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DAY 102 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Oskar Barnack and the Leica
CAMERAS GET REALLY HANDY
German Oskar Barnack set out to become a painter, but after an apprenticeship to a maker of mechanical devices, he became fascinated with technical instruments and, eventually, photography. He worked as a toolmaker, specializing in precision mechanics and optical equipment before going to work for a maker of scientific instruments. He worked in the experimental department of the firm of E. Leitz, where he developed highly precise machines for use in complex manufacturing.
In 1905, Barnack created a way to put 15 to 20 pictures on a single negative with ...
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