[LargeFormat] Wide field and Commercial Ektars

[Mike Brown]

Copal began producing the Copal #3 in 1962.  Shortly there after came the 
smaller copal #1 & 0.  Just when they were introduced in the US market I am 
not certain
but believe by 1965 they had already arrived Stateside.
Compur & Compound had the lions share of the US market in imports and Ilex 
dominated the domestic produced shutter market.

Commercial Ektars were all produced post WWII.  All of these lenses were 
coated.  I do not have date when production commenced.  All Kodak lenses 
have a 2 letter code indicating the yr. of mfg.  The code is numbered 1 thru 
0 represented by the letters in the word: "CAMEROSITY".  C represent 1; A 
represents 2, etc.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto at twmi.rr.com>
To: "f32" <largeformat at f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Wide field and Commercial Ektars


> Does anybody have an introduction date or "earliest known" date for these 
> lenses in any focal length? The best I can get is a 1948 edition of "Kodak 
> Lenses"  which mentions them, but doesn't say they are new or just 
> introduced.
>
> While I'm asking for dates, when did the Copal shutters start coming into 
> the US market?
>
> Les
>
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