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The '''DeJUR Amsco''' Corporation of Shelton, Connecticut, and later New York, was founded in the 1920s by Ralph and Harry DeJur.<ref name=Expmtr>The [http://www.exposuremeters.net/expmeters/pages/dejur/dejur.htm DeJUR-Amsco] page at [http://www.exposuremeters.net/ Exposuremeters.net].</ref> The company traded in photographic goods, and ''may'' have made some. Later, DeJUR also sold office equipment including copiers and dictation recorders. The company was eventually sold in 1974, when Ralph DeJur retired.
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The '''DeJUR Amsco''' Corporation of Shelton, Connecticut, and later New York, was founded in the 1920s by Ralph and Harry DeJur.<ref name=Expmtr>The [http://www.exposuremeters.net/expmeters/pages/dejur/dejur.htm DeJUR-Amsco] page at [http://www.exposuremeters.net/ Exposuremeters.net].</ref><ref>There is a theatre named the Harry DeJur Playhouse in New York.</ref> The company traded in photographic goods, and ''may'' have made some of their own, or had products made exclusively for them. Later, DeJur also sold office equipment including copiers and dictation recorders. The company was eventually sold in 1974, when Ralph DeJur retired.
  
The company was well-known for exposure meters. These were certainly made in the USA, and may have been the company's own products. DeJUR-Amsco also imported cameras for sale under its own brand, from companies including [[Neidig]] and [[Tokyo Kogaku]]. The [[Petri]] camera shown below still bears the Petri name prominently, however (it may be that Petri themselves refused to have the camera completely rebranded; Petri had a US distributing company of their own at this time, so DeJUR would not have had exclusive access to the product).
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The company was well-known for cine equipment, and also sold enlargers and exposure meters. These were made in the USA, perhaps by Hickok.<ref>James Ollinger suggests this, discussing the [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/meters/dejur_50.html Model 50 Autocritic] in his  [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/index.html Exposure Meter Collection].</ref> DeJur-Amsco also imported cameras for sale under its own brand, from companies including [[Neidig]] and [[Tokyo Kogaku]]. The [[Petri]] camera shown below still bears the Petri name prominently, however (it may be that Petri themselves refused to have the camera completely rebranded; Petri had a US distributing company of their own at this time, so DeJur would not have had exclusive access to the product).
  
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|image_text= DeJUR-branded Petri E.Bn 35mm rangefinder still bears the Petri name prominently.
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* Dekon-SR (aka [[Topcon#Fixed_lens|Topcon PRII]])
 
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* [[Petri E.Bn|DeJUR Petri E.Bn]] (1960)
 
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===Links===
 
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* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/DeJur-Amsco/ DeJUR cameras at collectiblend]
 
* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/DeJur-Amsco/ DeJUR cameras at collectiblend]
 
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Revision as of 17:57, 21 June 2011

The DeJUR Amsco Corporation of Shelton, Connecticut, and later New York, was founded in the 1920s by Ralph and Harry DeJur.[1][2] The company traded in photographic goods, and may have made some of their own, or had products made exclusively for them. Later, DeJur also sold office equipment including copiers and dictation recorders. The company was eventually sold in 1974, when Ralph DeJur retired.

The company was well-known for cine equipment, and also sold enlargers and exposure meters. These were made in the USA, perhaps by Hickok.[3] DeJur-Amsco also imported cameras for sale under its own brand, from companies including Neidig and Tokyo Kogaku. The Petri camera shown below still bears the Petri name prominently, however (it may be that Petri themselves refused to have the camera completely rebranded; Petri had a US distributing company of their own at this time, so DeJur would not have had exclusive access to the product).



Cameras

  • DeJur D-1 (1955) Made by Neidig in Germany as the Perlux II.
  • DeJur D-3 (1957) Made by Neidig as the Perlux IIa.
  • Dejur Reflex DR-10
  • Dejur Reflex DR-20
  • Dekon-SR (aka Topcon PRII)
  • DeJUR Petri E.Bn (1960)


Notes

  1. The DeJUR-Amsco page at Exposuremeters.net.
  2. There is a theatre named the Harry DeJur Playhouse in New York.
  3. James Ollinger suggests this, discussing the Model 50 Autocritic in his Exposure Meter Collection.


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