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| 1887 | founding of "Kamerafabrik Richard Hüttig" in Dresden |
| 1896 | "Zeus-Spiegel-Camera" with plate magazine as first mono- cular mirror-reflex-camera from Dresden, by "Richard Hüttig & Sohn" |
| 1897/1898 | founding of "Aktiengesellschaft für photographische Industrie Emil Wünsche" in Dresden |
| 1897/1898 | founding of "Aktiengesellschaft für Camera-Fabrikation Heinrich Ernemann" in Dresden |
| 1903 | "Bosco"- Mirror-Camera for roll film 9x9, by "Wünsche AG" |
| 1903 | "Ernemann-Kino" for using of 17,5mm-"one-hole-film" for exposure and projection, birth of the term "Kino", by "Ernemann-AG" |
| 1906 | "Hüttig-AG" - greatest camera factory in Europe with more than 800 employees |
| 1912 | founding of "Industrie- und Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H" since 1914 "Ihagee Kamerawerk GmbH" |
| 1919 | founding of "Kamerawerkstätten Benno Thorsch und Paul Guthe" |
| 1923 | inauguration of the 48m high tower-house of the "Ernemann AG", the later symbol of camera industries in Dresden |
| 1924 | "ER-NOX" with lens Ernostar 1:2.0 (first in the world) by "Ernemann AG" |
| 1925 | lens Ernostar 1:1.8 (first in the world) by "Ernemann AG" |
| 1926 | merging of 4 camera factories in Dresden (a.o. Ernemann AG and ICA AG) to "Zeiss-Ikon AG", with 3400 employees greatest camera factory in Europe |
| 1933 | "Exakta 4 x 6,5" by "Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co." |
| 1935 | "Contaflex", first binocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with integrated exposure meter (first in the world), by "Zeiss-Ikon AG" |
| 1936 | "Kine-Exakta", first monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera (first in the world) by "Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co." |
| 1945 | heavy destructions of the camera factories in Dresden because of bomb attack on 13./14. February 1945 |
| 1949 | "Contax S" , first monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with integrated pentagonal prism view-finder (first in the world), by "MECHANIK Zeiss Ikon VEB" |
| 1949 | "PRAKTICA", monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with lens fixing M42 x 1 |
| 1950 | "Exakta Varex", first monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with interchangeable view-finder elements (first in the world), by "Ihagee Kamerawerk AG" |
| 1956 | "PRAKTICA FX2", first monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with camera body inside releasing of diaphragm (first in the world), by "VEB Kamera-Werke Dresden-Niedersedlitz" |
| 1959 | merging of the camera factories in Dresden to "VEB Kamera- und Kinowerke Dresden" (since 1964 "VEB Pentacon Dresden") |
| 1965 | "PRAKTICA mat", first european miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with TTL-exposure measurement, by "VEB Pentacon Dresden" |
| 1969 | "PRAKTICA LLC", first monocular miniature-mirror-reflex-camera with electrical diaphragm simulation between interchangeable lens and camera body (first in the world), by "Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden" |
| 1990 | conclusion of liquidation of "Pentacon Dresden GmbH" |
| 1991 | founding of "Jos. Schneider Feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG" |
| 1992 | "PRAKTICA BX20s" - continuing of trade mark "PRAKTICA" by "Jos. Schneider Feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG" |
| 1996 | "PRAKTICA Color Scan" - beginning of a new generation of mirror- reflex-cameras, designed as a scan camera with a CCD-line, by "Jos. Schneider Feinwerktechnik" |
| 1998 | Renaming of "Jos. Schneider Feinwerktechnik" into "PENTACON GmbH Foto- und Feinwerktechnik" |
| 1998 | Taking over of distribution of EXAKTA-products |
| 1998 | Delivery of the first two SRI-systems to a supplier of motor industry. By use of image vision systems cast pieces are checked. |
