DeJur
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| Advertisement for the DeJur-Amsco 'Autocritic' meter, in Popular Photography, June 1946. Scan by Camera Wiki. (Image rights) |
The DeJUR Amsco Corporation of Shelton, Connecticut, and later New York, was founded in the 1920s by Ralph and Harry DeJur.[1] 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.
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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| DeJUR-branded Petri E.Bn 35mm rangefinder still bears the Petri name prominently. image by Anthony Rabun (Image rights) |
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
- ↑ The DeJUR-Amsco page at Exposuremeters.net.
