Difference between revisions of "Zeiss Tele-Camera"
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| + | The '''Zeiss Tele-Camera''' was a great achievement. Its body was a leather-covered case measuring 8×5×6 inches. The lens had to be drawn out of the body before use. The lens tube then had a length of 9 inches. In 1908 the [[The British Journal Photographic Almanac]] applauded the "triumph" of 17 inches from lens opening to focal plane, delivering an extraordinary focal length of 32 inches (800mm) ! It must have been extremely much focal length for a [[hand camera]] of 20th century's first decade, and a giant step towards modern telephoto lenses by lens maker [[Zeiss]]. The camera allowed ground glass focusing but also had a 4× magnifying binocular field glass mounted on top as tele viewfinder (the images show it with monocular!), and it had a [[Carl Zeiss Palmos]] focal-plane shutter. The f10 lens had an iris diaphragm and was focusable from 5 yards to infinity. The sensational camera appeared well-balanced when mounted on a tripod, and its weight was also well distributed when used as hand camera. It did cost only £40 in 1908. | ||
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| − | | image_text=illustration of how to use the long focus [[hand camera]]<br/><small>in the June 1910 edition of the Dutch photography magazine "Lux"</small> | + | | image_text=illustration of how to use the heavy long focus [[hand camera]]<br/><small>in the June 1910 edition of the Dutch photography magazine "Lux"</small> |
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| + | Source: [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.96471/2015.96471.The-British-Journal-Photographic-Almanac1908_djvu.txt The British Journal Photographic Almanac 1908] | ||
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| left: Zeiss Tele-Camera, mid: shot with normal lens, right: shot with Tele-Camera scanned by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
The Zeiss Tele-Camera was a great achievement. Its body was a leather-covered case measuring 8×5×6 inches. The lens had to be drawn out of the body before use. The lens tube then had a length of 9 inches. In 1908 the The British Journal Photographic Almanac applauded the "triumph" of 17 inches from lens opening to focal plane, delivering an extraordinary focal length of 32 inches (800mm) ! It must have been extremely much focal length for a hand camera of 20th century's first decade, and a giant step towards modern telephoto lenses by lens maker Zeiss. The camera allowed ground glass focusing but also had a 4× magnifying binocular field glass mounted on top as tele viewfinder (the images show it with monocular!), and it had a Carl Zeiss Palmos focal-plane shutter. The f10 lens had an iris diaphragm and was focusable from 5 yards to infinity. The sensational camera appeared well-balanced when mounted on a tripod, and its weight was also well distributed when used as hand camera. It did cost only £40 in 1908.
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| illustration of how to use the heavy long focus hand camera in the June 1910 edition of the Dutch photography magazine "Lux" scanned by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
