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| + | '''Bell and Howell''' is an American manufacturer best known in the past for motion-picture equipment. The company was started by Donald J. Bell, a projectionist, and Albert S. Howell, who worked for a maker of film projectors. The two patented a design for a cine projector in 1907.<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/002931010/publication/US862559A?q=pn%3DUS862559A US Patent 862559], ''Picture-exhibiting machine'', filed in 1906 and granted 1907, at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/ Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office. The patent, which describes various improvements to a film projector, names Howell as the inventor, but Bell (not 'Bell & Howell') is the assignee; perhaps the company did not yet exist ([https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/003125048/publication/US1056794A?q=pn%3DUS1056794A Patent 1056794], ''Photographic-printing apparatus'', filed 1909 and granted 1913, describing a machine to make the positive prints of cine films, names Howell as the inventor and the company as assignee).</ref> Their first camera, a wooden cine camera, was made in 1910. The company's early products were very successful, and they made most of the cameras used in Hollywood for a while; however, Bell and Howell fell out, and Howell and an associate bought out Bell's share in the firm.<ref name=Gale>Gale Directory of Company Histories, 2006, Gale Group Inc.</ref> | ||
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| + | Later, the company became one of the well-known makers of amateur cine equipment, as shown here. Bell and Howell made only a few notable still cameras. Of these, perhaps the most impressive is the [[Foton]] from 1948, a coupled-rangefinder camera with a spring motor advance allowing continuous exposures at 6 frames per second. Some of B&H's cameras came about by company acquisitions; B&H bought the '''Three Dimension Company''', which made stereoscopic cameras and equipment, and retained the TDC brand for the [[TDC Stereo Colorist|Stereo Colorist and Stereo Colorist II]] and the [[Stereo Vivid]]. | ||
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| + | In the early 1960s,<ref>An [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52561408817/in/pool-camerawiki/ August, 1962 ad in ''Popular Photography''] introduces co-branded versions of the [[Canonflex]] RM, [[Canon 7]] and [[Canonet]] models. (Vol. 51, No.2; pgs. 24–25).</ref> some [[Canon]] cameras (including the [[Canon FX|FX]], [[Canon Demi|Demi]], [[Canon Dial 35]] and some of the [[Canonet]] series<ref>See some [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bellhowcan/ period advertising] for these and others on Flickr.</ref>) were marketed in the USA by B&H, some with and some without Canon's branding as well.<ref>See for example the [[Bell & Howell FD35]] or the [[Canon Dial 35]] wiki articles.</ref> | ||
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| + | B&H stopped making professional and amateur cine cameras in the early 1970s, and concentrated on other businesses, including mechanised mail-sorting equipment<ref>Bell and Howell, LLC is still (after a relaunch) in this business; see the [https://bellhowell.net/ company website] (retrieved 25 June 2023).</ref> and microfilm. The company was subsequently involved in a large number of acquisitions and sell-offs.<ref name=Gale/> A number of cheap cameras exist from the 1990s with the B&H brand. | ||
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| + | The Bell and Howell brand is now (as at June 2012) owned by the holding company BHH LLC (completely separate from Bell and Howell, LLC) and has been applied to a wide range of products, including some compact digital cameras.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140530061714/http://www.bellhowell.com/ B&H website] (archived 30 May 2014, needs Flash Player).</ref> As of August 2020, the brand is being used on products including flashlights, humidifiers and house-and-garden animal repellant devices, but no cameras.<ref>[http://bellandhowell.com/ Bell''and''howell.com], retrieved 21 August 2020.</ref> | ||
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| + | == Still Cameras == | ||
| + | * [[Foton]], 1948 | ||
| + | * TDC Stereo Vivid | ||
| + | * [[Electric Eye 127]], 1958 | ||
| + | * [[Bell & Howell FD35 | FD35]] | ||
| + | * 35MLS Autowinder | ||
| + | * Autoload 340, 1967 | ||
| + | * Autoload 341, 1970 | ||
| + | * [[Autoload 342]], 1970 | ||
| + | * [[Bell & Howell Auto 35 Reflex| Auto 35 Reflex]] | ||
| + | * [[Canon EX Auto|Auto 35 Reflex, 1972]] | ||
| + | * 35J | ||
| + | * [[Bell & Howell 602|602]] | ||
| + | * [[Bell and Howell 250|250]] | ||
| + | * [[BF35]] | ||
| + | * BF608 | ||
| + | * BF700 | ||
| + | * BF705 | ||
| + | * BF730D | ||
| + | * BF770 | ||
