ELGEET 6 3/8 INCH (162MM) F.4.5 COLORSTIGMAT LENS ~ ALL METAL ~ WITH RING

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NICE HEAVY ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, ELGEET 6 3/8 INCH (162MM) COLORSTIGMAT F. 4.5 - F22 I BELIEVE ENLARGING LENS ~ CLEAN GLASS MANUAL APERTURE RING AND ~ MOUNTING RING ATTACHED ~ THIS IS A WELL BUILT HEAVY GLASS LENS NO SCRATCHES OR MOLD....
Elgeet Optical
was founded in 1946 by
David Goldstein
in Rochester, NY, home of
Eastman Kodak
. Elgeet was best known for its movie camera lenses, but they manufactured at least one still camera telephoto lens, made for the
American Clarus Model MS-35
rangefinder camera body. Like the other Rochester based optical legends,
Ilex
and
Wollensak
, they largely supplied the lenses for cameras of other manufacturers.
In 1954, Elgeet introduced the
Navitar
brand on lenses that were developed for the U.S. Navy for missile tracking. Goldstein subsequently went on to form
D.O. Industries
in 1972, which became the modern day
Navitar, Inc
.
Still headquartered in Rochester, Navitar, Inc. creates optics for four primary applications:
Biomedical & Life Sciences
,
Defense & Security
,
Industrial Imaging
and
Projection
.
David Goldstein’s sons
Julian and Jeremy Goldstein
who both lived in Japan and studied Japanese optical manufacturing techniques in the 1980s. The Goldstein brothers purchased Navitar from their father in 1994 and continue to own the company. In addition to providing marketing and sales strategies for Navitar, Jeremy shares strategic and long-range planning activities with his brother Julian, who now focuses on mergers and acquisitions, such as Navitar’s acquisition of the
Buhl Optical Company
in 1997.