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TITLE: Schaefer, Washington

 

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:

LC-DIG-ggbain-09131 (digital file from original neg.)

 

SUMMARY:

Photo shows Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer (1877-1919),

one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history,

trying out the other side of the camera

during the Washington Senators visit

to play the New York Highlanders in April, 1911.

 

Germany Schaefer

 a versatile infielder and quick baserunner,

played most of his career with the Detroit Tigers

and the Washington Senators.

 

MEDIUM

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1911]

 

Digital ID: ggbain 09131 Source: digital file from original neg.

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-09131 (digital file from original neg.)

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/09100/09131v.jpg

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@1(ggbain+09131))
TIFF > JPEG: Anglonautes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Taunt on the houseboat he used for river photography

with a woman, probably his close friend Fanny Miles, Oxfordshire

 

Unknown photographer,

possibly Alfred Rosling (1802-82)

 

Picturing England: photographs of English life

G

Wednesday 29 July 2015

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/29/
picturing-england-photographs-english-life-historic-archive 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to the Rolleicord Vb Type II

Video 1 of 2

14 December 2013

 

 

 

 

Introduction to the Rolleicord Vb Type II

Video 1 of 2    14 December 2013

 

Franke & Heidecke's Rolleicord lineage

ended with the Vb Type II.

 

When this model's production run ended in 1977,

it marked the end of the Rolleicord line.

 

And what a note to end on.

 

The Vb Type II contains most of the important pro-grade features

and differs from Rolleiflex cameras only in maximum aperture

and the lack of a film advance crank.

 

Every bit as capable of taking stunning pictures

as any Rolleflex or other TLR,

the Rolleicord line represented

a way for camera users to enter the TLR market

without having to pay for a top-end Rolleiflex.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wvK76zGyY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera obscura / sténopé

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6eqCtlERdY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LutIudRhm10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera        UK / USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/
world/africa/peter-magubane-dead.html

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSBFrPWPS80

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/
magazine/when-the-camera-was-a-weapon-of-imperialism-
and-when-it-still-is.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/mar/28/
antique-photographs-history-race-black-white-us-america#zoomed-picture

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/06/
wildlife-photography-pioneers-attenborough-camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

view camera        USA

 

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/
nick-nixon-photographing-slowly-for-forty-years/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nikon FM

 

The Nikon FM is a mechanically operated,

interchangeable lens, 35 mm film,

single-lens reflex (SLR) camera.

 

It was manufactured

in Japan between 1977 and 1982

by Nippon Kogaku K. K.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960s > Nikon F

 

The Nikon F camera,

introduced in April 1959,

was Nikon's first SLR camera.

 

[ A single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

is a camera that typically uses

a mirror and prism system

(hence "reflex" from the mirror's reflection)

that permits the photographer

to view through the lens

and see exactly what will be captured.

With twin lens reflex and rangefinder cameras,

the viewed image could be significantly

different from the final image.

 

When the shutter button is pressed

on most SLRs,

the mirror flips out of the light path,

allowing light to pass through to the light receptor

and the image to be captured.]

 

It was one

of the most advanced cameras of its day.

 

Although many of the concepts

had already been introduced elsewhere,

it was revolutionary in that it was the first

to combine them all in one camera.

 

It was produced until October 1973

and was replaced by the Nikon F2.

 

Aspects of its design remain

in all of Nikon's subsequent SLR cameras,

through the current Nikon F6 film

and Nikon D5 digital models

(which still share its Nikon F-mount for lenses).

 

The "F" in Nikon F

was selected from the term "re-f-lex",

since the pronunciation of the first letter "R"

is not available in many Asian languages.

 

That tradition was carried all the way

through their top line of Nikon cameras

until the introduction

of the Nikon D1 (digital) cameras

decades later.

 

Specially modified Nikon F cameras

were used in space in the early 1970s

aboard the Skylab space station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F  - August 21, 2020

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F

 

 

https://www.kcur.org/show/up-to-date/2014-07-03/
the-untold-journey-of-civil-rights-photographers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8-by-10-view camera        USA

 

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/31/
499443750/photography-writ-large-the-monumental-art-of-thomas-struth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasselblad 1000 camera        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/
dan-farrell-photographer-who-captured-kennedy-funeral-salute-dies-at-84.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Black Art Woodcraft Wet Plate Cameras

& Photograph Equipment

 

Welcome to Black Art Woodcraft!

