Photography Creativity Session I: revision 1 Mr. Charlie
Agenda History of the Camera Part 1 Camera Obscura: A Hole in the Tent What Does a Lens Do? How Do Different Cameras Work? Summary Next steps
History of the Camera Part 1 15 Hundred Years in a Few Hundred Seconds. Camera Obscura: A hole in the Tent
Camera Obscura A Hole in a Tent: Pinhole Camera First records 6 th Century A darken tent, room, or box with a pinhole in it Pretty bulky, and didn’t fit in cell-phones Eventually added a Convex Lens
View or Field Camera 1 Perfect if you’re nuts! Became all the rage by the Civil War Had a reasonable lens and shutter Used glass plates for film Not as bulky, but still didn’t fit in cell-phones
View or Field Camera 2 Bought it when I was 16 The guy has been trying to buy it back ever since The favorite in my collection looks like this
View or Field Camera Diagram
The Original SLR: Single Lens Reflex 1 The Graflex Came in several sizes Didn’t use glass plates Quite portable! Image you see is coming through the 1 lens. Didn’t have to take it apart to take a picture Fastest camera around for its time
The Original SLR: Single Lens Reflex 2 Light reflects off mirror up to ground glass During exposure mirror flips up and light goes to film WWI: Amazing tech at the time
The Original SLR: Single Lens Reflex Diagram
Medium Format: Twin Lens Reflex Very portable Light, quiet, fast Used roll film Could be made cheaply and still have nice results Still popular today for the same reasons Most didn’t let you change the lens Still didn’t fit in a cell phone
Medium Format: Twin Lens Reflex Diagram
Rangefinder Focus & 35mm Leica first popular 35mm rangefinder Small, light, quiet, fast, made WWII spies effective Could fit it in your pocket
Rangefinder Focus & 35mm Leica was not a folding design This Kodak Automatic IIIs didn’t either These designs had interchangeble lenses The folding ones fit in your pocket better
Rangefinder Focus Medium Format: My Latest Find
Medium Format SLR Hasselblad the best known Like the Graflex, but used roll film Hasselblad was the first camera on the moon All of these designs are expensive (Moon model broke during first roll)
Rangefinder Focus Medium Format Diagram
Medium Format SLR: Used Same Design as the Old 4x5 Graflex
Some were very inexpensive This model was so expensive, it was the last professional camera Kodak ever made Became very automated Great design for the non- professional 35mm SLR
Small and quiet Incredible options Lenses change easily Amazing selection of theses lenses Extremely popular consumer camera Later became Digital (DSLR) 35mm SLR: A More Modern Version
35mm SLR
Summarize Cameras are still made in lots of sizes We’ve covered the most obvious designs Film cameras popularity goes up and down There is probably at least one of these types in your family that no one uses Be really nice to that relative
Next Steps Digital Imaging Is Photography Art?