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Dan Fromm
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On 2004-05-22 10:44, RichS wrote:
Under B&J lenses, the book says "Made by Carl Meyer". The next lens is "Made by Carl Zeiss Jenna". This makes it sound like "Carl Meyer" was a real person/manufacturer? But info like that could have just come from B&J literature and be totally fabricated...
My bet would be that B&J assembled the parts and use the "Carl Meyer" name. Would be a bit of work to change the name on the elements though?
Okay, looked it up in the VadeMecum...
"Meyer, Carl
This was a trade name devised by George Drucker about 1927 and used by his firm on a series of lenses offered by Burke and James. Thus there was a set sold about 1961-1966 from a maker unknown, but described as "Made in the USA", custom built and top performance."
Ya got me...
And I'm not very happy about the VadeMecum being locked against copying text or printing! Don't care what the reasons are, it's just anoying as heck and really makes me want to 'crack' the damned thing... Just a little rant...
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Rich, my copy of the version 7/05/2001 is unlocked. Look for files named 0* on the distribution disk. If they're not there, we can work something out.
Cheers,
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