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'''R & J Beck''' was a renowned British optical company based in London.<ref>In 1867-80, 31 Cornhill; in 1881-1900, 68 Cornhill. Factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway.</ref> It was founded in 1843 by the nephews of J.J. Lister, Richard Beck (1827-1866) and Joseph Beck (1828-1891) who were in partnership with a famous instrument maker, James Smith (d. 1870): the firm started as ''Smith and Beck''. In 1854 the company was renamed to ''Smith, Beck and Beck''. After Smith's retirement in 1865 the company became ''R & J Beck''. It produced a wide range of optical products: microscopes, telescopes, trench periscopes for army officers in the First World War, eye test glasses for opticians (optometer lenses), other optical equipment, and camera lenses and even some cameras. A Beck Symmetrical is quite a commonly-seen lens on British folding cameras. Some cameras of the [[Ensign]] brand have lenses branded as "Beck Ensign". T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935; 'Lawrence of Arabia') used a plate camera made by Beck.<ref>[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm?lawrence T. E. Lawrence and his Cameras] at the [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford]</ref>
 
'''R & J Beck''' was a renowned British optical company based in London.<ref>In 1867-80, 31 Cornhill; in 1881-1900, 68 Cornhill. Factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway.</ref> It was founded in 1843 by the nephews of J.J. Lister, Richard Beck (1827-1866) and Joseph Beck (1828-1891) who were in partnership with a famous instrument maker, James Smith (d. 1870): the firm started as ''Smith and Beck''. In 1854 the company was renamed to ''Smith, Beck and Beck''. After Smith's retirement in 1865 the company became ''R & J Beck''. It produced a wide range of optical products: microscopes, telescopes, trench periscopes for army officers in the First World War, eye test glasses for opticians (optometer lenses), other optical equipment, and camera lenses and even some cameras. A Beck Symmetrical is quite a commonly-seen lens on British folding cameras. Some cameras of the [[Ensign]] brand have lenses branded as "Beck Ensign". T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935; 'Lawrence of Arabia') used a plate camera made by Beck.<ref>[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm?lawrence T. E. Lawrence and his Cameras] at the [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford]</ref>
 
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* Asymmetrical<ref>See this [http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157626404572451 image set]</ref>
 
* Asymmetrical<ref>See this [http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157626404572451 image set]</ref>
 
* Autograph Wide Angle Lens (100&deg;) (~1888)<ref> Beck's Wide Angle "Autograph" Lens at [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/beckad1.html Antique Wood Cameras]</ref>
 
* Autograph Wide Angle Lens (100&deg;) (~1888)<ref> Beck's Wide Angle "Autograph" Lens at [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/beckad1.html Antique Wood Cameras]</ref>
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* Spennemann, Dirk HR (2015) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280111655 History, Description and Technical Details of the GW Target Aircraft Cameras designed for testing the performance of guided weapons during the Cold War era.] CAMERA | TOPIA (Albury, NSW). 34pp, ISBN 978 1 921220 17 3; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3864.9449
 
* Spennemann, Dirk HR (2015) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280111655 History, Description and Technical Details of the GW Target Aircraft Cameras designed for testing the performance of guided weapons during the Cold War era.] CAMERA | TOPIA (Albury, NSW). 34pp, ISBN 978 1 921220 17 3; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3864.9449
 
• Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015) [http://csusap.csu.edu.au~/dspennem/ReportStore/Beck_GW2_Walkaround.pdf  Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW2 Mk 2 Model 2].  [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury, NSW). 6 pp.<br>
 
• Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015) [http://csusap.csu.edu.au~/dspennem/ReportStore/Beck_GW2_Walkaround.pdf  Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW2 Mk 2 Model 2].  [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury, NSW). 6 pp.<br>
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* [http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=108517&t=people R & J Beck ] NMSI - People
  
