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Pages in category "Photography equipment manufacturers of the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
When the U.S. entered the war, the Army urgently requested that American civilians turn in their lenses and optics, including telescopes and binoculars, for aerial use, specifically naming several sought-after German manufactures. Cameras quickly became large and mechanically very complex. German and Italian cameras generally used 13×18 cm plates.
Some camera makers design lenses but outsource manufacture. Some lens makers have cameras made to sell under their own brand name. A few companies are only in the lens business. Some camera companies make no lenses, but usually at least sell a lens from some lens maker with their cameras as part of a package.
TLR cameras, SLR cameras, folding cameras, CCD and SLR camera lenses, large-format cameras Sigma: Japan: Compact digital cameras and SD-series DSLRs Sony: Japan: Cyber-shot compact digital cameras, α DSLRs, and Sony NEX MILCs Tevion: Germany: Compact digital cameras and trail cameras Thomson: France: Waterproof digital camera Traveler: Germany ...
Within a decade of being introduced in America, 3 general forms of camera were in popular use: the American- or chamfered-box camera, the Robert's-type camera or "Boston box", and the Lewis-type camera. The American-box camera had beveled edges at the front and rear, and an opening in the rear where the formed image could be viewed on ground glass.
The successful "Imperial Triple Extension" model was introduced in 1913 and continued in production until the 1930s. During the First World War, the company produced a number of cameras for military use, including the Mark III Hythe gun camera. In 1921, the company merged with several others to form Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers.
The Mexican-American War was the first one to be captured by a camera. [1] A number of daguerreotypes were taken of the occupation of Saltillo during the Mexican–American War, in 1847 by an unknown photographer, although not for the purpose of journalism.
Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic, 1947. Graflex was a manufacturer that gave its brand name to several camera models.. The company was founded as the Folmer and Schwing Manufacturing Company in New York City in 1887 by William F. Folmer and William E. Schwing as a metal working factory, manufacturing gas light fixtures, chandeliers, bicycles and eventually, cameras.