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| − | '''A. Darlot''' was a French optical company, founded in the 1850s as Jamin-Darlot in Paris. In 1860 it became Darlot. It made camera lenses, marked "Darlot, Opticien" or "Darlot Paris" and the initials "AD" of A. Darlot, the letters crossed as logo. | + | '''A. Darlot''' was a French optical company, founded in the 1850s as Jamin-Darlot in Paris.<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=102781&_ssl=off#102781 tailboard camera, about 1855] for quarter-plate ([[wet collodion|''wet''-plate]]) photographs, with Darlot lens, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=94204&acat=94204&offset=1&lang=3 November 2007 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna.</ref> In 1860 it became Darlot. It made camera lenses, marked "Darlot, Opticien" or "Darlot Paris" and the initials "AD" of A. Darlot, the letters crossed as logo. |
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| + | ==Lenses== | ||
*Landscape lens | *Landscape lens | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Petzval lens|Petzval]] (portrait) lens<ref>[https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=20233&_ssl=off#20233 Darlot Petzval lens] sold at the [https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=18901&acat=18901&lang=3 May 2004 Westlicht auction].</ref> |
| + | *[[Combinable lens]] kit<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=26765&_ssl=off#26765 Combinable lens set, about 1885]: brass lens barrel with rack-and-pinion focusing, with fixed lens elements, and three extra elements that combine with it to make a range of focal lengths; with Waterhouse stops. Sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=25204&acat=25204&lang=3 November 2004 Westlicht auction].</ref><ref>[http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=66237&_ssl=off#66237 Darlot combinable lens set, about 1890] with ''six'' exchangeable elements, sold at the [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=64593&acat=64593&lang=3 November 2006 Westlicht auction].</ref> | ||
*Magic lantern lens | *Magic lantern lens | ||
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*[http://www.cwreenactors.com/collodion/darlot.htm Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s] at The Civil War Reenactors [http://www.cwreenactors.com/index.php] | *[http://www.cwreenactors.com/collodion/darlot.htm Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s] at The Civil War Reenactors [http://www.cwreenactors.com/index.php] | ||
*[http://lists.kjsl.com/pipermail/woodandbrass/2006-April/000650.html Jamin-Darlot name variants] in The Woodandbrass Archives [http://lists.kjsl.com/pipermail/woodandbrass] | *[http://lists.kjsl.com/pipermail/woodandbrass/2006-April/000650.html Jamin-Darlot name variants] in The Woodandbrass Archives [http://lists.kjsl.com/pipermail/woodandbrass] | ||
[[Category: Lens makers]] | [[Category: Lens makers]] | ||
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A. Darlot was a French optical company, founded in the 1850s as Jamin-Darlot in Paris.[1] In 1860 it became Darlot. It made camera lenses, marked "Darlot, Opticien" or "Darlot Paris" and the initials "AD" of A. Darlot, the letters crossed as logo.
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| Darlot landscape lens image by Couch Commando (Image rights) |
Lenses
- Landscape lens
- Petzval (portrait) lens[2]
- Combinable lens kit[3][4]
- Magic lantern lens
Notes
- ↑ tailboard camera, about 1855 for quarter-plate (wet-plate) photographs, with Darlot lens, sold at the November 2007 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
- ↑ Darlot Petzval lens sold at the May 2004 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Combinable lens set, about 1885: brass lens barrel with rack-and-pinion focusing, with fixed lens elements, and three extra elements that combine with it to make a range of focal lengths; with Waterhouse stops. Sold at the November 2004 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Darlot combinable lens set, about 1890 with six exchangeable elements, sold at the November 2006 Westlicht auction.
Links
- Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s at The Civil War Reenactors [1]
- Jamin-Darlot name variants in The Woodandbrass Archives [2]
