A history of photography in 50 cameras
By: Michael Pritchard, FRPS
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781770855908
Subjects: Photography; Cameras; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: History of photography in fifty cameras; 50 cameras
Description: A History of Photography in Fifty Cameras explores the 180-year story of perhaps the most widely used device ever built. It covers cameras in all forms, revealing the origins and development of each model and tracing the stories of the photographers who used and popularized them. Illustrated throughout with studio shots of all fifty cameras and a selection of iconic photographs made using them, it is the perfect companion guide for camera and photography enthusiasts alike.
Notes: First published in 2014 by Bloomsbury.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Giroux Daguerreotype; title: The Talbot "mousetrap"; title: Ottewill's double folding camera; title: Powell's stereoscopic camera; title: The Sutton panoramic; title: The Kodak; title: The Stirn concealed vest camera; title: The Enjalbert revolver de poche; title: The Rouch Eureka; title: The Goerz Anschütz; title: The Thornton-Pickard Royal Ruby; title: The Scovill book camera; title: The Kodak Brownie; title: The Sanderson hand camera; title: The Ticka; title: The Soho reflex; title: The vest pocket Kodak; title: The Thornton-Pickard Mark III Hythe camera gun; title: The Ermanox; title: The Leica I; title: The Contax I; title: The George Washington Kodak; title: The Voigtländer Prominent; title: The Coronet Midget; title: The Canon Hansa; title: The Kine Exakta; title: The Minox; title: The Compass; title: The Kodak Super Six-20; title: The Kodak Matchbox; title: The Pacemaker Speed Graphic; title: The Hasselblad; title: The Polaroid Land Model 95; title: The View-Master personal stereo camera; title: The Leica M3; title: The Rolleiflex 3.5f; title: The Nikon F; title: The Topcon Re Super (UK) / Super D (US); title: The Kodak Instamatic; title: The Pentax Spotmatic; title: The Olympus OM-1; title: The pocket Instamatic; title: The Polaroid SX-70; title: The Canon A1; title: The Sony Mavica; title: The Fuji Quicksnap; title: The Kodak Nikon DCS100; title: The Apple Quicktake; title: The Canon 5d Mark III; title: The Nokia Lumia.