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Fairchild sn #58-153 / Polaroid  sn #BB03338 <small>([http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157626528908678 Flickr])</small>;  
 
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To ensure rigidity, the bellows of the Polaroid camera were surrounded by a protective frame, which fit onto a lens cone that covered the display. The camera took type 40-Series Land Picture Rollfilm (3 1/4" x 4 1/4").<ref>[http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landdcam-roll.htm#95 Landlist]</ref>.
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To ensure rigidity, the bellows of the Polaroid camera were surrounded by a protective frame, which fit onto a lens cone that covered the display. The camera took type 40-Series Land Picture Rollfilm (3 1/4" x 4 1/4").<ref>[http://www.landlist.ch/landlist/landdcam-roll.htm#95 Landlist]</ref>.
  
 
The camera was  fitted with a specially designed [[Wollensak]] Oscillo-Anastigmat 75mm f/1.9  set in a Wollensak Alphax shutter. The lens was computed to take images of a convex oscilloscope and render them correctly on a flat film plane.
 
The camera was  fitted with a specially designed [[Wollensak]] Oscillo-Anastigmat 75mm f/1.9  set in a Wollensak Alphax shutter. The lens was computed to take images of a convex oscilloscope and render them correctly on a flat film plane.

Revision as of 05:13, 22 August 2018

The Fairchild F-296 Oscillograph Camera was based on a Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 of 1957. Introduced in 1958, the Fairchild F-296 allowed to take photographs of cathode-ray tube oscillograph displays.[1] To ensure rigidity, the bellows of the Polaroid camera were surrounded by a protective frame, which fit onto a lens cone that covered the display. The camera took type 40-Series Land Picture Rollfilm (3 1/4" x 4 1/4").[2].

The camera was fitted with a specially designed Wollensak Oscillo-Anastigmat 75mm f/1.9 set in a Wollensak Alphax shutter. The lens was computed to take images of a convex oscilloscope and render them correctly on a flat film plane.


Notes

  1. Documented body serial numbers: Fairchild sn #58-153 / Polaroid sn #BB03338 (Flickr);
  2. Landlist