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The company achieved a high quality of its plate cameras, so that it had a 25% market share in 1902. | The company achieved a high quality of its plate cameras, so that it had a 25% market share in 1902. | ||
| − | In 1905, the company | + | In 1905, the company purchased the [[Rochester Panoramic Camera Co.]]. |
| − | In | + | In 1907/08 the company became [[Kodak]]'s ''Century Camera Division'' which itself later became part of Kodak's ''[[Folmer & Schwing]] Division '', and continued the brand ''Century'' until 1920. |
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Maybe the company continued the [[Poco]] for a while. | Maybe the company continued the [[Poco]] for a while. | ||
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| + | The development of these Cameras and camera backs for [[panorama]] photography was taken over from Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. Cirkut panorama film backs were available for Century cameras. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 3 February 2021
| 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.)" |
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| Century Model 46 image by Bill Strong (Image rights) |
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| Century Camera image by OZBOX (Image rights) |
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| image by Missouri History Museum (Image rights) |
Century Camera Co. was founded in 1900 by three former employees of Rochester Optical Co..
The company achieved a high quality of its plate cameras, so that it had a 25% market share in 1902.
In 1905, the company purchased the Rochester Panoramic Camera Co..
In 1907/08 the company became Kodak's Century Camera Division which itself later became part of Kodak's Folmer & Schwing Division , and continued the brand Century until 1920.
 
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| images by Mark Birkle (Image rights) |
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| camera w/ triple extension bellows image by Luis Cozeto (Image rights) |
Poco
Maybe the company continued the Poco for a while.
Cirkut
The development of these Cameras and camera backs for panorama photography was taken over from Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. Cirkut panorama film backs were available for Century cameras.
Links
- History and studio cameras of Century Camera Co. at historiccamera.com
- Century View Cameras at Field Cameras of the United States
