Theodor Scheimpflug (October 7, 1865 - August 22, 1911) was an Austrian army Captain who elaborated a systematic method and apparatus for correcting
perspective distortion in
aerial photograph
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eponym
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Scheimpflug principle. He disclaimed inventing it however, citing an English patent of the early French photographic engineer
Jules Carpentier.
Life
*Born on October 7, 1865, in
Vienna
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*1897 - Attended college in Vienna
*Began Photographic work in 1902
*Died on August 22, 1911, in
Mödling
Mödling () is the capital of the Austrian Mödling (district), district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.
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Work
*Best known for his elaboration of the
Scheimpflug principle, which deals with the area of
critical focus
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Reducing the size of the aperture will increase the depth of field ...
in a
view camera, although he was not the first to describe this principle and never claimed this to be the case.
*He was also involved in aerial photography, and held several
patents
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in that area.
See also
*
Jules Carpentier
External links
Scheimpflugs Patents
References
1865 births
1911 deaths
Pioneers of photography
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