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Gábor Gabriella: Wood-bodied, plate cameras from the prehistory of photography

Favázas, lemezes kamerák a fényképezés őskorából KATALÓGUS 2001 Cameras and photographie equipment. Kensington, 2001. KISSNÉ BENDEFY 2003 Kissné Bendefy M.: 18. századi aranyozott bőr miseruha restaurálása. ISIS Erdélyi Restaurátor Füzetek, 3. (2003) 51-56. MORGÓS 1987 Morgós A.: Festett felületek tisztításának fiziko-kémiai alapjai és használhatósága a restaurátori gyakorlatban. Múzeumi Műtárgyvédelem, 17. (1987) 283-309. SCHMIDT 1897 Schmidt, F.: Fotográfozás. Budapest, 1897. SZABÓ-VIDRA 1994 Szabó T. - Vidra J.: Régi fényképezőgépek. Budapest, 1994. Wood-bodied, plate cameras from the prehistory of photography - Gabriella Gábor Resume The beginning of the history of photography goes back to the 16 century, when the first camera obscura was described and made. It was an apparatus, with which the image of an external object could have been produced by the help of light coming through on it. The demand for fixing the projected image existed in people from the beginning, for which formerly drawing and painting and from the 18 century using of various photochemical procedures gave possibility. From this time, the development of photosensitive layers and cameras progressed in big steps. The construction of cameras has not change during their development considering the essentials. They consist of three basic elements: a light-intercepting screen (rear plate), a front with the lens and a darkroom (bellows) fitting the above two. According to the constructional version of these three basic elements several kind apparatus types has been differentiated. The frame of the cameras built in the period of the beginning was made of wood, and their darkroom was manufactured from leather or canvas in bellows system. These apparatuses were equipped with plate holders for the raw material and ground glass viewing screens for focusing the image as well as fixed or interchangeable lens. The type of wood-bodied, plate cameras consists of studio cameras, field cameras, hand cameras, technical cameras and press-cameras. 373