapted with permission from information published at [1]

External links

Official website
Documents and clippings about ADOX in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

[1] "- About ADOX -". Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[2] "Film stock review: Efke KB-25 in 35mm format". 9 September 2015.

[3] "- Adox Pan 400 -". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[4] "The best things in life are analog | ADOX acquires Ilford´s medium scale coating machine".

[5] "L'homme qui redonne vie à la Machine E d'Ilford". La Gruyere (in French). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

[6] "The best things in life are analog | CHS 100 II Sheetfilm available again".

[7] "The best things in life are analog | Final Polywarmtone Layer Build up".

[8] "The best things in life are analog | Agfa Coating Table mooved into the new building".

[9] "ADOX HR-50 High Resolution Film" (PDF). fotoimpex.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

[10] "Fotoimpex Berlin - the Analogue Photography Specialists".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{for|ADOX in computer programming|ActiveX Data Objects}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
 [[Image:ADOX 66.jpg|thumb|320px|ADOX 66 camera (1950)]]
+The '''ADOX''' brand for photographic purposes has been used by three different companies since its original conception over one hundred fifty years ago.  ADOX was originally a [[brand]] name used by the German company, Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] of [[Frankfurt am Main]], the world's first photographic materials manufacturer. In 1962 the Schleussner family sold its photographic holdings to [[DuPont]], an American company. DuPont used the brand for its subsidiary, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging for X-ray films. In 1999, Sterling was bought by the German company [[Agfa-Gevaert|Agfa]]. Agfa did not use the brand and allowed its registration to lapse in 2003. Fotoimpex of Berlin, Germany, a company founded in 1992 to import photographic films and papers from former eastern Europe immediately registered the brand and today ADOX is a brand of black and white films, photographic papers and photochemistry produced by ADOX Fotowerke GmbH based in Bad Saarow near Berlin.
+==History==
-==ADOX Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH (1860 - 1962)==
+===Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH (1860 - 1962)===
-'''ADOX''' was originally a [[brand]] name used by the [[Germany|German]] company, Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] of [[Frankfurt am Main]], the world's first photographic materials manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX_History/About_ADOX.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-07-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605061839/http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX_History/About_ADOX.html |archivedate=2014-06-05 |df= }}</ref> The company's founder, Dr. Carl Schleussner, did pioneering work on the wet-[[collodion process]] during the early years of photography, and formed his manufacturing company in 1860. Working with the physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen]], discoverer of [[X-ray]]s, Dr. Schleussner invented the first X-ray plate.
+ADOX was originally a [[brand]] name used by the [[Germany|German]] company, Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] of [[Frankfurt am Main]], the world's first photographic materials manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX_History/About_ADOX.html |title=- About ADOX - |accessdate=2014-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605061839/http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX_History/About_ADOX.html |archivedate=2014-06-05 }}</ref> The company's founder, Dr. Carl Schleussner, did pioneering work on the wet-[[collodion process]] during the early years of photography, and formed his manufacturing company in 1860. Working with the physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen]], discoverer of [[X-ray]]s, Dr. Schleussner invented the first X-ray plate.
