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Photographic Terms & Definitions (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) SPILL - stray light from a photographic light source; generally caused by light rays from the front of the lamp which do not reach the reflector to form the main beam.... SPILL RINGS - a set of concentric rings placed in front of a photographic lighting unit to intercept stray light rays. SPOOL - the device on which film is wound for insertion into a camera. SPOT - a contraction of spotlight; a lamp which projects a narrow, strong beam of light. SPOTTING - the removal of small blemishes in photographic negatives or prints.

Samsung WB500 Digital Camera (cont’d) The camera has a beautiful case with a magnetic button closure. Unfortunately, I have discovered the case will pick up impressions if something is pressed into it while in your pocket or purse!

Photographic Terms & Definitions (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) FOCAL POINT point where all light rays transmitted from a given object intersect. With the object at infinity, i.e., the incident rays are parallel to the axis of the lens, the image is the principal focal point. The principal focal point lies on the lens axis.... FOCUS - the point at which converging rays of light from a lens meet; to adjust the distance between the lens and the film for maximum image sharpness. FOCUSING - the process of adjusting the lens to find the maximum resolution, sharpness, and contrast for your chosen subject. You can do so either using manual focus or the autofocus system of your camera. MINICAM - an abbreviated slang name for miniature camera. MINUM - a unit of liquid measurement; 1/480 of a fluid ounce, or approximately 1 drop. POOL - an agreement among newspaper photographers to cover all entrances or exits to ensure making at least one photograph of a personage; all participating to receive prints from that one negative. PORTRAIT ATTACHMENT - a supplementary lens permitting the camera to be focused on objects closer than is normally possible.

Submitted by Ken Samsung WB500 Digital Camera I was in a Value Village scanning the shelves for cameras as quickly as I could. I looked back and saw a man pluck up a camera from right behind me. I was shocked I had overlooked it and curious if he would add it to his cart. He didn’t seem that interested and he tossed it back where it had been lying. After waiting until he moved off I quickly picked it up.... It was this Samsung WB500 in a lovely case. It had its battery but no card. It was priced at $12.99 but it was a Tuesday so I got a 30 per cent senior’s discount. It ended up costing $10.54 tax in. I am beginning to really appreciate Samsung cameras in general. They seem well builtthis camera feels as well built as a Leica rangefinderare loaded with intelligent features and seem to work as well as any other brand. If you factor in the famous Schneider Kreuznach 10x Variplan Zoom lens, dual image stabilization and a passel of adjustments you can play with, this is a lot for your money. In its original selling price this camera was notably less expensive than its competitors. There are some who figure it is a bit slow to react when zooming, starting up and processing an image after the shot. If you aren’t concerned about those things it delivers wonderful results. Its controls are a bit different from other manufacturers, and even other Samsung cameras. For example, it has a small black ridged rocker switch at the top right corner, just where your thumb would rest while gripping the camera. This allows you to set one of three functions: EV adjustment, ISO and White Balance. Once chosen the rocker function will stay that way. Many of the controls will do one thing in one mode and another thing in other modes so mastering the camera takes some serious commitment. The Fn (Function) button gives you control of many things while the E (Effects) button adds a second layer of controls. It is up to you to build up the image you will get adjusting everything from flash balance to face detection. Or you can choose Auto and let the camera produce its best guess of what you will want to have.

Photographic Terms & Definitions (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) DISTORTION - an incorrect rendering of the shape of a subject.... DIVERGENT LENS - a lens which bends the rays of light away from its axis; also called a negative element. DODGE - decreasing the exposure for areas of the print that the photographer wishes to be lighter. DOMINANT WAVELENGTH - the single wavelength that is perceived by the human eye. Generally one light source consists of multiple wavelength spectrums from the light source rather than one single wavelength.

Submitted by Ken Olympus FE-120 Digital Camera The Olympus FE-120 is a 6 M file size 3x zoom digital camera. It came with two AA batteries that fired it right up, but the xD memory card was missing. This is enough to stop most people as these really thin memory cards are rare and getting rarer. I happen to have a couple I can switch in to test with, but it took collecting a lot of Olympus cameras to get them.... The back has quite a few controls. Starting at the upper right you have a red button for shooting and a green button for playback. At the bottom you have the delete button, again in red. The under 2-inch diagonal screen is pretty small by today’s standards. It is bright and colorful though, so don’t let get you down. There is a thumb depression between the buttons and the wheel that sets modes. This depression makes holding the camera easier, or at least keeps you from pressing on the mode wheel. Speaking of the Mode wheel it has clockwise Movie, Program, Auto, Portrait, landscape, night landscape, sports, night portrait, scene (there are ten scene modes) and back to movie. Above the mode wheel you have the rocker switch for zooming. Below the Mode wheel you have the cluster of control tabs. The center button serves the dual purpose of accepting (OK) or giving you a menu. By menu I mean the camera will display four choices, depending on what the Mode dial is set to you can choose with one of the surrounding four buttons. If you don’t press the center button these four buttons give you Macro (top), flash (right), plus/minus exposure (bottom) and self-timer (left). The xD card goes in a separate hatch on the bottom edge of the control area. The batteries go in the end. The DC IN (3-V) and USB socket are under a plastic cover above the battery hatch. The top has the power button and the shutter button. The bottom has a plastic tripod socket. The camera is solid in your hands, sometimes explains what you are getting on its screen and seems a capable little performer.

