Glass, Brass, & Chrome

✍ Scribed by Kalton C. Lahue, Joseph A. Bailey

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 368
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This reprint of a 1972 book is the best (and only) source of information on 35mm cameras and photography (which was called 'miniature' format back when most cameras used glass plates and/or large sheets of film). There is a short history lesson of photography from just before 35mm cameras became popular through the 1960s, then information about the cameras forms the bulk of the text. Information on American 35mm cameras from this time period (~1920 - 1960s) is hard to find. This book describes the companies and their products. There are many photos, but they are of low quality (copies of copies), but when you are the only source who can complain? And at almost 350 pages this is a lot of information for the money. A great book about a neglected subject. Highly recommended, despite the poor quality illustrations.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 12
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 18
Part I The 35mm and Photography......Page 22
1 The New Wave Arrives......Page 24
2 A Passing Fancy?......Page 42
3 The Glass, the Brass, and the Chrome......Page 54
4 From Black and White to Living Color......Page 76
5 Flash Lit the Way......Page 98
6 Let's Try ƒ/8 at 1/50......Page 112
7 Fine-Grain and Frame It......Page 124
Part II The American 35mm Miniature Camera......Page 148
8 In Perspective......Page 150
9 It All Began with…......Page 156
10 …Followed Closely by…......Page 184
11 Eastman's Grand Design......Page 216
12 But Everything Was Perfex......Page 260
13 Except for Teachers on Vacation with Their Bolseys......Page 278
14 An Imitation Failed…......Page 286
15 But So Did Originality......Page 294
16 Has-Beens and Never-Weres......Page 300
17 Twin Windows on the World......Page 324
18 Rebirth......Page 346
Appendix......Page 358
Camera and Product Manufacturers......Page 360
E......Page 364
L......Page 365
W......Page 366
H......Page 367
Z......Page 368