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Post by daveh on Aug 19, 2012 1:58:35 GMT -5
About 450 BC for the principle and 1000 AD for the practical camera obscura. What we should speak of here is the photographic camera i.e. one used to make an image on light sensitive paper. There is a camera obscura near the castle in Edinburgh www.camera-obscura.co.uk/Dave.
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Post by col on Aug 19, 2012 2:58:34 GMT -5
" Manual cameras? Surely only the old-old cameras were truly manual. You know, those that the photographer took the lens cap off, counted to five and put it back on again. Then he, or she, removed the film plate and replaced it with another "
Okay Dave I still take pictures that way...
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Post by hansz on Aug 19, 2012 4:55:41 GMT -5
On discovery channel I once saw that US people had a solution for this, they just moved complete buildings across roads to somewhere else... Of course, this kind of portability has its price, but US economy is in a better shape??
Hans
And Col, did you ever try a SLR with a pinhole attached? It sure drains batteries/accus from my EOS, so using a film SLR with the famous 'cap-method' solved this problem. Mechanical shutter, of course.
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Post by barbarian on Aug 19, 2012 11:14:56 GMT -5
I have always thought that Exactas, particularly the late models, were beautiful. I really like the engraving.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 19, 2012 13:04:22 GMT -5
" Manual cameras? Surely only the old-old cameras were truly manual. You know, those that the photographer took the lens cap off, counted to five and put it back on again. Then he, or she, removed the film plate and replaced it with another " Okay Dave I still take pictures that way... Col, Here is your weekly thrill. 8"x10" Gundlach Korona. Lens cap is a lid from a pickle jar tastefully enhanced by rich ebony paint and a genuine wooden (maple as this is Canadian) knob from an old dresser drawer. Film was Ilford Multigrade rated at ASA 10. Counted to ten with no mechanical assistance such as a watch. Just my fingers. The paper negative was reversed in my computer. Mickey
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Post by daveh on Aug 19, 2012 13:46:01 GMT -5
For sale: Dresser in Canadian Maple. One drawer knob missing.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 19, 2012 14:31:24 GMT -5
For sale: Dresser in Canadian Maple. One drawer knob missing. Dave, You just made me wet my pants. ;D Mickey
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Post by hansz on Aug 19, 2012 14:55:57 GMT -5
Mine too....hans:-D
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 20, 2012 1:18:46 GMT -5
There is a camera obscura near the castle in Edinburgh www.camera-obscura.co.uk/Dave. [/quote] Dave, Thanks for that fascinating tour of Edinburgh. I was there for one day only. Everything was obscured by fog. Now I know what I missed. Mickey
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Post by col on Aug 20, 2012 2:06:53 GMT -5
Mickey Great looking camera. " Here is your weekly thrill." now I'm happy.
I have a 1/1 plate Blair that when purchased 50% was missing. So I remade the lost parts and it now works ( not very well) the last negs exposed..Adox paper pre-flashed the results look okay.
Hans yes been down the pinhole SLR road .. I found the 35mm frame was just a tad on the small side
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Post by pompiere on Aug 20, 2012 7:30:59 GMT -5
Dave, "...Everything else is automation of some sort. :
How far back must we go, Dave? The original camera was a darkened room with a hole in the wall. No film. Just some charcoal and paper. Vermeer, it is claimed, used just such a camera to obtain perfect perspective in his paintings. Poor guy. His house must have been drafty (draughty?). I would hate to lose the portability such a camera would impose. I don't think they had nice comfortable, stretchy Op-Tech neck straps in those days. Even my K-5 is starting to get heavier. Mickey When I was young, I went with my dad on a repair job at a printing company and they had a camera that was part of their darkroom. A lens in one wall and a film holder across from it. They used it to make full sized images for printing cardboard boxes. When I got bored watching my dad, the photographer took me inside the camera/darkroom to while he made some images. Pretty neat stuff for a twelve-year-old. Ron
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Post by melek on Oct 21, 2012 10:11:51 GMT -5
Voigtlander Prominent -- a handsome camera but for me one of the least satisfying to use. That's a great lens. I have the Ultron, also a very nice lens.
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Post by retina on Oct 29, 2012 12:42:48 GMT -5
The Voigtlander Prominent 35mm rangefinder camera certainly does not shift the film in order to adjust the focus, the shutter and lens assembly are simply racked backwards or forwards instead.
Regards, Chris
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Post by lloydy on Oct 29, 2012 19:32:42 GMT -5
About 450 BC for the principle and 1000 AD for the practical camera obscura. What we should speak of here is the photographic camera i.e. one used to make an image on light sensitive paper. There is a camera obscura near the castle in Edinburgh www.camera-obscura.co.uk/Dave. There's on a lot closer to you at Aberystwyth. www.aberystwythcliffrailway.co.uk/things-to-doIt's very good, and well worth visiting as the cliff railway is a great bit of engineering as well.
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