2679Other Photographic Equipment and Optical Instrument Industry.

This paragraph describes the industry of optical equipment and instruments, including lenses, prisms, microscopes (except electron and proton), telescopes, mirrors, optical glass magnifying equipment, precision optical machinery, optical comparators, optical firearm aiming equipment, optical positioning equipment, optical measurement and inspection instruments (e.g., fire control equipment, light measuring devices for photography, distance measuring instruments), motion picture and slide projectors, overhead transparency projectors, and laser equipment. It also includes lens coating, polishing, and mounting (except ophthalmic). This subgroup does not include: - Computer projector industry, see 2622 - Commercial TV and video camera industry, see 2639 - Household-type video camera industry, see 2642 - Proton and electron microscope industry, see 2651 - Complete equipment using laser components, see industry subgroups by machine type (e.g., medical laser equipment, see 2660) - Photocopier industry, see 2817 - Ophthalmic goods industry, see 3250