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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:04 am    Post subject: E Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You missed the Leica claim in "brand specifics" under brand...it ticks all the boxes!

Never heard of the carl meyer connection or name before.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"Carl Meyer" was a house brand name of Burke & James, Chicago. Famous camera dealer at its time.


Prof. Lynn Jones, former VP and head of sales (whom I know and am in contact with) writes about the company
here: http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/Burke/page2.html

http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=burkejames
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Burke_%26_James
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Burke_%26_James


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool lens, never heard of it before, I vaguely remember hearing about the Vivitar version.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
According to this, Sigma.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mureena/4543535745/in/set-72157623911354462


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great info,thanks Klaus....it's the 2nd time in two days I have heard about this supplier.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had a very interesting and hardly know lens from them, a f1.0/38mm Videostigmat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/sets/72157625031587288/


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's hardly surprising it's soft at wide apertures, that rear element looks knackered.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is highly informative post. Could we assume 1.8/85mm Vivitar is of the same series? It seems we found mystery upward aperture maker: early Sigma? See this topic: http://forum.mflenses.com/mistery-lenses-collection-t23606.html


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kds315* wrote:

Prof. Lynn Jones, former VP and head of sales (whom I know and am in contact with)


I regret to inform you that Lynn Jones died last year.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
opps, that is sad to hear Dan. We talked about a year ago if I'm not mistaken.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What's the difference between Meyer-Optik and Hugo Meyer lens?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
vanylapep wrote:
What's the difference between Meyer-Optik and Hugo Meyer lens?


Same company, different years.
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