Dallmeyer

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J. H. Dallmeyer was a British company, founded in 1860. Their main business was to manufacture lenses, but they also sold cameras. Some of these were manufactured by Dallmeyer themselves, some were made elsewhere then equipped with Dallmeyer lenses and sold under that name.

Dallmeyer was born in Prussia. On coming to London, he worked for optician Andrew Ross, and later married Ross' daughter. Dallmeyer went into business for himself after Ross' death in 1859; Ross' son Thomas continued the Ross business. Dallmeyer designed both photographic lenses and telescopes, and was on the council of both the Royal Photographic and Astronomical Societies. He passed on the business to his son, Thomas R. Dallmeyer before his death late in 1883.[1]


Cameras

Lenses

  • Adon
  • Carfac
  • Dallon Tele-Anastigmat
    • 6-inch (152mm)
      • f5.6/6-inch
    • 9-inch (229mm)
      • f5.6/9-inch
      • f6.5/9-inch
    • 11-inch (280)
      • f5.6/11-inch
    • 12-inch (305mm)
      • f7.7/12-inch
    • 14-inch (356mm)
      • f3.5/14-inch 'Ultra-Speed Dallon Lens'
      • f5.6/14-inch
    • 20-inch508mm)
      • 5.6/20-inch
    • 40-inch (1018mm)
      • f8/40-inch
  • Dalmac Anastigmat
  • Dalrac
  • Pentac
  • Perfac
  • Popular Telephoto
  • Serrac
  • Stigmatic
  • Super-Six
  • Ultrac (cine?)
  • Wide Angle Anastigmat


See also their 39mm screw lenses, and Rapid Rectilinear.


Notes

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
  1. British Journal of Photography Vol. 31, No. 1237 (18 January, 1884), pp 37-38 available at the Internet Archive to view online or download in various formats. Dallmeyer's death is announced briefly on p21 in the previous issue.

Bibliography

  • Channing, Norman and Dunn, Mike. British Camera Makers. An A-Z Guide to Companies and Products. London : Parkland Designs, 1996. ISBN 0-9524630-0-8


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