![]() Thorsch had suggested selling KW in exchange for Charles' Detroit Photographic business. Noble of Detroit (who was of German origin) while Noble was on a visit to Germany. Benno Thorsch emigrated to the USA in 1938, for the same reason. In 1937 Paul Guthe emigrated to Switzerland as a Jew he no longer felt safe in Germany. This was followed in 1932 by the Pilot Box: a 6x9cm 120 roll-film SLR then in 1936 the Pilot 6, a 6圆cm 120 SLR. In 1931 KW introduced the Pilot: the first TLR for 3x4cm negatives on 127 film. The case - or Etui - of these cameras was slim enough to allow them to be slipped into a pocket. The innovative, compact Patent Etui cameras were introduced in 1920 and continued in production until 1938. The company was successor of the camera factory Guthe had founded in 1915. ![]() Image by Dirk HR Spennemann ( Image rights) ![]() KW stands for Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch. KW is a German manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Paul Guthe and Benno Thorsch. ![]()
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