Oskar Barnack

Oskar Barnack (Nuthe-Urstromtal, Brandenburg, 1 November 1879 – Bad Nauheim, Hesse, 16 January 1936) was a German inventor and photographer who built, in 1913, what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm still-camera, subsequently called Ur-Leica at Ernst Leitz Optische Werke (the Leitz factory) in Wetzlar.

Oskar Barnack
Oskar Barnack
Born(1879-11-01)1 November 1879
Lynow, Nuthe-Urstromtal, Kingdom of Prussia
Died16 January 1936(1936-01-16) (aged 56)
Bad Nauheim, Nazi Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
ProjectsCamera
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