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'''Dallmeyer''' was a British company, founded in 1860. Their main business was to manufacture lenses, but they also sold cameras. Some of these were manufactured by Dallmeyer themselves, some were made elsewhere then equipped with Dallmeyer lenses and sold under that name.
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'''J. H. Dallmeyer''' was a British company, founded in 1860. Their main business was to manufacture lenses, but they also sold cameras. Some of these were manufactured by Dallmeyer themselves, some were made elsewhere then equipped with Dallmeyer lenses and sold under that name.
  
 
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* Popular Telephoto
 
* Popular Telephoto
 
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* Serrac
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
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* {{Channing Dunn}}
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*[http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/dallmeyer_1.html c.1920 Dallmeyer catalog] and [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/dallmeyer_2.html 1931 Dallmeyer catalog] from [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/index.html Camera Eccentric]
  
 
[[Category: Camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Lens makers]]
 
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[[Category: UK]]
 
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Revision as of 16:15, 11 April 2011

J. H. Dallmeyer was a British company, founded in 1860. Their main business was to manufacture lenses, but they also sold cameras. Some of these were manufactured by Dallmeyer themselves, some were made elsewhere then equipped with Dallmeyer lenses and sold under that name.

Cameras

British companies
Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink‎ | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray

Lenses

Names of Dallmeyer lenses:

  • Adon
  • Dallon Tele-Anastigmat
    • 6-inch (152mm)
      • f5.6/6-inch
    • 9-inch (229mm)
      • f5.6/9-inch
      • f6.5/9-inch
    • 11-inch (280)
      • f5.6/11-inch
    • 12-inch (305mm)
      • f7.7/12-inch
    • 14-inch (356mm)
      • f3.5/14-inch 'Ultra-Speed Dallon Lens'
      • f5.6/14-inch
    • 20-inch508mm)
      • 5.6/20-inch
    • 40-inch (1018mm)
      • f8/40-inch
  • Dalmac Anastigmat
  • Dalrac
  • Pentac
  • Popular Telephoto
    • f 6.5/9-inch
  • Serrac
  • Stigmatic
  • Super-Six
  • Teleros
    • f5.5/9-inch
  • Ultrac (cine?)
  • Wide Angle Anastigmat

See also their 39mm screw lenses, and Rapid Rectilinear.

Bibliography

  • Channing, Norman and Dunn, Mike. British Camera Makers. An A-Z Guide to Companies and Products. London : Parkland Designs, 1996. ISBN 0-9524630-0-8

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