Photography
Photography is ...
- ... an achievement of thousands of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, craftsmen and photographers who developed and produced photo chemicals, cameras, camera accessories, sorts of optical glass, lenses, film foils, films and cartridges, camera electronics, image manipulation tools, etc. .
- ... what millions of camera owners did and do with their cameras.
- ... what professional photographers, especially the masters of their trade conjure with film and camera.
- ... an acknowledged form of producing pieces of art.
- ... a science.
technical viewpoint
From the viewpoint of a more technical encyclopedia concerned with cameras the reader may distinguish several main branches of photography, everyone of them featuring its special camera types or accessories:
photography branch | features |
popular photography | compact and easy-to-use cameras, nowadays many with zoom lenses |
press photography | aperture priority mode, fast tele lenses |
landscape photography | wide angle lenses, panorama cameras |
aerial photograhy | large lenses |
architecture photography | tilt- and shiftable bellows cameras |
macro photography | macro lenses and/or lens tube extensions |
repro photography | large cameras, extra sharp lenses |
roentgen photography | x-ray sources |
infrared photography | special films or sensors |
medical photography | adapters for endoscopes and microscopes |
astronomical photography | mirror lenses, telescope adapters, tracking facilities |
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