Alpa (name used under license; original company extinct)  

Angenieux  

ARCA Swiss  

Arnold & Richter (see Arri)  

Arri  

Asahi (see Pentax)  

BELOMO  

Bender Photographic  

Bolex  

B+W Filterfabrik (owned by Schneider Kreuznach).  

Cambo  

Canham [1]  

Canon  

Century Precision Optics (owned by Schneider Kreuznach)  

Cokin  

Cooke  

Cosina  

Dallmeyer  

Ebony  

FantaSea  

Folmer and Schwing  

Fotoman  

Formatt  

Franke & Heidecke (see Rollei)  

Fujifilm  

Fujinon (see Fujifilm)  

Gandolfi  

General Brand  

Goko  

Gowland  

Harrison & Harrison Optical Engineers, Inc.  

Hasselblad  

Heliopan  

Hitech Filter  

Holga  

Horseman (part of Komamura Corporation)  

Hoya (part of THK Corporation)  

Kern  

Kiev-Arsenal  

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

Kenko (part of THK Corporation)  

Kodak  

Komura Corporation (also owns Horseman)  

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

Lee Filter  

Leica  

Linhof  

Littman  

LOMO (Leningradskoye Optiko Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie)  

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

Marumi  

Minox  

Nihon Optical (see Nikon)  

Nikon  

Noblex  

Old Delft  

Olympus  

Panasonic  

Panon (see Widelux)  

Pentax  

Plaubel  

Polaroid  

Rodenstock  

Rollei  

Ross  

Sailwind  

Samsung Camera  

Schacht  

Schneider Kreuznach  

Shen-Hao  

Sigma  

Silvestri Camera  

Sinar  

Singh-Ray  

Sony  

Steinheil  

Sunpak  

Sun  

Tachihara  

Tamron (controlled by Sony)  

Tanaka  

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson (now known as Cooke)  

Tiffen  

Toho  

Tokina (part of THK Corporation)  

Toyo  

Vivitar (actually no longer manufactures anything; now entirely a VAR)  

Voigtländer (name used under license; original company extinct)  

Walker  

Widelux  

Wisner  

Wista  

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  

Agfa  

Aires [2]  

Altissa [3]  

Ansco  

Arco  

Braun  

Bronica  

Contax  

Corfield (maker of the Corfield Periflex 35mm cameras)  

Balda  

Otto Berning Gmbh. (Made the Robot)  

Bell & Howell  

Bolsey  

Chinon  

Deardorff  

Druopta  

Ducati  

FED  

Franka  

C. P. Goërz  

Graflex  

Honeywell  

Houghton Butcher (maker of Ensign cameras)  

Ihagee  

Ilford (still produces film and chemicals)  

Kershaw  

Keystone (126 and 110 Cameras with Built in flash, Movie Cameras)  

Kiron Lenses  

Konica  

Konishiroku (see Konica Minolta)  

Konica Minolta (as of 2006 may still manufacture on an OEM basis for Sony)  

Kowa (still produces many optical products such as binoculars)  

Leitz (formerly owned Leica)  

Leotax  

Lord see Okaya  

Meopta (still produces many optical products)  

Minolta  

Micro Precision Products  

Miranda  

MPP (see Micro Precision Products)  

Nicca  

Norita  

Okaya  

OPL  

Orion see Miranda  

Pentacon (Praktica)  

Perkin Elmer  

Petri Founded 1907 as 'Kuribayashi Camera Works'  

Robot See Otto Berning  

Steinheil  

Suzuki Optical  

Tanaka  

Tessina  

Thornton-Pickard  

Topcon (still manufactures optical instruments)  

Tokyo Optical see Topcon  

Tower (a house brand of Sears Roebuck)  

Walz  

Wollensak  

Wray  

Yashica  

Zenza see Bronica  

Zunow