p.1 #1 · List of lens manufacturers - help needed!
I've started this list two years ago, though initially limited to European lens manufacturers. Since then I've continued assembling further entries.
Recently I've expanded my list to (historial and current) lens manufacturers from all over the world and shared a variant which I'm continually updating here:
I'm very thankful for anyone who can chime in, add some names or pointers towards good sources or who can spot errors in the existing list or sorting.
To clarify, I'm trying to build a list of manufacturers of all kinds of lenses related to photography, including industrial, enlarging and projection lenses but not single components or lens elements for glasses, binoculars etc. I'm also not looking for mere brands/re-sellers or camera-makers. I'm sure that a couple of those managed to get in there regardless by now, so if you spot some errors, I'd appreciate it, if you could let me know as well.
Since people here seem particularly knowledgeable about (more recent) alt-lens manufacturing companies from China and Japan, I'm hopeful that there's a bunch of those which I've overlooked by now.