| + | * [[Bell & Howell BF 905|BF905]] | ||
| + | * BF960NP | ||
| + | * BH105 | ||
| + | * EZ35 | ||
| + | * PZ1050 | ||
| + | * PZ2200 | ||
| + | * PZ3000 | ||
| + | * PZ3300 | ||
| + | * B35HDZ 20mp Digital Camera | ||
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| + | |image_by= John Bosko | ||
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| − | + | == Movie Cameras == | |
| + | * 311 Super 8 Camera, 1960 | ||
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| + | Nowadays it is incorporated into Böwe Bell+Howell which makes office products.--> | ||
| − | + | ==Notes== | |
| − | + | <references/> | |
| − | + | ==Links== | |
| + | *[https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/bell-and-howell/ Bell & Howell history article] at [https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/ the Made in Chicago Museum] | ||
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Bell and Howell is an American manufacturer best known in the past for motion-picture equipment. The company was started by Donald J. Bell, a projectionist, and Albert S. Howell, who worked for a maker of film projectors. The two patented a design for a cine projector in 1907.[2] Their first camera, a wooden cine camera, was made in 1910. The company's early products were very successful, and they made most of the cameras used in Hollywood for a while; however, Bell and Howell fell out, and Howell and an associate bought out Bell's share in the firm.[3]
Later, the company became one of the well-known makers of amateur cine equipment, as shown here. Bell and Howell made only a few notable still cameras. Of these, perhaps the most impressive is the Foton from 1948, a coupled-rangefinder camera with a spring motor advance allowing continuous exposures at 6 frames per second. Some of B&H's cameras came about by company acquisitions; B&H bought the Three Dimension Company, which made stereoscopic cameras and equipment, and retained the TDC brand for the Stereo Colorist and Stereo Colorist II and the Stereo Vivid.
In the early 1960s,[4] some Canon cameras (including the FX, Demi, Canon Dial 35 and some of the Canonet series[5]) were marketed in the USA by B&H, some with and some without Canon's branding as well.[6]
B&H stopped making professional and amateur cine cameras in the early 1970s, and concentrated on other businesses, including mechanised mail-sorting equipment[7] and microfilm. The company was subsequently involved in a large number of acquisitions and sell-offs.[3] A number of cheap cameras exist from the 1990s with the B&H brand.
The Bell and Howell brand is now (as at June 2012) owned by the holding company BHH LLC (completely separate from Bell and Howell, LLC) and has been applied to a wide range of products, including some compact digital cameras.[8] As of August 2020, the brand is being used on products including flashlights, humidifiers and house-and-garden animal repellant devices, but no cameras.[9]
Contents
Still Cameras
- Foton, 1948
- TDC Stereo Vivid
- Electric Eye 127, 1958
- FD35
- 35MLS Autowinder
- Autoload 340, 1967
- Autoload 341, 1970
- Autoload 342, 1970
- Auto 35 Reflex
- Auto 35 Reflex, 1972
- 35J
- 602
- 250
- BF35
- BF608
- BF700
- BF705
- BF730D
- BF770
- BF905
- BF960NP
- BH105
- EZ35
- PZ1050
- PZ2200
- PZ3000
- PZ3300
- B35HDZ 20mp Digital Camera
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| Foton image by John Bosko (Image rights) |
Movie Cameras
- 311 Super 8 Camera, 1960
Notes
- ↑ There are many Filmo 70 models with different features, from the mid-1920s to the mid-50s; another Filmo 70, in the CW Flickr Pool, has a turret viewfinder too, geared to the lens turret. Some can connect to an external motor drive.
- ↑ US Patent 862559, Picture-exhibiting machine, filed in 1906 and granted 1907, at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office. The patent, which describes various improvements to a film projector, names Howell as the inventor, but Bell (not 'Bell & Howell') is the assignee; perhaps the company did not yet exist (Patent 1056794, Photographic-printing apparatus, filed 1909 and granted 1913, describing a machine to make the positive prints of cine films, names Howell as the inventor and the company as assignee).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gale Directory of Company Histories, 2006, Gale Group Inc.
- ↑ An August, 1962 ad in Popular Photography introduces co-branded versions of the Canonflex RM, Canon 7 and Canonet models. (Vol. 51, No.2; pgs. 24–25).
- ↑ See some period advertising for these and others on Flickr.
- ↑ See for example the Bell & Howell FD35 or the Canon Dial 35 wiki articles.
- ↑ Bell and Howell, LLC is still (after a relaunch) in this business; see the company website (retrieved 25 June 2023).
- ↑ B&H website (archived 30 May 2014, needs Flash Player).
- ↑ Bellandhowell.com, retrieved 21 August 2020.
