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Subminiature Photography
Subminiature photography is photographic technologies and techniques working with film material smaller in size than 35mm film, such as 16mm, 9.5mm, 17mm, or 17.5mm films. It is distinct from photomicrography, photographing microscopic subjects with a camera which is not particularly small. Definition Subminiature — "very much reduced in size", Oxford English Dictionary. A subminiature camera is a class of camera that is very much smaller than a "miniature camera". The term "miniature camera" was originally used to describe cameras using the 35 mm cine film as negative material for still photography; so cameras that used film smaller than 35mm were referred to as "sub-miniature"."SUBMINIATURE CAMERA A common reference to a group of cameras using formats smaller than 35 mm. "---The Focal encyclopedia of photography - Page 85T.L.GREEN Ultra miniature Camera Technique, Scope and Limitations, The Focal Press London 1965 The smallest of these are often referred to as "ultra-mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TONE Camera
{{Short description, Camera TONE camera was a sophisticated Hit-type camera using 17.5 mm paper backed film, introduced by Toyo Kobi Optical Company in occupied Japan in 1948. Unlike other simple Hit-type cameras with a fixed-focus lens and single shutter speed, the TONE camera is a full function subminiature camera with focusing lens, variable aperture and variable shutter speed"The Tone Camera has no competition for a Camera with its features in lens and construction. • All metal precision Camera-genuine leather covered • F3.5 Anastigmat lens-Focusing mount 3 ft. to inf. • Speeds 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 sec. and bulbs ..." ''Popular Photography,'' ND, September 1949, p. 180 Features *Both an eye-level viewfinder and a waist level viewfinder, *Lens: TONE Anastigmat 1:3.5 f=25 mm *Focusing dial: 3 ft, 10 ft, infinity *Close focusing: about 2 feet *Aperture: ƒ/3.5, ƒ/4.5, ƒ/8, ƒ/11 *Shutter: 1/25 s, 1/50 s, 1/100 s, bulb Film HIT-type 17.5 mm paper bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Slitter
{{Short description, Photography device A film slitter, sometimes also called film splitter, is a device used in subminiature photography to slit 135 or 120 roll film into 16mm film or Minox film for use in subminiature cameras. The earliest film slitter was made in the 1950s by Suzuki Optical Works in Japan for use with their Echo-8 subminiature camera. This film slitter consists of a roller cutter which slits a strip of double-perforated 16mm film in half, into two strips of perforated 8mm film 8 mm or 8mm may refer to: ;Film technology *8 mm film, a photographic cine film format principally intended for domestic use. The term may also refer to later variants: ** Super 8 mm film ** Single-8 film ** 8 mm video format, a type of video recor ... for Echo-8 camera Types of film slitter One type of film slitter uses three sharp blades in a block fixture to cut 35mm or 120 roll film into subminiature film. Another type of slitter uses a roller cutter to cut 35mm film into two stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympus XA
The Olympus XA was a series of 35 mm cameras manufactured and marketed by Olympus of Japan. The original XA was a rangefinder camera with a fast 35 mm f/2.8 lens, and aperture priority metering. It was one of the smallest rangefinder cameras ever made, together with the Contax T. Later models—XA2, XA3 and XA4—featured scale focusing instead of rangefinders. History It was designed by Yoshihisa Maitani Yoshihisa Maitani (January 8, 1933 – July 30, 2009) was a designer of cameras for Olympus Corporation. Maitani joined Olympus in 1956 and worked for them for 40 years. He was involved with the design of many of the company's most well-known came ... who had joined Olympus Optical Co Ltd in 1956. He was the chief camera designer and managing director of Olympus Optical Co Ltd., having developed a number of legendary cameras during his career. These included the Pen series, the OM series, the XA series, the IS series and the ju:series of cameras. The original model ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharan Rolleiflex 1 , Syria
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Sharan may refer to: *Sharan (actor) (born 1976), Kannada actor *Sharan (poet), a Sanskrit poet of the 12th Century AD from Bengal *Sharan, Iran (other), places in Iran *Sharan, Russia, a rural locality in Sharansky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia *Sharan, alternative name of Sharana, city and capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan *Volkswagen Sharan, a multi-purpose vehicle made by the Volkswagen Group See also *Sharana (other) *Sharran Sharran ( ar, شران, also spelled Sharan or Shiran) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo near the Turkish border. Nearby localities include Azaz and Qatma to the east an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Film
Disc film is a discontinued still-photography film format that was aimed at the consumer market. It was introduced by Kodak in 1982. Technical details The film is in the form of a flat disc, and is fully housed within a plastic cartridge. Each disc holds fifteen 10 × 8 mm exposures, arranged around the outside of the disc, with the disc being rotated 24° between successive images. The system was a consumer-oriented product, and most cameras are self-contained units with no expansion capability. The disc film allows them to be compact and considerably thinner than other cameras. The cameras are very simple to load and unload, and are generally completely automated. The cassette has a built-in dark slide to prevent stray light reaching the film when the disc is removed. As the film is rotated on a disc instead of over a spool, the cassette is very thin. The flat nature of the format also led to the potential advantage of greater sharpness over curved spool-based cassette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Zapp