 
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R & J Beck was a renowned British optical company based in London.[1] It was founded in 1843 by the nephews of J.J. Lister, Richard Beck (1827-1866) and Joseph Beck (1828-1891) who were in partnership with a famous instrument maker, James Smith (d. 1870): the firm started as Smith and Beck. In 1854 the company was renamed to Smith, Beck and Beck. After Smith's retirement in 1865 the company became R & J Beck. It produced a wide range of optical products: microscopes, telescopes, trench periscopes for army officers in the First World War, eye test glasses for opticians (optometer lenses), other optical equipment, and camera lenses and even some cameras. A Beck Symmetrical is quite a commonly-seen lens on British folding cameras. Some cameras of the Ensign brand have lenses branded as "Beck Ensign". T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935; 'Lawrence of Arabia') used a plate camera made by Beck.[2]


Cameras

  • Dai Cornex (1905)
Folding camera for 123 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with a Beck-Steinheil Orthostigmat lens, Series I and a Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter [3]
  • Frena (1894)
  • Hill Sky Camera (1924)


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Beck Microstigmar macro lenses,
date unknown
image by Richard Kaye (Image rights)

==Lenses==

  • Asymmetrical[4]
  • Autograph Wide Angle Lens (100°) (~1888)[5]
  • Beck-Steinheil Orthostigmat
    • Series I[6]
    • Series IV No.1, 2.87"[7]
  • Biplanat
    • N° 2, 5"
    • N° 3, 6"
    • N° 5, 9" f/5.6-f/45
    • N° 6, 11"[8]
  • Convertible Double Apeanat 9" f/7.7[9]
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Beck Ensign Anastigmat Series VIIn nº 0
image by Skink74 (Image rights)
  • Enlarging Anastigmat 2 1/4in f/4.5[10]
  • Ensign Anastigmat Series VIIn nº 0
  • Isostigmar
    • 4.75"[11]
    • 7.2" f/7.7[12]
    • Variable Softness Portrait Ser.VI f/5.6 (1908)
  • Microstigmar
  • Multiflex Lens f/8[13]
  • Neostigmar Series IIIn No.3 5" [14]
  • Rapid Rectilinear 11 inch f/8 (~1910)[15]
  • Symmetrical Lens


Guided Weapons Lenses

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R&J Beck designed G.W. Type 2 Mk.3 lens
image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The following lenses have been documented[18]

Links

• Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015) Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW2 Mk 2 Model 2. [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury, NSW). 6 pp.

Notes

  1. ↑ In 1867-80, 31 Cornhill; in 1881-1900, 68 Cornhill. Factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway.
  2. ↑ T. E. Lawrence and his Cameras at the Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
  3. ↑ NMSI - Objects Cornex rollfilm camera
  4. ↑ See this image set
  5. ↑ Beck's Wide Angle "Autograph" Lens at Antique Wood Cameras
  6. ↑ NMSI - Objects Cornex rollfilm camera
  7. ↑ NMSI - Objects Beck-Steinheil Orthostigmat lens
  8. ↑ NMSI - Objects Biplanat N° 6
  9. ↑ Online auction Dec 2011
  10. ↑ Online auction Dec 2011
  11. ↑ NMSI - Objects Folding bellows hand camera
  12. ↑ British half plate camera , with Isostigmar 7.2" f/7.7 sn. #19042 Online auction Dec 2011
  13. ↑ NMSI - Objects Multiflex Lens
  14. ↑ NMSI - Objects Neostigmar Series
  15. ↑ NMSI - Objects Rapid rectilinear lens
  16. ↑ NMSI - Objects Symmetrical Lens
  17. ↑ Beck Symmetrical 12 Inch F8 from Markus Glück on Flickr
  18. ↑ Spennemann, Dirk HR (2015) History, Description and Technical Details of the GW Target Aircraft Cameras designed for testing the performance of guided weapons during the Cold War era. CAMERA | TOPIA (Albury, NSW). 34pp, ISBN 978 1 921220 17 3; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3864.9449
  19. ↑ Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015). Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW1 Mk 1A. [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury NSW). 6 pp
  20. ↑ Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015). Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW1 Mk 1A. [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury NSW). 6 pp
  21. ↑ Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015) Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW2 Mk 2 Model 2. [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury, NSW). 6 pp.
  22. ↑ Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2015). Photographic Walk-Around of the Target Aircraft Camera Dekko GW1 Mk 1C [CAMERA | TOPIA] (Albury NSW). 8 pp.
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