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Fascinated by Photography
The word “photography” was
used for the first time in 1839
by German astronomer Johann
Heinrich Mädler (1794-1874) and,
at about the same time, by
British astronomer John Frederick
William Herschel (1792-1871).
The instrument used before the rise
of photography was the “camera
obscura”, from which the term
“camera” takes its name. The first
photograph was taken in 1826 by
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Two inventors
enabled the decisive breakthrough
in the first half of the 19 th
century. Frenchman Louis Jacques
Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) based
his photographic technique, called
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daguerreotype, on the experience
provided by Joseph Nicéphore
Niépce. English physicist and chemist
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-
1877) is considered the founder of
the negative-positive process termed
Talbotype that was patented in 1841
and which made photographic imaging
reproducible almost without limits.
The first wooden daguerrotype
cameras were sold by Alphonse
Giroux, a camera manufacturer in
Paris.
We are not only filled with enthusiasm
by the latest photos of the cosmos,
but have always been interested
in pictures of nature and art. A wide
spectrum of design options is available
to the photographer depending
on the applied technique – camera,
film format and material, lens, reprocessing.
The Distagon ® T* 4/40 IF CFE
lens is ideal for demanding architecture,
object and industry photography
as well as for cityscapes.
With its image angle of 88° across
the field diagonal, this is the classic
wide-angle lens for medium-format
cameras. Floating elements helped
reduce the unavoidable field curvature
in close-ups. Its remarkably good
optical correction, especially the good
distortion correction, makes this lens
the ideal tool for architectural, object
and industrial photography. It is also
ideal for aerial photography, as photos
can be taken from low altitudes
where the adverse effects of atmospheric
interference, e.g. haze, are
reduced. NASA also is a satisfied user
of more than 30 lenses.
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