Walter Zapp ( lv, Valters Caps; – 17 July 2003) was a Baltic German inventor. His greatest creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Biography Zapp was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia (now Latvia). In 1932, while living in Estonia, he began developing the then subminiature camera by first creating wooden models, which led to the first prototype in 1936. It was introduced to the market in 1938. Minox cameras were made by VEF (Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika) in Latvia. VEF made 17,000 Minox cameras. During the Spring 1941 Resettlement of Baltic Germans, Walter Zapp moved to Germany. From 1941 to 1945, he worked on the development of electron microscopy at AEG in Berlin. After World War II, in 1945, he founded the Minox GmbH in Wetzlar, Germany. The company still exists. In 2001, when he went to Latvia for the last time, he said that he had gone to celebrate his 100th birthday in Latvia. He died aged 97, in Binningen near Basel, Switzerland. Patents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concealed Camera
A hidden camera or spy camera is a camera used to photograph or record subjects, often people, without their knowledge. The camera may be considered "hidden" because it is not visible to the subject being filmed, or is disguised as another object. Hidden cameras are often considered a surveillance tool. The term “hidden camera” is commonly used when subjects are unaware that they are being recorded, usually lacking their knowledge and consent; the term “spy camera” is generally used when the subject would object to being recorded if they were aware of the camera's presence. In contrast, the phrase "security camera" refers to cameras that are visible and/or are accompanied by a warning notice of their presence, so the subject is aware of the camera's presence and knows they are being filmed. The use of hidden cameras raises personal privacy issues. There may be legal aspects to consider, depending on the jurisdiction in which they are used. Description A hidden camera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narciss Camera
The Narciss is an all-metal 16 mm subminiature single lens reflex camera made by Russian optic firm Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod ( KMZ) Narciss (Soviet Union; Нарцисс) between 1961 and 1965. It is the first subminiature SLR. It took 25 14×21 mm frames using unperforated specially spooled 16 mm film in a Narciss cassette. Compact design with interchangeable lenses and interchangeable pentaprism finders. The Narciss camera was initially designed for medical use, it included a Narciss with ordinary pentaprism finder and a second magnifier pentaprism finder for medical use; there was also a microscope adapter It has a focal plane cloth shutter, with speeds B, , , , , , , , and sec. Change shutter speed only after shutter cocked Dimension: – similar to the Rollei 35s in size) Weight: – lighter than the Rollei 35s at Tripod socket: inch The standard lens is a four-element three-group Tessar type lens: Vega 35 mm/2.8, there are also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentax
is a brand name used primarily by the Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for DSLR cameras, lenses, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporation for medical products & services, TI Asahi for surveying instruments, and Seiko Optical Products for certain optical lenses. Corporate history Early history The company was founded as Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kaisha in November 1919 by Kumao Kajiwara, at a shop in the Toshima suburb of Tokyo, and began producing spectacle lenses (which it still manufactures). In 1938 it changed its name to , and by this time it was also manufacturing camera/cine lenses. In the lead-up to World War II, Asahi Optical devoted much of its time to fulfilling military contracts for optical instruments. At the end of the war, Asahi Optical was disbanded by the occupying powers, being allowed to re-form in 1948. The company resumed its pre-war activities, manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edixa
Edixa is a brand of camera manufacturer Wirgin Kamerawerk which was based in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The product line included several 35mm cameras and 16mm Edixa 16 subminiature cameras designed by Heinz Waaske from the 1950s to the 1970s. 35mm cameras *Edixa Reflex, with Steinheil Quinon 1.9/55mm, Isco Travegar 2.8/50mm *Edixa-MAT REFLEX *Edixa REX TTL *Universal edixamat cd *Edixa Stereo *Edixa Electronica *Edixa motoric 16mm subminiature cameras *Edixa 16, with Isco Travegar 2.8/25mm lens *Edixa 16M, with Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 2.8/25mm lens *Edixa 16MB, black model of Edixa 16M *Edixa 16U *Franka 16 *alka 16 *Body Alunimiu body with plastic trims。 *Lenses: high-end Edixa 16MB/Edixa 16M uses Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 25mm f/2.8 Tessar 4-element 3-group lens, mid-range Edixa 16 uses Travegar 25mm f/2.8 Tessar lens, the rest uses TRINAR Cooke triplet The Cooke triplet is a photographic lens designed and patented (patent number GB 22,607) in 1893 by Dennis Tayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
