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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. In 1948 Ross joined with [[Houghton-Buther]]'s successor Barnet Ensign Ltd. . Together the companies survived as [[Ross-Ensign]] until 1961. |
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Revision as of 21:11, 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. In 1948 Ross joined with Houghton-Buther's successor Barnet Ensign Ltd. . Together the companies survived as Ross-Ensign until 1961.
Products
| British companies | ||
| Adams & Co. | Agilux | APeM | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beck | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lizars | MPP | Newman & Guardia | Perken Son & Rayment | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Watkins | Watson | 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