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This company was founded by Curt Bentzin in 1889 in Görlitz‎, Germany. In 1902 Curt helped Carl Zeiss Jena to establish a camera manufacturing process (Palmos Camerabau). After the WWII, in 1945, Bentzin was renamed to Görlitz‎er Kamerawerke VEB and in 1948 to Primar-Kamerawerk Görlitz‎ VEB. In 1951 it was merged with VEB Feinoptisches Werk (ex. Meyer Görlitz‎), which in turn was acquired by Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden in 1968. All of the original Bentzin cameras were discontinued in 1954.

Bentzin cameras:	Years of manufacture:
Astraflex II	c1952
Atelier Reflex Primar	1948-1953
Derby Primar	c1900s-1915
Favorita	c1914
Favorita Primar	c1930
Flach Primar	c1914-1929
Focal Primar (Klapp Primar)	c1902-1938
Luxus Reisekamera (Field Camera)	c1889-1915
Night Primar (Record Primar)	c1927-1937
Plan Primar	c1930-1935
Planovista	1931-1937
Primar (rollfilm, folding)	c1927
Primar Klapp Reflex	c1911-1938
Primarette	1931-1937
Primarette (Makro Plasmat f2.7)	1931-1937
Primarflex (Primar Reflex)	1935-1950
Primarflex II (Primar Reflex II)	1951
Quadrat Primar	c1914-1926
Quadrat Primar Stereo	c1914-1926
Quer-Primar	c1902-1930s
Quer-Primar-Stereo	c1902-1930s
Rechteck Primar	c1912-1920s
Rechteck-Primar-Stereo	c1912-1920s
Record Primar	c1927-1937
Reflex Primar	c1900s-1953
Reflex Primar (1948)	1948-1953
Reisekamera (Field Camera)	c1889-1915
Roll-Primar	c1928
Spring-Primar	c1933
Stereo-Focal Primar	c1910-1929
Stereo-Reflex-Primar	c1914-1930