Miller Outcalt
Miller Outcalt was an Ohio-born entrepreneur who, together with his wife Bunny, became a successful photographic supplier based in Santa Monica (CA), trading under the KALT and Milo / Mil-O brands.[1] Founded in the late 1940s, the business was sold in 1983 to the photo distributor Brandess Brothers[1] They later acquired Aetna to form BKA (Brandess Kalt Aetna)—which after 2010 merged to form OmegaBrandess who (as of 2022) still exist.[2]
After the deaths of the Outcalts an endowment was established in their names to support UC Santa Cruz's special collections in photography.[3]
Cameras
Other
- Numerous KALT-branded accessories and lenses, still current as of 2022[5]
- Mil-O Filters [6]
- Mil-O Lightmeter[7]
- Mil-O lens hoods[8]
- Mil-O accesssory rangefinders[9]
Links
- Miller Outcalt autobiographical reminiscences (Miller Outcalt photographs. MS 234. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miller Outcalt's autobiographical reminiscences, "biography" section, "Guide to the Miller Outcalt Photographs" (Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz)
- ↑ OmegaBrandess "About Us" page at the company website
- ↑ "UC Santa Cruz Library receives half-million-dollar gift to benefit Special Collections photo archives", November 17, 2004, at the UC Santa Cruz Newscenter.
- ↑ Taron 35 Model III advertised in the February, 1959, Popular Photography (Vol. 44, No. 2; pg. 76)
- ↑ See current products at the B&H website
- ↑ Mil-O Optical Glass Filter with box, Oakland Museum of California
- ↑ On-line auctions
- ↑ An example photographed in kodakcollector Charlie's Flickr stream
- ↑ An example here mounted to a Kodak Retina I; Zheng Flickr stream