We are your complete source

for all your wet plate equipment needs.

 

From purchasing a bellows camera

to ordering a complete

portable dark room with accessories,

we can help you out.

 

We will assist you

throughout the whole process

from start to finish.

 

From what size dark box you need

to the color of your shroud fabric.

 

All cameras and most wood products

produced by Black Art Woodcraft

are handmade by Steve Silipigni.

 

From selecting the kiln dried wood

to spraying on the factory finish.

 

You can be certain we will never use

particle or chip board

in the fabrication of our products.

 

Steve takes so much pride in his work

you are assured

the finest wet plate equipment possible.

 

We can also custom build

any equipment you require.

 

If you can envision it we can create it.

 

We are conveniently located in Rochester, NY

just 8 minutes away from the George Eastman House.

 

And finally, if you're not completely satisfied

you can return your products for a full refund.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_PiyIAsCHM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pinhole camera        UK / USA

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/15/
466272218/bulky-cameras-meet-the-lens-less-flatcam

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXtMdCBwLLs

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/29/
artist-week-vera-lutter#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

direct positive paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Ray aged 11 with a Speed Graphic camera,

1947

 

Photograph: Courtesy of Monroe Gallery

 

Life magazine photographer Bill Ray – in pictures

Bill Ray,

primarily known for his work for Life magazine,

has died aged 84.

Born in Nebraska in 1936,

he graduated from local newspapers

to a staff job on Life,

and photographed 46 covers for Newsweek.

He was famed for his images of celebrities,

and also covered the aftermath of the Watts riots

and the Hells Angels motorcycle club in their its days

G

Mon 20 Jan 2020    13.19 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/
jan/20/life-magazine-photographer-bill-ray-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Vaccaro in 1945.

 

Along with the M-1 rifle he carried in battle,

he kept a small 35-millimeter Argus C3 camera

that he had bought as a teenager.

 

Photograph: Tony Vaccaro Studio

Monroe Gallery of Photography,

via Associated Press

 

Tony Vaccaro, 100, Dies;

Photographed War From a Soldier’s Perspective

After carrying a camera across battlefields,

he became a magazine photographer known

for his images of famous subjects

like Georgia O’Keeffe and Greta Garbo.

NYT

December 30, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/
arts/tony-vaccaro-dead.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Argus C3

was a low-priced rangefinder camera

mass-produced from 1939 to 1966

by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan,

United States.

 

The camera sold over 2.2 million units,

making it one of the most popular

American cameras in history.

 

Due to its shape, size, and weight,

it is commonly referred to

as "The Brick" by photographers

(in Japan its nickname translates

as "The Lunchbox").

 

The most famous 20th-century photographer

who used it was Tony Vaccaro,

who employed this model during World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_C3 - December 31, 2022

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_C3

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/
arts/tony-vaccaro-dead.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Graphic

 

The Speed Graphic was a press camera

produced by Graflex in Rochester, New York.

 

Although the first Speed Graphic cameras

were produced in 1912,

production of later versions

continued until 1973;

with the most significant improvements

occurring in 1947

with the introduction

of the Pacemaker Speed Graphic

(and Pacemaker Crown Graphic,

which was one pound [0.45 kg] lighter

and lacked the focal plane shutter).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jan/20/
life-magazine-photographer-bill-ray-in-pictures

 

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/
past-and-present-collide-in-pittsburgh/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ikonta

Zeiss-Ikon's top product line

of folding medium format cameras

were badged Ikonta

and were generally of superior quality

when compared with

corresponding folding camera models

of Zeiss-Ikon's Nettar product line.

 

Launched in 1929,

they were offered in four models: A, B, C, & D.

 

The A, B, & C size took 120 film.

 

The A, B, & C produced negatives

in 6x4.5 format, 6x6 format, and 6x9 format, respectively.

 

The Ikonta D produced larger negatives

on either 116 or 616 format film. respectively.

 

There was also a Baby Ikonta, which used 127 film.

