Concept: Cameras/Camera Brands.

Researching specific types of camera brands- researching the history, and seeing what effect this has on their power within the retail market and Photography industry.

CURRENT MANUFATURERES OF CAMERAS AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES AND FILTERS

- Alpa (name used under license; original company extinct)

- Andor Technology

- Angenieux

- Argus

- Arnold & Richter (see Arri)

- Arri

- Asahi (see Pentax)

- BELOMO

- Bolex

- Bron Elektronik

- B + W Filterfabrik (owned by Schneider Kreuznach)

- Cambo (Cambo Camera)

- Canham

- Canon

- Casio

- Century Precision Optics (owned by Schneider Kreuznach)

- Cokin

- Cooke

- Cosina

- Folmer and Schwing

- Franke & Heidecke (see Rollei)

- Fujifilm

- Fujinon (see Fujifilm)

- Goko

- Gowland

- Hartblei

- Hasselblad

- Holga

- Hoya (part of the THK Corporation)

- Kern

- Kiev- Arsenal

- Kino Precision (makers of Kiron and Vivitar Series 1 lenses)

- Kenko (distributed in the USA by THK Corporation)

- Kodak

- Krasnogorkshy Mekanicheski Zavod (also known as KMZ, makers of Zorki and Zenit cameras)

- Leica

- Lensbaby

- Linhof
- Littmann

- LOMO (Leningradskoye Optiko Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie)

- Mamiya (announced sale of camera business May 2006, future production uncertain)

- Marumi

- Mega Vision

- Minox

- Nikon

- Noblex

- Olympus

- Panasonic

- Panon (see Widelux)

- Pentax

- Phase One

- Polaroid

- Ricoh

- Rodenstock

- Rollei

- Ross

- Samsung

- Seagull Camera

- Schneider Kreuznach

- Sigma

- Silverstri

- Sinar

- Singh-Ray

- Soligor

- Sony

- Steinheil

- Sunpak

- Tamron (controlled by Sony)

- Taylor, Taylor and Hobson (now known as Cooke)

- Think Tank Photo

- Tiffen

- Tokina (part of the THK Corporation)

- Toyo

- Voigtlander (name used under license, original company extinct)

- Wratten (see Tiffen-makes the products and Kodak owns the brand)

-Wray

- Zeiss (Zeiss-Ikon product line)

- Zenit (see KMZ)

- Zorki (see KMZ)

- Zuiko (see Olympus)

FORMER PRODUCERS OF FILM CAMERAS WHO NOW EXCLUSIVELY MAKE DIGITAL CAMERAS

- Koyocera (as of 2005, only photo production is mobile phone cameras)

- Polaroid

- Ricoh

- Sanyo

FORMER PRODUCERS OF CAMERAS AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES AND FILTERS

- Agfa

- Ansco

- Atoms (Calypso underwater camera)

- Carl Braun Camera- Werk

- Bronica

- Contax
- Corfield Ltd (Early British camera maker, crafted the Crofield Periflex)

- Coronet Camera Company

- Otto Berning Gmbh. (Made the Robot)

- Bell & Howell

- Chinon

- David White Company (Stereo Realist)

- Ducati

- FED

- Ferrania

- Franka

- Graflex

- Honeywell

- Ihagee

- Ilford (still produces film and chemicals)

- Keystone (126 and 110 Cameras with built in flash, movie cameras)

- Kiron Lenses

- Konica

- Konishiroku (see Konica Minolta)

- Konica Minolta (as of 1006 may still manufacture on an OEM basis for Sony)

- Leitz (formerly owned Leica)

- Leidolf 

- Lord (see Okaya)

- Meopta (still produces many optical products)

- Minolta

- Micro Precision Products

- Miranda

- MPP (see Micro Precision Products)

- Nicca

- Nimslo (4 lens 35mm 3D camera)

- Norita

- Okaya

- OPL

- Orion (see Miranda)

- Pentacon (Praktica)

- PerkinElmer

- Petri (Founded 1907 as 'Kuribayashi Camera Works')

- Rectaflex

- Robot (see Otto Berning)

- Steinheil

- Tessina

- Thornton- Pickard

- Topcon (still manufactures optical instruments)

- Tokyo Optical (see Topcon)

- Tower (a house brand of Sears department stores)

- Vivitar

- Wollensak

- Wray

- Yashica

- Zenza (see Bronica)

LIST OF CAMERA ACCESSORY MAKERS

- Adorama

- Benbo

- Benro

- Beseler

- Billingham Bags

- Bowens

- Brandess-Kalt-Aetna Group-- BKA

- Crumpler

- CTS Safe Voltage Syncs

- Domke

- Electra (Thai camera and professional studio accessories manufacturer)
- Etsumi

- General Brand

- Gitzo

- Hakuba

- Hama

- Harrison & Harrison Optical Engineers, Inc.

- Honl

- Kirk Enterprises

- Leaf

- Lowepro

- LumoPro

- Manfrotto Group

- Meopta

- Metz

- Micro Precision Products

- MPP (see Mirco Precision Products)

- OP/TECH USA

- Panasonic

- Polaroid

- Really Right Stuff

- Sigma

- Slik

- Sunpak

- SRB

- Tamrac

- Tiffen

- Triopo

- UNI- LOC

- Velbon

- Vivitar

- Zing

- Zoerk

I have decided to develop futher research into the following brands:

- Canon

- Fujifilm

- Hasselblad

- Holga

- Ilford

- Kodak

- Leica

- LOMO

- Nikon

- Olympus

- Panasonic

- Pentax

- Polaroid

- Samsung

- Sony

- Sayno

- Velbon

From personal experience, I feel that these are the brands that have played an important part in both my own life and interest in photography, as well as in the market and industry itself. Please see future posts for more details!