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| − | '''A. Darlot''' was a French optical company, founded in the 1850s as Jamin-Darlot in Paris.<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Wet-Plate-Camera/AI-12-20468 Camera with Darlot lens, about 1855], for quarter-plate ([[wet-collodion|''wet''-plate]]) photographs, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-12/ twelfth Westlicht Photographica Auction], in November 2007.</ref> In 1860 it became Darlot. It made camera lenses, marked "Darlot, Opticien" or "Darlot Paris" and the initials "AD" of | + | '''A. Darlot''' was a French optical company, founded in the 1850s as Jamin-Darlot in Paris.<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Wet-Plate-Camera/AI-12-20468 Camera with Darlot lens, about 1855], for quarter-plate ([[wet-collodion|''wet''-plate]]) photographs, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-12/ twelfth Westlicht Photographica Auction], in November 2007.</ref> In 1860 it became Darlot. It made camera lenses, marked "Darlot, Opticien" or "Darlot Paris" and the initials "AD" of Alphonse Darlot, the letters crossed as a logo. |
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==Lenses== | ==Lenses== | ||
| + | *Aplanétique Symétrique ([[Rapid Rectilinear]]), as pictured here. | ||
*Landscape lens | *Landscape lens | ||
*[[Petzval lens|Petzval]] (portrait) lens<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-France-Petzval-lens/AI-5-23239 Darlot Petzval lens] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-5/ fifth Westlicht auction], in April 2004.</ref> | *[[Petzval lens|Petzval]] (portrait) lens<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-France-Petzval-lens/AI-5-23239 Darlot Petzval lens] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-5/ fifth Westlicht auction], in April 2004.</ref> | ||
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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 Alphonse Darlot, the letters crossed as a logo.
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| Darlot landscape lens image by Couch Commando (Image rights) |
Lenses
- Aplanétique Symétrique (Rapid Rectilinear), as pictured here.
- Landscape lens
- Petzval (portrait) lens[2]
- Planigraphe[3]
- Combinable lens kit[4][5]
- Magic lantern lens
Notes
- ↑ Camera with Darlot lens, about 1855, for quarter-plate (wet-plate) photographs, sold at the twelfth Westlicht Photographica Auction, in November 2007.
- ↑ Darlot Petzval lens sold at the fifth Westlicht auction, in April 2004.
- ↑ Seen on an Orthoscope (Tourtin) SLR camera, c1885, at the 34th Leitz Photographica 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 sixth Westlicht auction, in November 2004.
- ↑ Darlot combinable lens set, about 1890 with six exchangeable elements, sold at the tenth Westlicht auction, in November 2006.
Links
- Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s at The Civil War Reenactors (archived at Internet Archive)
