Busch
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| 1949 ad (Image rights) |
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| image by camera1739 (Image rights) |
Busch Optical Mfg. Co. in Chicago, Illinois (USA) was a camera maker, formally named Busch Precision Camera Corporation, and known for nicely-made press cameras. As is typical with press cameras, a photographer using a Busch Pressman may frame rapidly using an oversized sports finder; focus very precisely on a ground glass; or focus with a coupled rangefinder. Busch also offered its own top-mounted "Busch Vue-Focus," which combined focusing and parallax-compensated viewing in a single unit. This accessory could also also project a light beam, to illuminate the area of the scene where the rangefinder spot was aimed.
List of Busch Cameras
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| Busch Pressman of 1955 image by Peter Manzari (Image rights) |
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| Tower press camera image by ektarama (Image rights) |
- Busch Pressman Model C 2¼×3¼
- Busch Pressman Model D 4×5
- Tower Press Camera (rebranding by Sears)
Busch also sold a 35mm stereo camera, imported from Richard in France:
Links
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
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| Adams & Westlake | Central Camera Co. | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Aerial | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Company | Deardorff | De Vry | Drucker | Galter | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Lennor Engineering Co. | Metropolitan Industries | Monarch | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | QRS Company | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith |
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