 The Schleussner firm began marketing cameras under the ADOX brand name in the first third of the 20th century and, recognizing the growing importance of the brand, renamed itself "Adox Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH." In 1952 they introduced a line of very sharp black and white [[135 film|35 mm films]] under the ADOX brand.
+===DuPont & Agfa (1962 - 2003)===
-===Products===
-====Cameras====
-'''135 format'''
-* Adrette, name variant of the Wirgin Edinex
-* Adox 300
-* Adox 500, prototypes
-* Golf I (1964)
-* Golf IA
-* Golf IIA
-* Golf IIIA
-* [[ADOX Polo]]
-* Polo 1S
-* Polomat
-* Polomatic
-'''6 x 6 Box'''
-* [[ADOX 66]]
-* Adox Blitz
-'''6 x 6 Folding'''
-* Golf I
-* Golf II
-* Golf IV
-* Mess-Golf I
-* Mess-Golf II
-* Mess-Golf IV
-* Golf 63 (1954–59)
-* Golf 63 S
-* Golf 45 S
-'''6 x 9'''
-* Adox Sport (6x9 + 6x4.5)
-* Adox Start (1950)
-====Films====
-* '''ADOX KB 14 / R14''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
-* '''ADOX KB 17 / R17''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
-* '''ADOX KB 21 / R21''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
-* '''ADOX C15''' (1958) Color reversal film
-* '''ADOX C17''' (?) Color reversal film
-==ADOX (DuPont & Agfa) (1962 - 2003)==
 In 1962, the Schleussner family sold its photographic holdings to [[DuPont]], an American company. DuPont became owners of the trademark, and registered it in the [[United States]].
-In the 1970s, Dupont the owners of the Adox brand licensed the Adox film technology, but not the trademark, and sold the coating plant with 'dip and dunk' machinery of their film to Fotokemika, Samobor, Croatia (at the time [[Yugoslavia]]) in 1972 who continued to produce the traditional black and white films according to the 1950s ADOX formulas under the '''[[Efke]]''' brand. (See [[List of discontinued photographic films]]). The Efke black & white KB (135) and R (120) films in 3 speeds (ISO 25, 50 and 100) were noted for their  wide-latitude, smooth grain, great tonality, incredible sharpness and being capable of high contrast results.<ref>https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-reviews/efke-film-reviews/film-review-efke-kb-25-35mm-format</ref> In particular the slowest speed film KB 25 was laid down as a single layer emulsion. The films were low cost but due to their soft emulsion were prone to scratching during processing as well as quality issues.
+In the 1970s, Dupont licensed the Adox film technology, but not the trademark, and sold the coating plant with 'dip and dunk' machinery of their film to Fotokemika, Samobor, Croatia (at the time [[Yugoslavia]]) in 1972 who continued to produce the traditional black and white films according to the 1950s ADOX formulas under the '''[[Efke]]''' brand. (See [[List of discontinued photographic films]]). The Efke black & white KB (135) and R (120) films in 3 speeds (ISO 25, 50 and 100) were noted for their  wide-latitude, smooth grain, great tonality, incredible sharpness and being capable of high contrast results.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-reviews/efke-film-reviews/film-review-efke-kb-25-35mm-format|title = Film stock review: Efke KB-25 in 35mm format|date = 9 September 2015}}</ref> In particular the slowest speed film KB 25 was laid down as a single layer emulsion. The films were low cost but due to their soft emulsion were prone to scratching during processing as well as quality issues.
-DuPont kept the Adox trademark, transferring it to a subsidiary, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, for its Adox brand X-ray films. DuPont still apply it to an industrial chemical, [[sodium chlorite]].
+DuPont kept the Adox trademark, transferring it to a subsidiary, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, for its Adox brand X-ray films. DuPont still applies it to an industrial chemical, [[sodium chlorite]].
-In 1999, Sterling was bought by the German company [[Agfa-Gevaert|Agfa]], and was absorbed into Agfa's Health Sciences unit. In this roundabout way, the Adox photographic trademark once again briefly became German. Agfa did not use the Adox trademark, and the mark was removed from the [[German Patent Office]] trademark registry in March, 2003. It was almost immediately revived by companies in [[Canada]], the [[United States]], and Fotoimpex in [[Germany]].
