† marks a maker that's gone. the gear lives on.

arca-swiss — switzerland. f-line, m-line, rm3d. active — [lens compatibility chart]

bronica † — japan. ETR, SQ, GS-1 systems. ended 2005 under tamron.

cambo — netherlands. ultima, wide. active.

carl zeiss — planar, distagon, sonnar, tessar, biogon. active — hasselblad lenses

chamonix — china. wooden and carbon field cameras. active.

contax † — 645 system; zeiss lenses. kyocera ended 2005.

deardorff † — usa, chicago. the american studio standard (V8). gone.

ebony — japan. wooden field cameras (SV45, RW45). active. [catalog] · [finesse catalog] · [rw45 user guide] · [sv45 user guide]

fuji — japan. GW690, GX680, GA645, GF670. film bodies discontinued. [fujinon lenses]

gandolfi — uk. wooden field and studio cameras.

graflex † — usa. speed graphic, crown graphic. gone 1973.

hasselblad — sweden. 500 series, 200 series, H system. V system discontinued. [h1d user manual] · [hm 16-32 film back manual]

hasselblad flextight — scanners. tutorials: [3f] · [banding] · [checking focus] · [custom setup] · [custom frame] · [covers] · [replacing lamp] · [scsi connection] · [servicing drive] · [sharpening]

horseman † — japan. LX, L, VH-R. production ended.

kiev / arsenal † — ukraine. 60, 88 (hasselblad-derived). arsenal closed around 2009.

kowa † — japan. six, super 66. left cameras in the 1970s.

linhof — germany. technika, kardan. active.

mamiya † — japan. 645, RB67, RZ67, 7 / 7 II, 6, TLRs. absorbed into phase one.

meyer-optik görlitz — trioplan, primoplan. original gone; name revived.

minolta † — japan. camera business sold 2006. [flash meter VI manual]

MPP † — uk. view and press cameras. gone.

nagaoka † — japan. featherweight wooden field cameras. gone.

nikkor — W, M, SW, AM-ED, T-ED series. discontinued; nikon active — large format lenses

norita † — japan. 66; noritar 80/2. gone.

pentacon six † — east germany. the affordable 6x6 workhorse. gone.

pentax — japan. 67 and 645 systems. film bodies discontinued.

phase one — denmark. medium format digital. active — [IQ back navigation guide]

plaubel † — germany. peco view cameras. gone.

rodenstock — apo-sironar, grandagon, apo-ronar, HR digaron. active. [analog lenses] · analog lenses — earlier edition · [digital lenses] · [apo-grandagon] · [HR digaron-W news]

rollei † — germany. rolleiflex TLR, SL66. original gone; name licensed on.

schneider kreuznach — super-angulon, apo-symmar, xenotar, digitars. active. apo-digitar family · complete range · [super-digitar] · [newer digitar lenses] · [digital lenses — linhof] · [digital lens specs] · [vintage spectrum brochure] · [lens data list] · [2012 price list] · [center filter] · [center filters guide]. MTF: [apo-digitar 43/5.6] · [apo-digitar 60/5.6 XL] · [apo-digitar 120/5.6 asph] · [super-digitar 28/5.6 XL]

shen hao — china. wooden field cameras. active.

silvestri — italy. technical cameras. active.

sinar — switzerland. p / f series. active under jenoptik.

tachihara † — japan. cherrywood field cameras. gone.

toyo — japan. field (45A) and view (45G) cameras. active.

wista — japan. field cameras (45DX, 45SP).

zone VI † — usa, vermont. wooden field cameras. gone.

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