The first Roll film cameras required the photographer to use a light meter to take a reading of the light level, then to set the exposure setting on the lens.
In 1991 I constructed a 120 roll film camera made of hardwood. I used oak bought at a local lumber yard. The camera has a flat film plane. The negative format is approximately 60 x 70 mm, and the focal length 45 mm.
Way back in 1888, the first roll film camera was developed, allowing photographers to take multiple pictures without stopping to reload film.
A couple years ago, I got into the digital camera thing to the point that I pretty much parked my roll film cameras. At the time, I was doing documentation for publishing on the web and needed digital much more than prints.
The Kombi was the first non-Kodak roll film camera for which Kodak produced an own type of film. It
The Kombi
The Kodak No. 2 Flexo was a box camera for rollfilm. It was easier to open than other box cameras si ...
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