+In 1999, Sterling was bought by the German company [[Agfa-Gevaert|Agfa]], and was absorbed into Agfa's Health Sciences unit. In this roundabout way, the Adox photographic trademark once again briefly became German. Agfa did not use the Adox trademark, and the mark was removed from the [[German Patent Office]] trademark registry in March, 2003. It was almost immediately revived by companies in Canada, the United States, and Fotoimpex in Germany.
-==ADOX Fotowerke GmbH (2003 on)==
+===ADOX Fotowerke GmbH (2003 on)===
 The current rights to the ADOX name were obtained in 2003 by Fotoimpex of Berlin, Germany, a company founded in 1992 to import photographic films and papers from former eastern Europe. In particular they imported the [[Efke]] KB films and sold them branded as 'ADOX CHS Art' thus finally re-uniting the ADOX name with the original Schleussner film formula.
-Fotoimpex established the ADOX Fotowerke GmbH film factory in Bad Sarrow outside Berlin to convert and package their films, papers and chemicals using machinery acquired from the closed [[AGFA]] (Leverkusen, Germany) and [[Forte Photochemical Industry]] (Hungary) photographic plants.
+Fotoimpex established the ADOX Fotowerke GmbH film factory in Bad Saarow outside Berlin to convert and package their films, papers and chemicals using machinery acquired from the closed [[AGFA]] (Leverkusen, Germany) and [[Forte Photochemical Industry]] (Hungary) photographic plants.
-ADOX test-produced a slightly improved version of the original AGFA APX 400 as ADOX Pan 400 during 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Premium/ADOX-PAN-400/PAN400.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-06-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014020647/http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Premium/ADOX-PAN-400/PAN400.html |archivedate=2013-10-14 |df= }}</ref>
+ADOX test-produced a slightly improved version of the original AGFA APX 400 as ADOX Pan 400 during 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Premium/ADOX-PAN-400/PAN400.html |title=- Adox Pan 400 - |accessdate=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014020647/http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Premium/ADOX-PAN-400/PAN400.html |archivedate=2013-10-14 }}</ref>
 After Fotokemikas closure in 2012 due to failure of the original film making machinery proving too expensive to repair, Fotoimpex had ADOX CHS II (100 ISO, equivalent to Efke KB 100) black and white film produced using modern cascade coating. This took priority over proposals to re-introduce Agfa APX 400.
-In February 2015 they purchased/obtained a long lease on the former [[Ilford Photo|Ilford Imaging]], Switzerland (Ciba Geigy) machine E, medium scale coating line at Marly, Switzerland to coat photographic film and paper. Trial coating for ADOX CHS (II) was undertaken at Marly prior to its re-introduction in 2018.  <ref>http://www.adox.de/Photo/adox-acquires-ilfords-medium-scale-coating-line/</ref> <ref>http://www.lagruyere.ch/2018/01/l%E2%80%99homme-qui-redonne-vie-%C3%A0-la-machine-e-d%E2%80%99ilford.html</ref> <ref>http://www.adox.de/Photo/chs-100-ii-sheetfilm-available-again/</ref>  The plant has also been used for testing the proposed revival of Polywarmtone Paper last produced by Forte in Hungary.<ref>https://www.adox.de/Photo/final-polywarmtone-layer-build-up/</ref>
+In February 2015 they purchased/obtained a long lease on the former [[Ilford Photo|Ilford Imaging]], Switzerland (Ciba Geigy) machine E, medium scale coating line at Marly, Switzerland to coat photographic film and paper. Trial coating for ADOX CHS (II) was undertaken at Marly prior to its re-introduction in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adox.de/Photo/adox-acquires-ilfords-medium-scale-coating-line/|title = The best things in life are analog &#124; ADOX acquires Ilford´s medium scale coating machine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lagruyere.ch/2018/01/l%E2%80%99homme-qui-redonne-vie-%C3%A0-la-machine-e-d%E2%80%99ilford.html|title=L’homme qui redonne vie à la Machine E d’Ilford|work=La Gruyere|access-date=2023-03-23|date=9 March 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adox.de/Photo/chs-100-ii-sheetfilm-available-again/|title = The best things in life are analog &#124; CHS 100 II Sheetfilm available again}}</ref>  The plant has also been used for testing the proposed revival of Polywarmtone Paper last produced by Forte in Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adox.de/Photo/final-polywarmtone-layer-build-up/|title=The best things in life are analog &#124; Final Polywarmtone Layer Build up}}</ref>
