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I finally managed to finish (a first version) of my article

Emil Busch & ROW
www.simplejoy.at/articles/emil-busch-row

In this write-up I'm trying to give some insights into the history of R.O.J.A., Emil Busch & ROW, provide an overview of their projection lenses including hundreds of sample images with many of those adapted and also try to give some estimates about the timeline of the various models and serial numbers.

It is my longest and most comprehensive write-up so far and I've invested a lot of time and energy into it. Thankfully I got some support from some official institutions in Rathenow, but particularly also from likeminded and helpful individuals including some of the people here in this sub and other places online. I really appreciate that so thanks to everyone for helping me out!

This is the first article which I'm publishing on my own website
https://www.simplejoy.at

I hope it won't be too long before I'm able to release the next one, but of course it takes some time and effort to try and do these topics justice. If you have any additional thoughts, information or suggestions, please reach out here, in the comments of the article or via mail. I'm always happy to hear what you think.

A tiny and pretty simple (Tessar-type) 4/3 lens made in Italy by an interesting but likely small manufacturer, probably as an alternative to the Leitz Elmar. It certainly reminds me of that lens in terms of rendering.

I've tried to find some more information on the company Vega Ljubljana, but unfortunately so far I didn't manage to find much of value. The brand still exists, but is owned by another company and has - for some decades prior - be more known for overhead projectors and stuff. Because of that most of their lenses are simple Triplets. This one seems to be a Double Gauss one made for cine projection however, so it would be interesting to know if they made more of those and what projectors they were created for.

The name "Toson" might hint at T.O.S which was another company from Slovenia (and former Yugoslavia) which likely made some slide projectors etc. I'm not aware of any devices for cine projection however.