"Thank you Rob! I find interesting to see a horizontal tailboard camera, as most of Castro's pictures follow this format. I had not thought about that...And the information on the lens in relation to the camera confirms my hipotheses. Very very…"
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I am trying to find out more about the camera Spanish photographer Rafael Castro y Ordóñez, member of the Comisión Científica del Pacífico, used during his expedition to America (1862-1865). He used…Continue
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Rob Tooley commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"The link below shows a typical bellows camera from the 1860s for plates around 6 x 8", this example was actually made a little later but the design was the same as earlier models. www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C283.htmlThis link will…"
sara badia commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Thank you Michael! This bibliography is very useful for me, I am no expert in photographic cameras! I am prettiy sure this information may be useful for other people too.
I would love to read that couple of entries from your own book, if possible.…"
Michael Pritchard commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Sara, the best reference on camera history for this period is: Brian Coe (1978), Cameras. From daguerreotype to instant picture.
R C Smith's (1975) Antique Cameras is a good, if somewhat dated, descriptive account of cameras of the…"
Chelin Miller commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Buenos días Sara: Me gustaría comunicarme contigo por privado. Estoy interesada en el tema de tu investigación de doctorado. Estoy buscando material para mi proyecto relacionado con fotografía de Colombia (o…"
Jeffrey S Gould commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Hi Sara,
I wanted to send you a picture of a Morley camera, from the period, unfortunately not part of my collection, but the file is too big to fit in this message. Send me your email address and I'll send you a picture.
I am fairly…"
sara badia commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Many thanks Mr Gould!
I am already in touch with them, they have addressed me to this website!
I think you are right, it must have been a bellows camera on a stand, possibly made by a local manufacturer. In fact I believe Castro used two cameras…"
Jeffrey S Gould commented on sara badia's blog post State of the art, British camera, 1862"Hi, recommend you refer to the excellent web site Earlyphotography, where you will see many early English cameras. However at this time it was quite likely that he had the camera made for him. It would have been a bellows camera of some sort for…"
sara badia posted a discussionState of the Art British Camera, 1862
I am trying to find out more about the camera Spanish photographer Rafael Castro y Ordóñez, member of the Comisión Científica del Pacífico, used during his expedition to America (1862-1865). He used a Dallmeyer lens of his own but the camera was purchased in London by British photographer Charles Clifford in early 1862. References suggest that it was a state of the art field stand camera. The plates produced are 26 x 31 (10 x 12") and 16 x 21 (6 x 8"). The lens was probably a Dallmeyer-Petzval…See More
sara badia posted a blog postState of the art, British camera, 1862
I am trying to find out more about the camera Spanish photographer Rafael Castro y Ordóñez, member of the Comisión Científica del Pacífico, used during his expedition to America (1862-1865). He used a Dallmeyer lens of his own but the camera was purchased in London by British photographer Charles Clifford in early 1862. References suggest that it was a state of the art field stand camera. The plates produced are 26 x 31 (10 x 12") and 16 x 21 (6 x 8 "). The lens was probably a Dallmeyer-Petzval…See More
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State of the art, British camera, 1862
I am trying to find out more about the camera Spanish photographer Rafael Castro y Ordóñez, member of the Comisión Científica del Pacífico, used during his expedition to America (1862-1865). He used a Dallmeyer lens of his own but the camera was purchased in London by British photographer Charles Clifford in early 1862. References suggest that it was a state of the art field stand camera. The plates produced are 26 x 31 (10 x 12") and 16 x 21 (6 x 8 "). The lens was probably a…
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