-ADOX are also (2017-19) doubling the size of the film factory in Bad Sarrow, Germany to add a small coating line using a former AGFA machine as well as space for small scale chemical production and film materials storage.<ref>http://www.adox.de/Photo/agfa-coating-table-mooved-into-the-new-building/</ref>
+ADOX are also (2017–19) doubling the size of the film factory in Bad Saarow, Germany to add a small coating line using a former AGFA machine as well as space for small scale chemical production and film materials storage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adox.de/Photo/agfa-coating-table-mooved-into-the-new-building/|title = The best things in life are analog &#124; Agfa Coating Table mooved into the new building}}</ref>
-===Products===
+==Current Products==
-The company has notably resurrected former ADOX films and AGFA films, paper and chemicals including the entire Agfa B&W chemistry line with the help of its former employees and it now holds the trademark in Europe and USA for the famous (Agfa) [[Rodinal]] film developer. It also sells newer more '[[eco-friendly products]]'. Chemistry is currently produced by Calbe Chemicals, formerly a part of Agfa (OrWo).
+ADOX Fotowerke GmbH produces a range of black and white films, photographic paper and photochemistry. The company has notably resurrected former ADOX films and AGFA films, paper and chemicals including the entire Agfa B&W chemistry line with the help of its former employees and it now holds the trademark in Europe and USA for the famous (Agfa) [[Rodinal]] film developer. It also sells newer more '[[eco-friendly products]]'. Chemistry is produced in house in their factory.
-====Films====
+=== Films ===
 * '''CMS 20 II''' ISO 20 An Agfa-Gevaert ortho micro film converted by ADOX offering very high resolution, needing special developer to tame contrast for normal pictures. Format: 135, 120*
 * '''CHS II''' 100 ISO The original ADOX R/KB21 film (Efke KB100 to 2012) classic 1950s ortho-panchromatic B&W print film. Introduced 2013 as a modern coating on a polyester base, but sold out by 2016. It was not re-introduced until 2018, initially as sheet film.  Format: 135*, 120*, Sheet film.
 * '''Silvermax''' 100 ISO panchromatic B&W print film on a triacetate base (Similar to the original Agfa APX 100). Format: 135
 * '''SCALA''' 160 ISO panchromatic B&W reversal film (Same film as Silvermax) Format:135
-*'''HR-50''' 50 ISO Super-panchromatic ultra fine grain - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 modified to enhance usability. May also be used as an infra-red film with suitable filtration. Introduced 2018<ref>https://www.fotoimpex.com/shop/images/products/media/63360_5_PDF-Datasheet.pdf</ref> Format: 135
+*'''HR-50''' 50 ISO Super-panchromatic ultra fine grain - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 modified to enhance usability. May also be used as an infra-red film with suitable filtration. Introduced 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotoimpex.com/shop/images/products/media/63360_5_PDF-Datasheet.pdf|title=ADOX HR-50 High Resolution Film|website=fotoimpex.com|access-date=2023-03-23}}</ref> Format: 135
-*'''IR-HR PRO 50''' ISO 80. Super-panchromatic fine grain film - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 as HR-50 without modification. Initial trial batch introduced 2018. <ref>https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/adox-ir-hr-pro-50-13536-hr-50-without-speed-boost.html</ref>. Format: 135
+*'''IR-HR PRO 50''' ISO 80. Super-panchromatic fine grain film - Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 as HR-50 without modification. Initial trial batch introduced 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/adox-ir-hr-pro-50-13536-hr-50-without-speed-boost.html|title = Fotoimpex Berlin - the Analogue Photography Specialists}}</ref> Format: 135
