As the Leica cameras got more sophisticated, engineers recognized that the light meter in the camera displayed a sensitivity to contrast. A frame looked the most contrasty when in focus, Richter said. This observation paved the way for autofocus technology. Leica used its Leicaflex SL2 for the autofocus prototype and equipped a 50 mm lens […]
How to find out when your Hasselblad was made by Q.G. de Bakker All Hasselblad cameras and film magazines, as well as some other Hasselblad items, bear a two or three letter code in front of, or incorporated into, the serial number. Two of these letters are used to encrypt the year of manufacture. The […]
Zeiss Lens Serial Numbers Between 1912 and 1942 Year of Manufacture – Serial Number Range 1912 – 173418-200520 1913- 208473-249350 1914 – 249886-252739 1915- 282820- 1916- Unknown 1917 – 289087-298157 1918- 298115-322748 1919 – 322799-351611 1920 – 375194-419823 1921 – 433273-438361 1922 – 422899-498006 1923 – 561270-578297 1924 – 631869- 1925 – 652230-681743 1926 – […]
This is information that I have collected over the last few years from a number of sources. Some of those sources contradict each other so I have had to make decisions as to what I wish to keep. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. The date a lens or shutter is made is not always the […]
This is information that I have collected over the last few years from a number of sources. Some of those sources contradict each other so I have had to make decisions as to what I wish to keep. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. The date a lens or shutter is made is not always the […]
This is information that I have collected over the last few years from a number of sources. Some of those sources contradict each other so I have had to make decisions as to what I wish to keep. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. The date a lens or shutter is made is not always the […]
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Dora Goodman is a creator of beautiful handcrafted and customised analogue film cameras. She’s always had an obsession with handmade objects, and cameras afford her many options to pursue that. She loves to design and build her own cameras from scratch. And for the last two years, Dora’s been working on an Open Source modular camera design that others can […]
