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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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| + | '''Shutters''' | ||
| + | * [[B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter|Iris Diaphragm Shutter]] | ||
| + | * [[B&L Automatic Shutter|Automatic]] | ||
| + | * [[Automat]] | ||
| + | * [[Victor (shutter)|Victor]] | ||
| + | * [[Unicum]] | ||
| + | * [[Volute]] | ||
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| + | '''Lens designs''' | ||
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| + | In addition to adaptations and copies of various manufacturers, Bausch & Lomb also offered own designs, some of which were very successful | ||
| + | *[[Metrogon]] | ||
| + | A correlation of lens serial numbers with production dates can be found [[Bausch & Lomb serial numbers|here]]. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.bausch.com/about-bausch-lomb/history-heritage/ 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] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.cameraeccentric.com/catalogs Bausch & Lomb catalogues] at [http://www.cameraeccentric.com Camera Eccentric]: they continue onto more pages, and date from 1906 to 1967. |
[[Category:lens makers]] | [[Category:lens makers]] | ||
[[Category:shutter makers]] | [[Category:shutter makers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:22, 1 July 2023
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| 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.
Shutters
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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| Bausch & Lomb-manufactured Tessar; 1903 Zeiss patent[1] image by Nesster (Image rights) |
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| "micrographic" photo apparatus scanned by LuEsther T. Mertz Library, NY image by Bausch & Lomb (Image rights) |
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| B&L Iris Diaphragm Shutter image by Luis Cozeto (Image rights) |
Advertisements
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| 1937 advertisement for B&L-made Tessar, Protar, and Protar Convertible scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
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| ad of 1900 shows lens grinder scanned by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
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| ad of 1902 for Volute ahutter scanned by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
Notes
Links
- company's official about-page
- company history in German, on the website of Bausch&Lomb Germany
- Bausch & Lomb catalogues at Camera Eccentric: they continue onto more pages, and date from 1906 to 1967.