 (*current unavailable)
-====Photographic Paper====
+=== Photographic Paper ===
 * '''MCC 110'''. Fibre based paper (As for Agfa Multicontrast Classic) emulsion made using original Agfa machinery.
 * '''MCP 310'''. Premium Resin Coated photopaper with outstanding image quality (As for Agfa Multicontrast Classic) emulsion made using original Agfa machinery.
@@ Line 89: / Line 51: @@
 * '''Lupex'''. A slow speed contact fibre paper made with a silver chloride emulsion and replaces Kodak Azo or Fomalux.
-====Other Photographic Paper====
+=== Other Photographic Paper ===
 * '''Art Baryta'''. Pure uncoated baryta base for coating with liquid emulsions
 * '''Fibre Baryta'''. Inkjet paper using fibre-base from analog photo paper manufacturing (100% alphacellulose with a barium-sulfate coating) and is coated with  an inkjet receiving layer plus a backside coating to minimize curling behavior.
 * '''Fibre Monojet'''. An inkjet media optimized for the reproduction of black and white images.
-====Film Developers====
+=== Film Developers ===
 * '''RODINAL''' Liquid concentrate developer dating from 1891 and produced according to Agfa Leverkusen's latest Rodinal formula from 2004
 * '''ATOMAL 49'''. Powder based Universal ultra-finegrain developer for all types of B/W materials with good speed utilisation and high compensating factor. (Development of Agfa Atomal with currently available chemistry)
 * '''FX 39 II'''. Geoffry Crawleys FX-39 was a development of Willi Beutler's formula for Neofin Red.
 * '''Silvermax Developer'''. Specially formulated to increase tonal range in the Silvermax 21 film, formulated by SPUR
+* '''XT-3'''. A two-part powder developer equivalent to Kodak Xtol.
-====Paper Developers====
+=== Paper Developers ===
 * '''ADOTOL NE'''. Liquid concentrate Neutral black working paper developer. Former Agfa developer
 * '''NEUTOL WA'''. Liquid concentrate warm tone paper developer. Former Agfa developer
@@ Line 108: / Line 71: @@
 * '''RA-4 Kit''' Liquid concentrate colour paper developer kit
-====Other Chemicals====
+=== Other Chemicals ===
 * '''ADOSTOP ECO''' (2018) Liquid concentrate 100% citric acid based odourless stop bath.
-* '''Acetic Acid''' 60% Acetic acid liquuid concentrate for stop baths.
+* '''Acetic Acid''' 60% Acetic acid liquid concentrate for stop baths.
 * '''ADOFIX Plus'''  Liquid concentrate, high capacity express-fixer with maximum capacity for black and white photo papers (RC and fibre), films and photographic plates.
 * '''ADOFLO'''  Highly liquid concentrated wetting agent
 * '''ADOSTAB'''  Liquid concentrate, image stabilizer and wetting agent.
 * '''SELENTONER'''  Selenium toner for black and white photomaterials (films or paper)
+==Discontinued Products==
+Produced by ADOX Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH.
+=== Cameras ===
+'''135 format'''
+* Adrette, name variant of the Wirgin Edinex
+* Adox 300
+* Adox 500, prototypes
+* Golf I (1964)
+* Golf IA
+* Golf IIA
+* Golf IIIA
+* [[ADOX Polo]]
+* Polo 1S
+* Polomat
+* Polomatic
+'''6 x 6 Box'''
+* [[ADOX 66]]
+* Adox Blitz
+'''6 x 6 Folding'''
+* Golf I
+* Golf II
+* Golf IV
+* Mess-Golf I
+* Mess-Golf II
+* Mess-Golf IV
+* Golf 63 (1954–59)
+* Golf 63 S
+* Golf 45 S
+'''6 x 9'''
+* Adox Sport (6x9 + 6x4.5)
+* Adox Start (1950)
+=== Films ===
+* '''ADOX KB 14 / R14''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
+* '''ADOX KB 17 / R17''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
+* '''ADOX KB 21 / R21''' (1952 -1973) Ortho-panchromatic B&W print film
+* '''ADOX C15''' (1958) Color reversal film
+* '''ADOX C17''' (?) Color reversal film
 ==See also==
@@ Line 124: / Line 131: @@
 ==Sources==
-:''The text of this article has been adapted with permission from information published at http://www.adox.net/about_adox.htm.''{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
+:''The text of this article has been adapted with permission from information published at [https://web.archive.org/web/20040205142612/http://www.adox.net/about_adox.htm]
 ==External links==
@@ Line 133: / Line 140: @@
 {{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Photography companies]]
 [[Category:Photographic film makers]]
 [[Category:Photography companies of Germany]]