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| − | + | '''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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| + | |image_text= Darlot 105mm f/6.3 'Nemo' on a [[Plavic Pliant IB]], c.1928. | ||
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==Lenses== | ==Lenses== | ||
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| + | *Aplanétique Symétrique ([[Rapid Rectilinear]]), as pictured here. | ||
| + | * Objectif d'Artiste (artist's lens), c.1890; aluminium-barrelled soft-focus landscape lens with focusing screw and iris diaphragm, made for photographer Constant Puyo<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-Objectif-d-Artiste/AI-16-19414 Objectif d'Artiste] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-16/ sixteenth Westlicht Auction], in December 2009.</ref><ref>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_Puyo Puyo] at French Wikipedia</ref> | ||
| + | * Hemispherique; a brass-barrelled wide-angle lens with three fixed stops (like Waterhouse stops but captive; the ones not required are swung out of the way)<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-Hemispherique/AI-31-35681 Hemispherique] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-31/ 31st Westlicht auction], in June 2017.</ref> | ||
*Landscape lens | *Landscape lens | ||
| − | *[[Petzval lens|Petzval]] (portrait) lens<ref>[https:// | + | *Nemo anastigmat, as pictured here. |
| − | *[[Combinable lens]] kit<ref>[https:// | + | *[[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><ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-Petzval-Stereo-Lens-Pair/AI-21-13730 Stereo pair of Petzval lenses] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-21/ 21st Westlicht Auction], in May 2012.</ref> |
| + | * Planigraphe<ref>Seen on an [[Orthoscope (Tourtin)]] SLR camera, c.1885, [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Tourtin-Paris-L-Orthoscope-Reflex-Camera/AI-34-37185 at the 34th Leitz Photographica Auction], in June 2019.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Combinable lens]] 'trousse' kit<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Darlot-Opticien-Paris-Cascet-lens/AI-6-23994 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 [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-6/ sixth Westlicht auction], in November 2004.</ref><ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/A.-Darlot-Opticien-Casket-lens-set/AI-10-15323 Darlot combinable lens set, about 1890] with ''six'' exchangeable elements, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-10/ tenth Westlicht auction], in November 2006.</ref> | ||
*Magic lantern lens | *Magic lantern lens | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180516211923/http://www.cwreenactors.com/collodion/darlot.htm Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180505175621/http://www.cwreenactors.com/index.php The Civil War Reenactors] ( | + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180516211923/http://www.cwreenactors.com/collodion/darlot.htm Darlot portrait lens of the 1860s] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180505175621/http://www.cwreenactors.com/index.php The Civil War Reenactors] (archived at Internet Archive) |
[[Category: Lens makers]] | [[Category: Lens makers]] | ||
[[Category: France]] | [[Category: France]] | ||
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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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Lenses
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| companies | ||
| AFR | Alsaphot | André and Lieutier | Angénieux | Arca Swiss | As de Trèfle | Atoms | Aubertin | Balcar | Bardin | Bauchet | Baudry | Bellieni | Berthiot | Boumsell | Boyer | Bronzavia | Cindo | Cord | Cornu | Coronet | Darlot | Demaria-Lapierre | Derogy | Faller | FAP | Fex | Français | Compagnie Française de Photographie | Gallus | Gaumont | Georges Paris | Girard | Gitzo | Goldstein | Héard & Mallinjod | Hermagis | Idam | Itier | Jousset | Joux | Kafta | Kinax | Kodak Pathé | Krauss | Lumière | Lund | Mackenstein | Manufrance | MAPED | Mazo | MFAP | MIOM | Mollier | Mundus | Olbia | Omega | OPL | Pierrat | Richard | Richard (Jules) | Roussel | Royer | SEM | Secam | SIAP | Soulé | Spirotechnique | Tiranty | Vergne | Zion (France) | ||
- Aplanétique Symétrique (Rapid Rectilinear), as pictured here.
- Objectif d'Artiste (artist's lens), c.1890; aluminium-barrelled soft-focus landscape lens with focusing screw and iris diaphragm, made for photographer Constant Puyo[2][3]
- Hemispherique; a brass-barrelled wide-angle lens with three fixed stops (like Waterhouse stops but captive; the ones not required are swung out of the way)[4]
- Landscape lens
- Nemo anastigmat, as pictured here.
- Petzval (portrait) lens[5][6]
- Planigraphe[7]
- Combinable lens 'trousse' kit[8][9]
- 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.
- ↑ Objectif d'Artiste sold at the sixteenth Westlicht Auction, in December 2009.
- ↑ Puyo at French Wikipedia
- ↑ Hemispherique sold at the 31st Westlicht auction, in June 2017.
- ↑ Darlot Petzval lens sold at the fifth Westlicht auction, in April 2004.
- ↑ Stereo pair of Petzval lenses sold at the 21st Westlicht Auction, in May 2012.
- ↑ Seen on an Orthoscope (Tourtin) SLR camera, c.1885, at the 34th Leitz Photographica Auction, in June 2019.
- ↑ 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)
