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Oskar Barnack was born on novemeber 1st, 1879 in Lynow, Brandenburg, a hamlet south of Berlin<ref>Wikipedia article on Oskar Barnack</ref>. His native village host a Oskar Barnack museum to this day. From 1902 to 1910, he worked for the Carl Zeiss company<ref>{Mckeown} 10th. edition, p 283</ref>. and in 1911 he was invited by Ernst Leitz<ref>[http://www.leicagallery.com/oskarbarnack.htm http://www.leicagallery.com/oskarbarnack.htm]</ref> to join the Leitz works in Wetzlar. He was the head of the construction department of what was then an optiocal factory specialized in making microscopes. Between 1913 and 1914 he developed the [[Ur-Leica]], a prototype 35mm camera using Kino-film. From the start, the film was transported horizontally and not vertically, as was the use with movie cameras. The format 24×36mm, a format we've all been accustomed to, was obtained by doubling the normal movie-image. At the time, most cameras were equipped with glass plates or roll film. While cumbersome, their large negatives eliminated the need for enlargement. | Oskar Barnack was born on novemeber 1st, 1879 in Lynow, Brandenburg, a hamlet south of Berlin<ref>Wikipedia article on Oskar Barnack</ref>. His native village host a Oskar Barnack museum to this day. From 1902 to 1910, he worked for the Carl Zeiss company<ref>{Mckeown} 10th. edition, p 283</ref>. and in 1911 he was invited by Ernst Leitz<ref>[http://www.leicagallery.com/oskarbarnack.htm http://www.leicagallery.com/oskarbarnack.htm]</ref> to join the Leitz works in Wetzlar. He was the head of the construction department of what was then an optiocal factory specialized in making microscopes. Between 1913 and 1914 he developed the [[Ur-Leica]], a prototype 35mm camera using Kino-film. From the start, the film was transported horizontally and not vertically, as was the use with movie cameras. The format 24×36mm, a format we've all been accustomed to, was obtained by doubling the normal movie-image. At the time, most cameras were equipped with glass plates or roll film. While cumbersome, their large negatives eliminated the need for enlargement. | ||
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Oskar Barnack was born on novemeber 1st, 1879 in Lynow, Brandenburg, a hamlet south of Berlin[1]. His native village host a Oskar Barnack museum to this day. From 1902 to 1910, he worked for the Carl Zeiss company[2]. and in 1911 he was invited by Ernst Leitz[3] to join the Leitz works in Wetzlar. He was the head of the construction department of what was then an optiocal factory specialized in making microscopes. Between 1913 and 1914 he developed the Ur-Leica, a prototype 35mm camera using Kino-film. From the start, the film was transported horizontally and not vertically, as was the use with movie cameras. The format 24×36mm, a format we've all been accustomed to, was obtained by doubling the normal movie-image. At the time, most cameras were equipped with glass plates or roll film. While cumbersome, their large negatives eliminated the need for enlargement.
The first world war stopped the commercial introduction of this 35mm camera. It wasn't until 1925 that the first Leicas were made commercially available. They were the first successful 35 mm cameras. The first such cameras to be introduced on the market, however was the .
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Oskar Barnack
- ↑ {Mckeown} 10th. edition, p 283
- ↑ http://www.leicagallery.com/oskarbarnack.htm
