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Bausch & Lomb was also a well respected manufacturer of [[leaf shutter]]s. Bausch & Lomb's "Unicum" shutter was one of the best [[shutter]]s of its time. Initially the company co-operated extensivey with German optics and glass makers, but from 1913 onwards the company started making its own optical glass. A lot of optical instruments and other optical goods were already in the company's portfolio. [[Camera|Still camera]] lenses were made until the 1930s, especially for [[Kodak]]. Later photo-optical products became a smaller part of the company's focus, leaving just movie projector lenses and movie camera lenses. For example, the special lenses for the widescreen format "Cinemascope" film were made by B&L. A late highlight of the company's still-camera optics were the lenses for the cameras of the "Surveyor" lunar probes in 1965. | Bausch & Lomb was also a well respected manufacturer of [[leaf shutter]]s. Bausch & Lomb's "Unicum" shutter was one of the best [[shutter]]s of its time. Initially the company co-operated extensivey with German optics and glass makers, but from 1913 onwards the company started making its own optical glass. A lot of optical instruments and other optical goods were already in the company's portfolio. [[Camera|Still camera]] lenses were made until the 1930s, especially for [[Kodak]]. Later photo-optical products became a smaller part of the company's focus, leaving just movie projector lenses and movie camera lenses. For example, the special lenses for the widescreen format "Cinemascope" film were made by B&L. A late highlight of the company's still-camera optics were the lenses for the cameras of the "Surveyor" lunar probes in 1965. | ||
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+ | |image_text= Bausch & Lomb-manufactured [[Tessar]]; 1903 Zeiss patent<ref>[http://www.google.com/patents?id=2uNOAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false U.S. Patent 721,240]</ref> | ||
+ | |image_by= Nesster | ||
+ | |image_rights= creative commons | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | '''Shutters''' | ||
+ | * [[B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter|Iris Diaphragm Shutter]] | ||
* [[B&L Automatic Shutter|Automatic]] | * [[B&L Automatic Shutter|Automatic]] | ||
* [[Automat]] | * [[Automat]] | ||
* [[Victor (shutter)|Victor]] | * [[Victor (shutter)|Victor]] | ||
* [[Unicum]] | * [[Unicum]] | ||
+ | * [[Volute]] | ||
+ | </div> | ||
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+ | |image= http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5813/30637673830_a41d01bbaa_n_d.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= right | ||
+ | |image_text= "micrographic" [[photo apparatus]] | ||
+ | |scan_by= LuEsther T. Mertz Library, NY | ||
+ | |image_by= Bausch & Lomb | ||
+ | |image_rights= pd | ||
+ | }} | ||
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− | | image_by= | + | |image_by= Luis Cozeto |
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+ | {| | ||
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+ | '''Lens designs''' | ||
− | + | In addition to adaptations and copies of various manufacturers, Bausch & Lomb also offered own designs, some of which were very successful | |
− | In addition to adaptations and copies of various manufacturers, Bausch & Lomb also offered own designs, some of which were very successful | ||
*[[Metrogon]] | *[[Metrogon]] | ||
A correlation of lens serial numbers with production dates can be found [[Bausch & Lomb serial numbers|here]]. | A correlation of lens serial numbers with production dates can be found [[Bausch & Lomb serial numbers|here]]. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
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− | === | + | ==Advertisements== |
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+ | |image= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8440117119_6b6eecde94.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= right | ||
+ | |image_text= 1937 advertisement for B&L-made [[Tessar]], [[Protar]],<br>and Protar [[Convertible lens|Convertible]] | ||
+ | |scan_by= Nesster | ||
+ | |image_rights= commercial | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |image_align= center | ||
+ | |image_text= ad of 1902 for [[Volute]] ahutter | ||
+ | |scan_by= Voxphoto | ||
+ | |image_rights= nc | ||
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− | + | ==Links== | |
− | *[http://www.bausch.com/ | + | *[http://www.bausch.com/en/our-company/about-bausch-and-lomb/bausch-and-lomb-story/ company's official about-page] |
− | *[http://www.bausch-lomb.de/ | + | *[http://www.bausch-lomb.de/unternehmen/unternehmensgeschichte/ company history in German], on [http://www.bausch-lomb.de/startseite/ the website of Bausch&Lomb Germany] |
− | *[http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/bauschlomb_8.html Camera lenses 1912] at | + | *[http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/bauschlomb_8.html Camera lenses 1912] at [http://www.cameraeccentric.com Camera Eccentric] |
[[Category:lens makers]] | [[Category:lens makers]] | ||
[[Category:shutter makers]] | [[Category:shutter makers]] |
Revision as of 11:36, 10 March 2017
Headquarters in Rochester image by Jason Petralia (Image rights) |
photography related industry in Rochester (New York) |
American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak |
and in Rochester (Minnesota) |
Conley |
external links |
graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's "Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)" |
Bausch & Lomb is today a manufacturer of contact lenses and eyecare products. It began in 1853 as a little optical shop in Rochester, New York, founded by the German immigrants John Jacob Bausch (from Württemberg) and Henry Lomb (from Hesse). First they produced pince-nez spectacles. When Bausch's son Edward finished his engineering studies in 1875 he convinced the father to start making microscopes. In 1883 the company started making camera lenses, mainly lens types of Carl Zeiss. In 1888 Bausch & Lomb produced the lenses for the Kodak No. 1, the pioneering roll film camera by George Eastman and Frank A. Brownell.
Bausch & Lomb was also a well respected manufacturer of leaf shutters. Bausch & Lomb's "Unicum" shutter was one of the best shutters of its time. Initially the company co-operated extensivey with German optics and glass makers, but from 1913 onwards the company started making its own optical glass. A lot of optical instruments and other optical goods were already in the company's portfolio. Still camera lenses were made until the 1930s, especially for Kodak. Later photo-optical products became a smaller part of the company's focus, leaving just movie projector lenses and movie camera lenses. For example, the special lenses for the widescreen format "Cinemascope" film were made by B&L. A late highlight of the company's still-camera optics were the lenses for the cameras of the "Surveyor" lunar probes in 1965.
Bausch & Lomb-manufactured Tessar; 1903 Zeiss patent[1] image by Nesster (Image rights) |
"micrographic" photo apparatus scanned by LuEsther T. Mertz Library, NY image by Bausch & Lomb (Image rights) |
B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter image by Luis Cozeto (Image rights) |
Lens designs In addition to adaptations and copies of various manufacturers, Bausch & Lomb also offered own designs, some of which were very successful A correlation of lens serial numbers with production dates can be found here. |
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1937 advertisement for B&L-made Tessar, Protar, and Protar Convertible scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
ad of 1900 shows lens grinder scanned by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
ad of 1902 for Volute ahutter scanned by Voxphoto (Image rights) |