Submitted by Al Edmonton Photo Scene Update Hello everyone,... I had occasion to visit Grove Camera & Pawn in Spruce Grove and had a nice chat with the owner, Richard. Two things of note from the conversation that I would like to pass on Besides being a pawn shop, they will also sell things (cameras + other stuff) on consignment. Fees will vary with the value of the item(s) being sold. Richard intends to dedicate one wall as a consignment ‘photo gallery’ of sorts. He invites anyone wishing to display photos for sale to contact him. On a separate note, I had occasion to run into and chat with another photo enthusiast. (I bought some camera gear from him) As it turns out, he is a friend of the Franiel family. Some other items of note to pass on Contrary to popular belief, Classic Camera was housed in a rented facility, not one owned by Wally as thought by many. (myself included) The lease is set to expire on January 31, 2021, with a new tenant (unknown) to move in on February 1, 2021. To that end, all of the camera gear housed at Classic Camera is in the process of being re-homed at Wally’s daughter Valerie’s home. Her intent is to sell the equipment, not to keep it. At this point, I do not have any details on how to contact Valerie.

Submitted by Al (Secretary / Treasurer, Edmonton Photographic Historical Society) AllPhotography Magazine, Issue 37, pages 17-20 (Reprinted with permission)... AllPhotography Magazine is a newsletter for those interested in photography. It was aimed at all those collecting, using, experimenting and playing with film cameras and their accessories. The first issue of AllPhotography was released on August 1, 2000 and was produced four times a year for ten years afterwards, until it ceased publication with issue 40 in June 2010. In reality, AllPhotography Magazine was the documentation of one man's interest in photography. The author would collect a camera and write a story about his adventures getting it going, shooting with it, and finding out its joys. If he found a book on photography he would read it and review it. If he thought of a shooting experiment he would document it. If he had a photographic assignment, he would write an article about how he did it. Sometimes other contributors would submit articles for publication. Sometimes information would be copied from very old photographic literature. Sometimes antics of members of the Edmonton Photographic Historical Society (of which he also is a member) would be written about, particularly after each years annual Photo Fair photographic swap meet. We have received permission to post all 40 issues of AllPhotography Magazine in the future. Feel free to print copies for your own personal use, however commercial reproduction or re-posting of AllPhotography Magazine is NOT PERMITTED.

Photographic Terms & Definitions (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) CONNECTRON - trade-mark of the General Electric Company for a mercury-pool-cathode type of electronic switch tube, used in repetitive electronic flash power supplies.... CONTACT PRINT - a print made by placing a negative in contact with sensitive paper while exposure is being made. CONTACT PRINTER - a box or machine providing a light source and a means for holding. the negative and the sensitive material in contact while they are exposed to this light source. CONTINUOUS PRINTER - a motion-picture or still-picture printer in which the negative and positive films travel continuously past the exposing light source; also applied to a machine which prints microfilm negatives on a continuous roll of paper. CONTRAST - the scale of difference between black and white in your photos. It is the differing tones of black, grey and white; without which there wouldn't be any differentiation between light and dark.

Submitted by Al Photographic Terms & Definitions No. 30 (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963)... ANTIHALATION - the property of a film or plate, usually with an opaque backing, to prevent halation. APERTURE - the opening of a lens, its size being controlled by means of a diaphragm; in a motion-picture camera or projector, the opening in the film track which outlines the picture. APEX SYSTEM - APEX stands for Additive System of Photographic Exposure, which was proposed in the 1960 ASA standard for monochrome film speed, ASA PH2.5-1960, as a means of simplifying exposure computation. APLANAT - a lens of the rapid-rectilinear type, sometimes better corrected for spherical aberration, but not for astigmatism.

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Emulsion Chemistry (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) CHEMICAL RIPENING...Continue reading

Sony Digital 8 SteadyShot DCR-TRV460 Digital Video Camera Recorder (cont’d) Now we are at the front, the business end of the camera. Just imagine what you could do with a total of a 20x optical zoom and a 990x digital zoom. Wow! Anyway, we will start with the LED floodlight on the top left. To its right we find a 2.5 to 50 mm f/1.6 zoom lens. On the bottom of the front right we have the built in Stereo microphones. On the middle bottom left there is a cover for the S-video in...put/output cable. Above the S-video port there is a remote receiver and what could be the infrared illuminator for the NightShot Plus (there is a switchagain out of sighton the top of the camera to control this). Under a cover on the extreme left edge there is (from the top down) a yellow phono plug marked A/V (audio/video), an IDV plug I do not recognize and finally a mini-USB plug. I know some people have used these camerasand all the many video cameras that evolved from film to memory stickto record a large part of their family’s life. Now the cameras are dying, or the cameras are getting separated from the media, or the means to playback the images have been junked, or the cords are lost, or the chargers in some cases are gone. It is sad, fairly hopeless and might be part of the reason I know so very few video camera collectors.

