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'''Ilex''' Manufacturing Co. was one of America's three main suppliers of lenses for view cameras. It was founded in 1910 by the former [[Bausch & Lomb]] shutter designers Rudolph Klein and Theodor Brueck. They invented a delay mechanism that made shutters working independently from climate conditions. Their lens brand was ''Paragon''. | '''Ilex''' Manufacturing Co. was one of America's three main suppliers of lenses for view cameras. It was founded in 1910 by the former [[Bausch & Lomb]] shutter designers Rudolph Klein and Theodor Brueck. They invented a delay mechanism that made shutters working independently from climate conditions. Their lens brand was ''Paragon''. | ||
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| + | ==Shutters== | ||
| + | Many of the Universal shutters have the speeds T, B, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, 1/10, 1/5, 1/2, and 1 sec. | ||
| + | Most ACME shutters have additional 1/150 sec. | ||
| + | * Ilex Universal | ||
| + | * No. OO Universal Electronic | ||
| + | with mechanical speed setting (three speeds plus T and B) | ||
| + | * No. 1 Synchro Electronic | ||
| + | with electric shutter speed control | ||
| + | * No. 1 Universal | ||
| + | * No. 2 ACME | ||
| + | Unsynchronized press shutter (self-cocking shutter) | ||
| + | * No. 3 ACME Synchro | ||
| + | Precision press shutter with extra lever for selecting [[flash sync|sync]] mode or shutter delay for use with different types of [[flash bulbs]] or [[flashgun]]s | ||
| + | * No. 4 Universal | ||
| + | * No. 4 ACME | ||
| + | * No. 4 ACME Synchro | ||
| + | * No. 5 Universal | ||
| + | with speed only up to 1/50 sec. | ||
| + | * No. 5 Universal Synchro | ||
| + | with speed only up to 1/50 sec. and with switch for M, X or nor [[flash sync]] | ||
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| + | others | ||
| + | * Ilex Precise (in [[Argus]] cameras) | ||
| + | * [[Graflex]] Speedioscope | ||
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* [http://www.skgrimes.com/ilex/index.htm Ilex shutters for large format photography] at [http://www.skgrimes.com/index.htm S.K. Grimes] | * [http://www.skgrimes.com/ilex/index.htm Ilex shutters for large format photography] at [http://www.skgrimes.com/index.htm S.K. Grimes] | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=ilexprecise Repair notes of an Ilex Precise], of [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=acme2 an Ilex Acme No.2] and [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=ilex drawing of an Ilex Universal] at [http://www.daniel.mitchell.name/cameras/index.html Daniel Mitchell's camera site] |
[[Category: shutter makers]] | [[Category: shutter makers]] | ||
[[Category: lens makers]] | [[Category: lens makers]] | ||
[[Category: USA]] | [[Category: USA]] | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 29 October 2008
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| Ilex Paragon Anastigmat f4.5 lens in Ilex No. 4 Universal shutter |
Ilex Manufacturing Co. was one of America's three main suppliers of lenses for view cameras. It was founded in 1910 by the former Bausch & Lomb shutter designers Rudolph Klein and Theodor Brueck. They invented a delay mechanism that made shutters working independently from climate conditions. Their lens brand was Paragon.
Shutters
Many of the Universal shutters have the speeds T, B, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, 1/10, 1/5, 1/2, and 1 sec. Most ACME shutters have additional 1/150 sec.
- Ilex Universal
- No. OO Universal Electronic
with mechanical speed setting (three speeds plus T and B)
- No. 1 Synchro Electronic
with electric shutter speed control
- No. 1 Universal
- No. 2 ACME
Unsynchronized press shutter (self-cocking shutter)
- No. 3 ACME Synchro
Precision press shutter with extra lever for selecting sync mode or shutter delay for use with different types of flash bulbs or flashguns
- No. 4 Universal
- No. 4 ACME
- No. 4 ACME Synchro
- No. 5 Universal
with speed only up to 1/50 sec.
- No. 5 Universal Synchro
with speed only up to 1/50 sec. and with switch for M, X or nor flash sync
others
Links
| photography related industry in Rochester (New York) |
| American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak |
| and in Rochester (Minnesota) |
| Conley |
| external links |
| graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's "Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)" |
