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'''Ross''' was a British optical company, founded in 1830. They also made cameras, from about 1855. It is well known for its camera lenses and its binoculars. | '''Ross''' was a British optical company, founded in 1830. They also made cameras, from about 1855. It is well known for its camera lenses and its binoculars. | ||
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* Ross Focal Plane Camera (strut folding press camera) | * Ross Focal Plane Camera (strut folding press camera) | ||
| − | == Lenses == | + | === Lenses === |
Names of Ross lenses: | Names of Ross lenses: | ||
* Cabinet | * Cabinet | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 19 March 2007
Ross was a British optical company, founded in 1830. They also made cameras, from about 1855. It is well known for its camera lenses and its binoculars.
Contents
Products
| 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 |
Cameras
- Ross Focal Plane Camera (strut folding press camera)
Lenses
Names of Ross lenses:
- Cabinet
- Definex
- Homocentric
- Telecentric
- Teleros
- Xpres
- Xtralux
See their 39mm screw lenses and their Contax lenses.
Bibliography
- British Camera Makers, N. Channing & M. Dunn, ed. Parkland Designs
