Adolf Miethe

1862-1927

German

Adolf Miethe was a German scientist, lens designer, photochemist, photographer, author and educator. In 1887 he co-invented (with Johannes Gaedicke) the photographic magnesium powder flash-light, and in 1891 he developed telescopes, binoculars, and one of the first tele lenses for cameras with the optical company Schulze & Barthels. Miethe was also the designer of a camera for color photography, the first photographic product made by the Berlin cabinetmaker Wilhelm Bermpohl. Introduced to the public in 1903, it produced sets of three separate black-and-white images on glass plates by making a series of three photographs of the subject through red, green and blue color fliters.