Bell & Howell
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| B & H cine camera with selenium meter image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Bell & Howell is an American manufacturer best known for motion-picture equipment.
However the company produced a few notable still cameras as well. Some of these 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; the Stereo Vivid, a similar camera of only a litlle later (its production overlapped with the TDC cameras) was branded only as a B&H product.[1]
In the 1960s, some Canon cameras (including at least the FX, Demi, Dial and some of the Canonet series) were marketed in the USA as B&H cameras, some with and some without Canon's branding as well.
The company is now (as at June 2012) owned by the holding company BHH LLC. Some compact digital cameras are sold with the Bell & Howell brand.
- Bell + Howell BF35 point and shoot 35mm
Notes
- ↑ McKeown shows a Dial 35 marked only for B&H; McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p123.
