Lotus View Camera was founded by Burkhardt Kiegeland in 1997 as a branch of the „Weisser Lotus Produktions und Vertriebs GmhH“, a company situated in the Austrian countryside near Salzburg and which was a project of working and living together of several families with their children.

For his art work Burkhardt Kiegeland needed photographic accessoires which he found unable to find in the necessary quality so, together with a carpenter and a metalworker, these were produced by themselves. In September 1997 their first camera was sold, a 12×20″ view camera.

Thanks to, amongst other things, the renaissance of large format photography at that time the sales grew rapidly and in 1998 a collaboration with a partner in the USA was started. In its heyday Lotus View Camera employed about 15 people.

Lack of financial revenue led to a take-over of Lotus View Camera in 2001 by its current owner, Günter Ströbele, whose wife, Maja, was the lead saleswoman at that time.

In 2024, long-time owner Günther Ströbele handed over the company Lotus View Camerary to the new owner Günther Thalmeier. The new owner is an excellent craftsman and wants to breathe new life into the company with fresh energy in order to keep the legendary LVC fild cameras alive.

Gradually the focus of Lotus View Camera was shifted to a higher degree in quality of their cameras which could be achieved thanks to feedback from both customers as well as employees.

Also the ability to realise custom-built designs proved to be an important factor in the continuing success of the company.