 

The first series of Ikonta

were also labeled the 520 series.

 

The Ikonta A, B, & C,

were also 520, 520/16, and the 520/2,

 

Around 1940,

the 520 series gave way to the 521 series

which added a shutter release on the body

and a double exposure prevention.

 

Only the A, B, & C models continued.

 

In the early 1950s,

the 523 was launched for the B & C models.

 

A chrome top plate with an integral finder

and an accessory shoe was added.

 

The 524 series added

an uncoupled rangefinder

and was also called the "Mess" Ikonta.

 

Hubert Nerwin

designed the Ikonta 35 for 35mm film.

 

It was a viewfinder camera.

 

Nerwin created versions with with rangefinder,

the Contina with separate optical viewfinder,

and the Contessa with a big optical viewfinder

plus superimposed Super-Ikonta-like coupled rangefinder.

 

The Ikonta 35 and the Contina

were soon renamed to Contina and Contina II.

 

In the United States

early Ikontas were sold

under the name Ikomat.

- 30 April 2020.

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ikonta

 

 

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ikonta

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2020/apr/30/
italy-india-afghanistan-eric-newby-travels-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leica Minolta CL

 

 

 

 

Leica Minolta CL Honest Review

Video        Nick Exposed        19 January 2018

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBf5en0GKbo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ur-Leica        UK

 

The original Leica prototype of 1914

is considered as revolutionary

a technological development

as the advent of the mobile phone.

 

Compact and lightweight

– a mere 400g –

and using 35mm cinematic film,

it was small enough

to fit into a coat pocket,

and rapidly became essential not only

to professional photographers

but also amateurs,

thereby bringing photography

into everyday life.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/
leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/
leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leica cameras        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/aug/18/
high-flying-zeppelin-and-hitler-youth-germany-between-the-wars-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/
leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/aug/24/
why-i-love-my-leica-john-naughton-photography-camera-technology-cartier-bresson

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/aug/24/
100-years-of-the-leica-camera-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy 100th birthday, Leica!        UK        31 January 2014

 

As the world's original mobile camera

celebrates its centenary,

top Guardian photographers

send their birthday messages

to the little black box

that changed their world

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/31/
leica-100-birthday-photographers-messages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany > Oskar Barnack    1879-1936

inventor of the Leica camera        UK

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Oskar_Barnack

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/aug/24/
why-i-love-my-leica-john-naughton-photography-camera-technology-cartier-bresson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > Kodak > Brownie Hawkeye camera        UK

 

The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye

is a Bakelite box camera

that takes 12 6x6cm images on 620 film,

made in the USA and France by Kodak,

between 1949-1961.

Wikipedia - 14 July 2021

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Brownie_Hawkeye

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jul/14/
silicon-valley-hawkeye-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > Eastman Kodak > cardboard camera > box Brownie

 

The Brownie

was a long-running popular series

of simple and inexpensive cameras

made by Eastman Kodak. Introduced in 1900,

it introduced the snapshot to the masses.

 

It was a basic cardboard box camera

with a simple meniscus lens

that took 2 1/4-inch square pictures

on 117 roll film.

 

It was conceived

and marketed for sales of Kodak roll films.

 

Because of its simple controls

and initial price of $1

(equivalent to $31 in 2020)

along with the low price

of Kodak roll film and processing,

the Brownie camera

surpassed its marketing goal.

 

It was invented by Frank A. Brownell.

 

The name comes from the brownies

(spirits in folklore) in Palmer Cox cartoons.

 

Over 150,000 Brownie cameras

were shipped in the first year of production.

 

An improved model,

called No. 2 Brownie came in 1901,

which produced larger 2-1/4 by 3-1/4 inch photos

and cost $2 and was also a huge success.

 

Brownies

were extensively marketed to children,

with Kodak using them

to popularise photography.

 

They were also taken to war by soldiers.

 

As they were ubiquitous,

many iconic shots were taken on Brownies.

 

The cameras continued to be popular,

and spawned many varieties,

such as a Boy Scout edition in the 1930s.

 

In 1940,

Kodak released the Six-20 Flash Brownie,

Kodak's first internally synchronized flash camera,

using General Electric bulbs.

