Comments on: Tales of Glass and Ceramics, Pt. 1 http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/03/18/tales-of-glass-and-ceramics-pt-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tales-of-glass-and-ceramics-pt-1 a personal introduction to Japanese photography Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dirk http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/03/18/tales-of-glass-and-ceramics-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Dirk Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:03:43 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=2534#comment-1489 Thanks, I made it "the first practical 35mm camera". When researching the article and getting feedback, I realised that "first" can be a difficult concept. Very often things have existed in close form somewhere else and the ensuing "first" is at times more evolution than revolution. All of this is debatable of course. Thanks, I made it “the first practical 35mm camera”. When researching the article and getting feedback, I realised that “first” can be a difficult concept. Very often things have existed in close form somewhere else and the ensuing “first” is at times more evolution than revolution. All of this is debatable of course.

]]> By: Ranger 9 http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/03/18/tales-of-glass-and-ceramics-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Ranger 9 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:01:08 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=2534#comment-1488 "When the E. Leitz Company introduced the first 35mm camera in 1925, it was an instant world-wide sensation." A sensation it was, but "the first 35mm camera" it was not; granted, most pre-Leica 35s, such as the Simplex and Sico, were odd beasts more like a one-frame-at-a-time movie camera, but others, such as the Tourist Multiple, presaged the Leica concept of a compact, highly portable camera. “When the E. Leitz Company introduced the first 35mm camera in 1925, it was an instant world-wide sensation.”

A sensation it was, but “the first 35mm camera” it was not; granted, most pre-Leica 35s, such as the Simplex and Sico, were odd beasts more like a one-frame-at-a-time movie camera, but others, such as the Tourist Multiple, presaged the Leica concept of a compact, highly portable camera.

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