Sony Digital 8 SteadyShot DCR-TRV460 Digital Video Camera Recorder (cont’d) You can see the pull-out screen on the left, then across the top we have the viewfinder eyepiece (it pulls out to clear the battery), the battery eject button and then a bunch of LED lights for Charging, Tape, Memory (stick) and Play/Edit. On the top there is a very small silver lever (above the ME in camera) that is the camera’s zoom control. Just to the right of that is the Photo button mentione...d earlier. Below the strap on the right you can see a sliding switch that has the green release we saw in the last view that goes PowerOff (charge), ON and Mode. The red button below that is marked record Start/Stop. On the bottom there is a cover on the DC-in port. On the left you have a backlight switch and above the Memory Stick slot another light switch.

Emulsion Chemistry (cont’d) (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963) FUNDAMENTALS OF EMULSION MAKING...Continue reading

Sony Digital 8 SteadyShot DCR-TRV460 Digital Video Camera Recorder (cont’d) The camera is now pointed to the right. You can see the separate Photo button on the top left (this is for still images). About halfway down below it a red and green button peak at us. We will get a better angle on these buttons from the back view. The 8mm cartridge gets inserted under the side with name plate (the mostly black plate with Digital Video Camera written on it). The release for this is out of sight on the bottom of the camera marked Open/Eject.

Submitted by Al Emulsion Chemistry (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Photography 1963)... The photographic emulsion, in the form of a thin light-sensitive layer, and a support, usually of film, paper, or glass, are the essential components of all photographic recording. material. The oldest so-called photographic emulsion consisted of silver halides suspended in collodion. (Collodion is nitrated cotton, dissolved in a mixture of ether and alcohol.) In 1864 B. J. Sayce and W. B. Bolton introduced the first practical silver bromide collodion emulsion, although the basic ideas were first proposed by M. Gaudin in 1853 and Bellini in 1861. Improvements were gradually added to the process, notably by Eugene Albert in 1862. Although this type of emulsion was soon to be replaced by the silver halide gelatin emulsion, it played an important role in the reproduction technique and is still used today to a limited extent. In 1871 Richard L. Maddox, in The British Journal of Photography, described the preparation of a sensitive gelatin emulsion, and in 1873 the first photographic emulsion of this type was placed on the market by Burgess. In the same year King described a preparation of a gelatin emulsion, suggesting for the first time the washing out of the soluble salts; and, at the same time, J. Johnson recommended the use of more bromide salt than silver salt. Also in 1873 Richard Kennett patented a process of preparing "sensitive pellicles" of dry silver bromide gelatin which were to be soaked in water, melted, and coated on glass plates prior to use. This material was on the market during 1874, but its sensitivity was very limited. A great step forward was the discovery by Charles Bennett in 1878 that a silver bromide gelatin which was prepared with extra potassium bromide showed increased sensitivity when held for a duration of five to seven days at 90 F. Because of a breakdown of the gelatin during this "ripening process," some gelatin was added afterward, according to the experience of Bolton (1873). Later the ripening time was shortened (to hours instead of days) and the temperature increased. In principle, this method of preparing photographic emulsions is still used.

Submitted by Ken Sony Digital 8 SteadyShot DCR-TRV460 Digital Video Camera Recorder No one I know collects video cameras. That isn’t to say I don’t have some, just I rarely collect them. This Sony SteadyShot Digital 8 Camera (DCR-TRV460) was included in a lot I received. It was the only video camera in the lot. It was missing the battery, a charger, an 8mm cartridge and a Memory Stick. So for all intents and purposes it is almost photographic junk. On the other hand, it is ...representative of what was sold as a package once upon a time, so let’s take a look at the camera from all sides. The side we opened with has the pull out screen with a button or two along the top. One switches the display to battery info and the other puts the camera into EASY mode. I’ll leave that to you to research. There is a reset recessed button (push with pointed object) as well as a speaker inside the compartment the screen is stored in.

Submitted by Ken London Drugs Digital Camera Tutorial DVD I picked this DVD up at a give-away bin in front of my local thrift store. It was in its original shrink wrap so I hesitate to open it. I thought I might have an open one around but can’t find it or any story I might have created on it. I seem to remember the hour long instructional video was well worth watching. ...Continue reading

HP Photosmart 945 Digital Camera (cont’d) I thought you might want to enjoy five of the box’s six sides. The box had two magnets for the cords. They cut the electronic signals that might escape during operation. There were a couple of cordscamera to computer and camera to printerand a lens cap to camera tether (lens cap was missing). The camera has a neck strap.