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| − | + | '''Perken, Son & Rayment''' was a maker of cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment, including studio and darkroom apparatus. The company also made magic lanterns and accessories, telescopes, binoculars, surveying and other scientific equipment.<ref name=PSR>[http://www.archive.org/details/beginnersguideto00londuoft Beginnner's Guide to Photography] (about 1891) by 'A Fellow of the Chemical Society' and published by Perken, Son & Rayment, at [http://www.archive.org The Internet Archive]. Much of this short book (starting page 107) is advertisements for the company's products.</ref> The company address was for many years in Hatton Garden, in central London. | |
| + | McKeown, citing the company's advertisements, states that the original company was founded in 1852.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p779.</ref> By 1886 it was LeJeune and Perken; by 1888 Perken, Son and Rayment, and in 1900 it was Perken and Son. | ||
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Revision as of 10:54, 16 October 2014
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Perken, Son & Rayment was a maker of cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment, including studio and darkroom apparatus. The company also made magic lanterns and accessories, telescopes, binoculars, surveying and other scientific equipment.[1] The company address was for many years in Hatton Garden, in central London.
McKeown, citing the company's advertisements, states that the original company was founded in 1852.[2] By 1886 it was LeJeune and Perken; by 1888 Perken, Son and Rayment, and in 1900 it was Perken and Son.
The company used the brand name Optimus for a great many of its products, including cameras, lenses and magic lanterns.
Lenses
- 7" × 5" "Optimus"
- Rapid Euryscope 5" × 4" "Optimus"
| British companies | ||
| Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray |
Notes
- ↑ Beginnner's Guide to Photography (about 1891) by 'A Fellow of the Chemical Society' and published by Perken, Son & Rayment, at The Internet Archive. Much of this short book (starting page 107) is advertisements for the company's products.
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p779.
Links
- Perkin Son & Rayment Camera Listing with reference information at Historic Camera
- Company information at Early Photography.
- Half-plate Tailboard Portable, about 1886 at Wood and Brass.
- Cameras at Early Photography: these are all double-extension field cameras for 4¾×6½-inch plates (5×7?) with an f/8 Rapid Rectilinear lens.
