Boos quoted in “only images” site and also others that I recommend as of general interest
Nicéphore Nièpce biography published in 1867 written by Victor Fouque. Josef Maria Eder cites this book as the best source about life and work of the man who produced the very first photographic image in history. Available for download at Google Books
Although published in 1954, this is not a very hard to find book for online purchase. Organised by H.J.Walls and edited by Focal Press it is one of the few books, intended for amateurs, that talks more in depth about optical principles, the nature of light, sensitometry and characteristics of...
Book published in 1905 is an essential source for studying the History of Photography seeing it inserted and as a continuation of the studies on light, photo-sensitive reactions and formation of images through lenses. Phenomena observed and studied since ancient Greece and deepened particularly...
Being a relatively small book, 245 pages, it couldn’t really try to be a comprehensive approach to the vast subject that it addresses. From there the name “a concise history”. But what is interesting in it is that once admitted that condition, there is a insightful history of...
This is a classic and very useful work from Anselm Adams (1902 – 1984), north american photographer, in which he explains his Zone System. It is a working procedure that starts by evaluating the film exposure considering:
Book published in 1894. Divided into three sections: Optical principles and definitions A description of photographic lenses The choice and use of photographic lenses We can perceive there a very pragmatic approach, but it does not loosen with scientific accuracy. It is interesting for those who...
Very good book about photographic lenses. Published in 1904, third edition, introduces the nature of light and goes directly to the issue of a photographic image. Explains the problems of aberration, angle of view, aperture and focus among other key concepts. It is a pragmatic text and relates...
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...
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...
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...
An essential book and very pleasant reading. It is a good balance between technical aspects of lens construction, the challenges posed by the problems involved, and the people, companies and all those who left their mark in history of image making.