Equipment Manufacturers and Retailers

Adapted from Appendix C - Totality - Eclipses of the Sun

Below is a brief list of some equipment manufacturers and retailers.

Index

Camera Manufacturers
Camera Lens Manufacturers
Telescope Manufacturers
Telescope and Accessories Retailers
Solar Filters

Camera Manufacturers

Canon U.S.A., Inc., One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042-1198
phone: 800-652-2666;
website: www.usa.canon.com
Minolta Corp., 101 Williams Drive, Ramsey, NJ 07446
phone: 201-825-4000
website: www.minolta.com
Nikon Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747-3064
phone: 800-645-6687
website: www.nikonusa.com
Olympus America Inc., 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747-3157
phone: 516-844-5000
website: www.olympusamerica.com
Pentax Corp., 35 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, CO 80112
phone: 800-877-0155
website: www.pentax.com
Sigma Corp., 15 Fleetwood Court, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779
phone: 516-585-1144
website: www.sigmaphoto.com

Camera Lens Manufacturers

Sigma Corp., 15 Fleetwood Court, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779
phone: 516-585-1144
website: www.sigmaphoto.com
Tamron Industries, Inc., 125 Schmitt Blvd., Farmingdale, NY 11735
phone: 516-694-8700
website: www.tamron.com
Tokina, THK Photo Products, Inc., 2360 Mira Mar Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815
phone: 800-421-1141
website: www.thkphoto.com
Vivitar Corporation, 1280 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park, CA 91320
phone: 805-498-7008
website: www.vivitarcorp.com

Telescope Manufacturers

Astro-Physics, Inc., 11250 Forest Hills Rd., Rockford, IL 61115
phone: 815-282-1513, fax: 815-282-9847
internet: www.astro-physics.com/
Celestron International, 2835 Columbia St., Torrance, CA 90503, USA
phone: 310-328-9560, fax: 310-212-5835
internet: www.celestron.com
Meade Instruments Corporation, 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92620
phone: 714-451-1450, fax: 714-451-1460
internet: www.meade.com
Questar Corp., 6204 Ingham Rd., New Hope, PA 18938
phone: 215-862-5277, fax: 215-862-0512; e-mail: questar@erols.com
internet: www.questar-corp.com
Takahashi, c/o Land, Sea & Sky Unlimited, 3110 S. Shepherd, Houston, TX 77098
phone: 713-529-3551, fax: 713-529-3108
internet: www.takahashiamerica.com
Tasco, 7600 Northwest 26th St., Miami, FL 33122
phone: 305-591-3670
internet: www.tasco.com
Tele Vue Optics, Inc., 100 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901
phone: 914-357-9522, fax: 914-357-9523
internet: www.televue.com
Unitron Inc., P.O. Box 469, Bohemia, NY 11716
phone: 516-589-6666, fax: 516-589-6975; e-mail: info@unitronusa.com
internet: www.unitronusa.com

Telescope and Accessories Retailers

Adorama Camera, 42 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011
phone: 212-741-0466, 800-223-2500; fax: 212-463-7223; e-mail: goadorama@aol.com
website: www.adoramacamera.com
Astronomics, 680 S.W. 24th Ave., Norman, OK, 73069
phone: 405-364-0858, 800-422-7876; fax: 405-447-3337; e-mail: questions@astronomics.com
website: www.astronomics.com/main/
Focus Camera Inc., 4419-21 13th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11219
phone: 718-437-8810, 800-221-0828; fax: 718-437-8811; e-mail: Info@focuscamera.com
website: focuscamera.com/
Hands on Optics, PO Box 10025 Rockville, MD 20898
phone: 866-726-7371, e-mail: astroguy@handsonoptics.com
website: www.handsonoptics.com/
Khan Scope Centre, 3243 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 2T2.
Phone: 416-783-4140, Fax: 416-783-7697, e-mail: khan@globalserve.net
website: www.khanscope.com/main.htm
Lumicon, 6242 Preston Avenue Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: 925-447-9570; 800-767-9576; Fax: 925-447-9589; e-mail: lumicon@pacbell.net
website: www.lumicon.com/
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, P.O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
phone: 800-447-1001, e-mail: sales@telescope.com
website: www.telescope.com
Scope City, 730 E. Easy Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Phone: 805-522-6646, Fax: 805-582-0292
phone: xxx, e-mail: sales@scopecity.com
website: www.scopecity.com/
Shutan Camera & Video, 100 Fairway Drive, Vernon Hills, IL 60061
phone: 847-367-4600 , fax: 847-367-6611, e-mail: info@shutan.com
website: www.shutan.com/
Swift Instruments, 952 Dorchester Ave., Boston, MA 02125
phone: 617-436-2960, fax: 617-436-3232
Wholesale Optics, 59 Mine Hill Rd., New Milford, CT 06776
phone: 860-355-3132; e-mail: astroptx@astroptx.com
website: www.astroptx.com/

Solar Filters

Solar Filters are also available from many Telescope and Accessories Retailers.

American Paper Optics, Inc. 3080 Bartlett Corporate Drive, Bartlett, TN 38133
phone: 800-767-8427, fax: 901-381-1517, e-mail: sales@3dglassesonline.com
website: www.3dglassesonline.com/
Rainbow Symphony, 6860 Canby Ave., Unit 120, Reseda, CA 91335
phone: 818-708-8400, fax: 818-708-8470, e-mail: 3dglasses@rainbowsymphony.com
website: www.rainbowsymphony.com/
Coronado Technology Group, 1674 S. Research Loop, Ste. 436, Tucson, AZ 85710
phone: 520-740-1561, 866-786-9282; Fax: 520-624-5083; e-mail: info@coronadofilters.com
internet: www.coronadofilters.com/
(Specializing in H-Alpha filters.)
Thousand Oaks Optical, Box 4813, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359
phone: 805-491-3642, fax: 805-491-2393, e-mail: info@thousandoaksoptical.com
website: www.thousandoaksoptical.com/

Solar Filters are also available from many Telescope and Accessories Retailers.

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Last revised: 2008 Jan 22