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Historical Cameras: October 2010
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Major changes in photography equipment. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Why: first "mass"-produced camera, the most valuable camera these days. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Camerapedia: extensive information about many cameras. Classic lenses for digital camera. A Vintage Introduction to the Mellotron. Timeline for publication of Book #2. LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO. Updated Film List (35mm, 120, 110, Instax and Polaroid). Google Drama and Site Change. Ihagee Items sold on Ebay.
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Historical Cameras: April 2012
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Major changes in photography equipment. Thursday, April 26, 2012. Why: first fully automatic exposure, 35mm camera. Fully automatic exposure and it's green! In the next several years there were a lot of auto-exposure cameras popping up there or there, and guess what, trend continues until now. Try to find a camera without fully automatic settings. Though current cameras do require "food" out of the power lines. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Classic lenses for digital camera.
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Historical Cameras: Alphonse Giroux: Daguerreotype
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Major changes in photography equipment. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Why: first "mass"-produced camera, the most valuable camera these days. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Camerapedia: extensive information about many cameras. Classic lenses for digital camera. A Vintage Introduction to the Mellotron. Timeline for publication of Book #2. LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO. Updated Film List (35mm, 120, 110, Instax and Polaroid). Google Drama and Site Change. Ihagee Items sold on Ebay.
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Historical Cameras: Agfa Optima
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Major changes in photography equipment. Thursday, April 26, 2012. Why: first fully automatic exposure, 35mm camera. Fully automatic exposure and it's green! In the next several years there were a lot of auto-exposure cameras popping up there or there, and guess what, trend continues until now. Try to find a camera without fully automatic settings. Though current cameras do require "food" out of the power lines. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Classic lenses for digital camera.
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Historical Cameras: October 2008
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Major changes in photography equipment. Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Polaroid: Land Camera Model 95. Why: first commercially available instant picture camera. This is the first Polaroid model, and an instant hit on the market. Camera was easy to use, black/white (actually brown/white) photo was ready in one minute. Monday, October 27, 2008. New Ideas (Herbert and Huesgen): Tourist Multiple. Why: Officially first commercially produced 35mm film camera. Per one film load. Body looked like a movie camera.
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Historical Cameras: Polaroid: SX-70
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Major changes in photography equipment. Friday, July 17, 2009. Why: First truly folding SLR camera, First instant-film SLR camera. I worked in the manufacturing organization at the Polaroid factory in Norwood, Massachusetts, where, over almost a decade, just under six million SX-70 cameras in all their variations were made. It was Polaroids premier camera system. July 18, 2009 at 5:47 AM. Six million sounds like a lot! July 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Historical Cameras: Canon: AE-1
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Major changes in photography equipment. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Why: First camera with the microprocessor. First SLR to be sold in millions of units. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Camerapedia: extensive information about many cameras. Classic lenses for digital camera. A Vintage Introduction to the Mellotron. Timeline for publication of Book #2. LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO. Updated Film List (35mm, 120, 110, Instax and Polaroid). Google Drama and Site Change.
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Historical Cameras: Eastman Company: Kodak (Original)
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Major changes in photography equipment. Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Eastman Company: Kodak (Original). Why: First "point and shoot" camera for non-professional photographers. As it appears, George Eastman was not the "first" inventor of transparent film, nevertheless he popularized it, starting a huge change in the photography history. February 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM. Dean, thanks a lot! Seems like you are right! Here is an excellent article about this case: The Preacher Who Beat Eastman Kodak. A Vintage In...
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Historical Cameras: Hasselblad 1600F
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Major changes in photography equipment. Monday, January 12, 2009. Why: First trully modular SLR camera. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Camerapedia: extensive information about many cameras. Classic lenses for digital camera. A Vintage Introduction to the Mellotron. Timeline for publication of Book #2. LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO LOMO. Updated Film List (35mm, 120, 110, Instax and Polaroid). Google Drama and Site Change. Ihagee Items sold on Ebay. Tony Lockerbie's Classic Cameras.