Zeiss Ikon was a photographic camera producer, result of a merge of three other important makers. It had a difficult to overestimate role in the history of photography. This book is about its last decades and analyses how its incredibly diversified offer, in concepts and formats, ended up being unbearable and in conflict with profitability. It...
Excellent history of photography. Organised by the French historian Michel Frizot, the book features in its almost 800 pages the contribution of many other authors. It is, in fact, a compilation of 41 independent essays depicting a panorama about the relation of image making and society transformations since the appearance of the first...
Simply a must for anyone researching about antique lenses, its construction, variations, characteristics, producers, genealogies and dates among other information. An incredible work, result of may years of work from authot Matthew Wilkinson, the Lens Vade Mecum is a posthumous publication finished by family and friends based on originals and...
A photographic lens' focal length has no direct relationship to the angle of view, or determining whether it is a wide-angle or telephoto lens. Read this article and understand what focal length, angle of view and image circle really are.
To put an end to the wild times of Flash Powder, magnesium ribbons and sheets, one had the ingenious idea to put the magnesium inside a glass bulb and light it up with an electric spark. It avoids the smoke and the handling of raw chemicals. But as the quantity of heat released in the process is quite high and the glass quite often does not...
Graphic cameras, from Graflex, are the “press camera” par excellence. In any picture or movie from the 30 to 50’s, whenever you see a gathering of photo reporters, forming a front line and waiting for any special event or celebrity to show up, you will always find many of them holding a Speed Graphic with a big flashbulb...
It allows plenty of good insights the exhibition, Retrato Popular, do vernáculo ao espetáculo, (Popular Portrait, from vernacular to spectacle) on show at SESC Belenzinho – São Paulo, since May 6 and ending July 31, 2016. First by providing an encounter of popular art, that is made for straight consumption as it is, just as a symbolic...
Article explains a method for evaluating lens aperture without dismantling the lens. It can be also the basis for calculating diaphragm diameters for Waterhouse stops according to a desired apertures scale.
If you ever gave up about a camera because of missing or broken ground-glass you will regret about it after reading this post. It is very easy to produce a high quality ground-glass for replacement or for a new project for a large-format camera. Nowadays when old processes, old lenses and cameras are getting more and more attention, this is...
Small and stylish device for using powder flash. The burning is manually induced with a mechanism that activates a lighter stone. Track the burn at 1/15s intervals and understand how to synchronize with the camera's trigger.
Everyone has seen a photographer, in movies, burning something that seems to make more smoke than light. That was the flash powder. It consists of a metal part and an oxidant. A mixture that resembles gunpowder. This was used for photography from its very first decades up to nearly mid of the twentieth century. Then fortunately it was replaced by...
Very robust and reliable TLR camera. Because it has a bellows, it offers the convenience of a small selection of interchangeable lenses and also various accessories such as a porrofinder (pentaprism viewfinder) and a grip. Interesting option for 120 films in 6x6cm format.