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A Blast from the Past: How the World of Photography Was Changing Back in 1887
PETAPIXEL ^
| 01/07/15
| Michael Zhang
Posted on 02/07/2015 10:49:50 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Back in 1887, a photography instructor named Edward M. Estabrooke published a book titled Photography in the Studio and in the Field. It was a practical manual designed as a companion alike to the professional and the amateur photographer.
Filled with detailed information on how to practice photography with the equipment and technologies of the time, the book also contains interesting passages that describe how the world of photography was changing.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Hobbies; Science
KEYWORDS: 1887; edwardmestabrooke; history; photography
To: SWAMPSNIPER; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
"Penny for your farths?"
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posted on
02/07/2015 11:00:31 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: a fool in paradise
That was a high-speed camera back then I guess
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posted on
02/07/2015 11:01:34 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
02/07/2015 11:29:07 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: GeronL
The first “dash cam?”
Got to dig through this book.
EVERYTHING about photography has changed. I’m sitting on old Nikon gear, a 503c Hasselblad and two complete Norman flash systems. It’s all been replaced by digital cameras and LED lighting systems.
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posted on
02/07/2015 11:30:44 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Filled with detailed information on how to practice photography with the equipment and technologies of the time, the book also contains interesting passages that describe how the world of photography was changing. Ironically, the book has no photos.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
In place of the heavy Camera and plate-holders, we have now feather-weight constructions, that are no more a burden, but rather, ornamental objects, the possession of which and their use is more of a pleasure than otherwise. It is not surprising, then, that in view of these wonderful changes, the thousands who formerly practiced photography for amusement have increased to tens of thousands Yep.
To: Loud Mime
Yes, but the older stuff still has a quality of photography not found by the digital stuff yet. 120 format on Ektachrome has a timelessness and depth that is untouched by the new.
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posted on
02/08/2015 4:19:20 AM PST
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Chainmail
Yup and that is why I am considering having my good ole Mamiya 645 over hauled,new gaskets and a through cleaning.Love that thing
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posted on
02/08/2015 4:54:34 AM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: Loud Mime
503C what great camera,I bought a Mamiya 645 cause I couldn’t afford one...why not load it up and take it for a nostalgia shoot.you may fall in love again?
To: CGASMIA68
I have one, too. It’s the best camera ever made.
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
02/08/2015 5:19:40 AM PST
by
dinodino
To: CGASMIA68
The film costs $9 for 12 exposures. From there we have processing. Ouch.
But it is a good idea. Thanks!
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posted on
02/08/2015 5:21:16 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
To: a fool in paradise
Tripods...Monopods...and the Cyclopod
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posted on
02/08/2015 5:36:50 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
So that’s where encyclopodic knowledge comes from!
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posted on
02/08/2015 6:05:52 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: a fool in paradise
The Cyclopod looked like it came from the Encyclopodia Early Americana
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posted on
02/08/2015 6:08:28 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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