 

In 1957,

Kodak produced the Brownie Starflash,

Kodak's first camera with a built-in flash.

 

The Brownie 127 was popular,

selling in the millions between 1952 and 1967.

 

It was a bakelite camera

with a simple meniscus lens

and a curved film plane to compensate

for the deficiencies of the lens.

 

Another model was the Brownie Cresta

sold between 1955 and 1958.

 

It used 120 film and had a fixed-focus lens.

Wikipedia - 29 May 2021

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(camera)

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/may/29/
moments-in-goomalling-the-mavis-phillips-archives-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > Kodak No 1 Camera

– early images to mark its 125th anniversary        UK        2013

 

The Kodak No 1 camera,

launched 125 years ago,

was pre-loaded with 100 exposures

and required customers to use all the film

and then return the camera to Kodak

for processing.

 

The customer then received 100 images,

all circles with a diameter of 2.5 inches (6.5cm).

 

The camera from the Eastman Kodak company

was publicised with the famous slogan:

You Press the Button, We Do the Rest

 

http://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2013/oct/03/
kodak-camera-anniversary-photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single Lens Reflex camera    S.L.R.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/technology/personaltech/30pogue.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twin Lens Reflex    T.L.R.

 

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/TLR

 

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Rolleicord_Vb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

film camera > single lens reflex film camera        UK

 

[ A single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

is a camera that typically uses

a mirror and prism system

(hence "reflex" from the mirror's reflection)

that permits the photographer

to view through the lens

and see exactly what will be captured.

With twin lens reflex and rangefinder cameras,

the viewed image could be significantly

different from the final image.

 

When the shutter button is pressed

on most SLRs,

the mirror flips out of the light path,

allowing light to pass through

to the light receptor

and the image to be captured.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera - August 22, 2020

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/28/
does-reflex-slr-camera-herald-35mm-film-renaissance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera case

 

 

 

 

cosmetic condition of the camera

 

 

 

 

body

 

 

 

 

body cap

 

 

 

 

viewfinder / look through the viewfinder        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/photography-blog/gallery/2013/oct/22/
mark-cohen-photography-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

dust particles

 

 

 

 

lens        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/15/
466272218/bulky-cameras-meet-the-lens-less-flatcam

 

 

 

 

21mm lens        USA

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/may/04/
joel-meyerowitz-life-in-photography-in-pictures#img-13

 

 

 

 

lens-less FlatCam        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/15/
466272218/bulky-cameras-meet-the-lens-less-flatcam

 

 

 

 

aperture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyAGklvqJw - 2014

 

 

 

 

stop

 

 

 

 

stop down the aperture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyAGklvqJw - 2014

 

 

 

 

aperture priority

 

 

 

 

focus

 

 

 

 

manual

 

 

 

 

film pressure plate

 

 

 

 

film rewind button

 

 

 

 

rewind knob / button > crank

 

 

 

 

exposure        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2015/jun/30/
beauty-in-ruins-abandoned-places-in-europe-and-asia-in-pictures#img-6

 

 

 

 

shutter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyAGklvqJw - 2014

 

 

 

 

mirror        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jun/17/
do-you-recognise-the-margate-family-in-pictures#img-8

 

 

 

 

scratches on the mirror

 

 

 

 

mirror bumper

 

 

 

 

marked mirror

 

 

 

 

light meter

 

 

 

 

light seals

 

 

 

 

accurate meter readings

 

 

 

 

timer

 

 

 

 

flash

 

 

 

 

battery

 

 

 

 

battery grip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

negative / film

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

glass plate negative / glass negative / plate        UK / USA

 

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/feb/09/
archive-photos-capture-life-in-england-north-west

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2016/nov/28/
lost-england-photographs-from-1870-to-1930

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/31/
rodin-the-kiss-photo-archive-reveals-hidden-history

 

 

 

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2011/04/01/
135023986/frontier-utah-as-seen-by-mormon-bishop-documentary-photographer

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/
more-unseen-photographs-from-the-first-world-war-1984325.html - 29 May 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The black art: wet plate collodion photography – video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2017/dec/20/
the-black-art-wet-plate-collodion-photography-
video - Guardian video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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