Talk:Voigtländer

ae versus ä in the title
I created this (perfunctory) page from a sense of duty: first I noticed that there were various links to a (non-existent) page about "Voigtlander", so I fixed these to "Voigtlaender|Voigtländer" (within link-brackets); and then I thought I should provide at least the stub of an article.

But the article is mistitled. "Voigtlaender" is better than "Voigtlander", but it's neither correct nor consistent with the content. Can the article be retitled "Voigtländer"? (I found a link to an "old" page that promised to discuss character entities in titles, but the link turned out to be dead. All I know is that the "n" in "Spinal Tap" can't have its pseudo-diaresis.) Whatever the URL is for this article, can (a) H1 content (de facto title) differ from (b) URL and TITLE content?

If the URL of the article is changed as well, changing the links to it on other pages will be easy -- there are only about three such links.

Hoary 03:23, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * i believe, not 100% sure, that the policy goes if the character is within the standard character range for HTML it may be used. Many spanish bio articles use the tilda and accent marks in the name. Alkivar 03:29, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * double checked and made the move. Redirect from Voightlaender added.

Ah, got it. ä is also part of ISO-8859-1 (whereas ō for example is not). Thus (i) it can be typed in directly (a character entity isn't required) and used in the URL and thence title/header. Thanks for the fix, Alkivar! I've also fixed the links to "Voigtlaender" so that they point directly here instead. Hoary 06:04, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Voigtlander "Write-up" External Link
Hi there, I am requesting permission to add my recently created "Voigtlander Rangefinders" write-up to the external link section of the page. The URL of the page is. Cheers, Matthew. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotodudenz (talk • contribs) 09:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Voigtlander
Hey! I just found out I am related to this guy! He is in our family tree along with a bunch of other scientists (moz, mohs, vigt, schroden) When my german ancestors came to America there last name was shortened to Voigt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.8.172.3 (talk) 18:14, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

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"founded in 1756"
Johann Christoph Voigtländer only opened a workshop in 1756. Legally this was not a firm. The Voigtländer company received an official factory licence from the commercial only in January 1797.--Suessmayr (talk) 20:30, 21 October 2021 (UTC)


 * That's a good point, -- if it can be verified. Rightly or wrongly, it's currently referenced to a book titled Voigtländer & Sohn: Die Firmengeschichte von 1756 bis 1914 (my emphasis). Why would the history of the firm start a nontrivial 41 years before the Wikipedia article now says it started? The book may very well explain this; if it does, then the article too should explain, complete with references that have page numbers. Or perhaps you're able to cite some other, authoritative source. Please go ahead and add an explanation. -- Hoary (talk) 22:55, 21 October 2021 (UTC)


 * There's a huge difference between a workshop and a firm that had to be financially funded and officially registered with the I. & R. Merkantil- und Wechselgericht. The relevant sources are accessible at the Vienna Municipal Archives in the holdings of this court (Merkantil- und Wechselgericht, Serie 2.3.2.A3, Fasz. 3, 1. Reihe, V 230 and V 253).--Suessmayr (talk) 18:22, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

The company or brand is still working
I've added few changes, but I'm not sure if they are valid. It looks like a brand is still working. You can find their website and you can buy their lenses.

There is history of the brand at the bottom of their webiste https://www.voigtlaender.de/?lang=en jcubic (talk) 20:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)