Here are links to different sections: 00:00 Introduction 01:43 Daguerre and Talbot 04:47 Personal portraits from the 1860s 06:14 War photographers 06:53 Bellows, folding cameras and glass plates 09:20 Reflex cameras 10:19 Eastman Kodak and film 11:30 The Brownie 14:10 Vest Pocket Kodak 16:53 1918 to 1930, and why 1930?
Thankyou for a very informative set of films. Do you have any of these much earlier cameras in your possession Simon? I am working on a musical project that incorporates the evolving SOUNDS of photography and would be very interested to hear the sound that the mechanics of these earlier models would have made somehow
Fantastic concise history. I can see this series as being an excellent introduction for photography students, to give them the big picture (ha!) of how we have arrived where we are today. Can't wait to see parts 2 and 3.
What a great video! You did a great job highlighting key cameras and their history. Even though it a more specialized camera, I think the graflex slr's are key one to mention. Go as far back as the very end of the 1800s, they where slr cameras made in multiple formats as large as 5x7, eith a hood on top for instant viewing. And most of them could shoot all the way up to 1/1000 of a second by using a early focal plane shutter allowing for action shots, and a Bellows focusing system so you can shoot from infinity to macro. I personally have a 1907 auto graflex in 4x5 format that I still use today, it even uses a rudimentary magazine film back that permits me to shoot 12 sheets of film withought having to change the back. A beautiful peice of engineering
Many thanks for this; how great it is you’re still using a Graflex today. I should have mentioned Graflex in this video (I did in Part II), and that fast shutter speed made the cameras such successful press and sports cameras for decades and decades.
Fantastic work. It is a shame that you don't include cameras used in professional and art photography. Popular photography certainly drives the market and a great deal of innovation, but I feel that there's really a major part of the story missing by omitting those parts of the puzzle.
I wondered if the Brownie came with a tripod mount. I guess not. Didn't see any on any of these here. Odd, they needed them more than modern ones do. Great video. I'm on to part 2.
Many thanks! The earliest Brownie I own is from the 1890s, and it has a tripod mount fixture. Plus the handbook recommends using a table or a tripod to steady the camera....
Really brilliant channel, and superbly produced and delivered. Really enjoyed your Helios-44 videos … any chance of hearing your views on the 81N (also called H, due to cyrillic).
Simon, Thank you so much for this video. Your channel is my favorite amongst the many I am currently subscribed to. The history of cameras and photographs has been a passion of mine for well over fifty years, and finding kindred spirits is an affirmation of this passion (somehow). I have mentioned your channel to my friends who might be interested in this subject matter and hopefully others will do the same. What you are doing is unique and valuable, please keep it up!
Awsome video! I would be happy if you make a series going much more in the detail of this, but I know it's a lot of work! Thanks for all the energy you put into this!
Many thanks. As you say, it is a lot of work, and I decided to do an overview first. But maybe at some point in the future I will look at some of the topics from this video in more detail.
Urbane, intelligent and informative. Simons utak is a class above most other offerings in this particular TH-cam niche. Roxy Music for photographers. Piqued my interest!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, look forward to the next in the series. I hope you don't mind, I added this video to my playlist on my channel on the history of photography.
Another fascinating and fluidly paced video. I very much look forward to the next episode. Though hardly influential in the history of photography, I wonder if, at some point - either as a footnote to the premium Leica story, or as a fascinating link between past and present - you might be able to include Alpa? The origin of the cameras and related brands like Bolex and the genius designer behind them is almost Hollywood like! And now still going strong as the lustworthy uber-expensive technical cameras for film and the like of Phase One digital backs.
@@Simonsutak Great! Even if it's too off-beam to include in a video, I think you'll find the story of the camera's designer Jacques Bogopolsky ( aka Jacques Boolsky Jacques Bolsey but born Yakov Bogopolsky ! ) fascinating and the cameras quirky yet intriguing. My alpa 10D is, to my eyes, the most elegant and well built camera ever, better still than the Leicas I have/have owned, and with an adaptor able to use the full range of M42
Thank you for sharing your knowledge & passion. I really enjoy hand coloring b&w images(not digitally)Those early cameras are beautiful; wood, brass, & glass
No mention of Single lens reflex cameras like the Thornton Pickard Ruby Reflex Quarter plate from 1925 to 1935 with the Taylor Hobson five and three quarter inch f4. 5. The Rollex roll film 6x9 back for 120 film. I have one with a focal plane shutter from a tenth to 1000th. I guess you excluded this because it was a more professional camera. I have a a vest pocket kodak autographic and box brownie number 2 made in England and takes 120 film. I love your video and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one.
Thank you! I'm going to mention those kinds of reflex cameras in Part 2, including the Ensign - such as this one - camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ensign_Reflex. And now I'll mention the Thornton! But yes, they are definitely more professional cameras, and my focus is on mass market cameras. So I'll be looking at the cheaper TLR cameras and then of course the SLRs in more detail.
...a very nice production ...since you made this I ended up purchasing the modern Mamiya super press 2*3 ...and a few weeks ago 8 *10 Gennert field camera ...and some of the plates with Kodak Ortho.. were still in..sadly unexposed ..I Will probably just use the plate for contact printing ... certainly a talking piece
Nice work. Just a side note.. the Kodak 3A was very influential in the roll film legacy. Also autographing, and produced from 1895 - 1935. The 3A was influential also in sharing of the photos as Kodak developed the films and returned "postcard" photos (many to be bought on ebay). Another huge innovation were the cameras produced by graflex, maybe even more influential than the 3A... at least here in the US
Many thanks for this information. I'm going to talking about postcard photos and different film formats/sizes, and the Graflex camera used widely by Press photographers, in the video on film cameras after 1930, but yes, I should perhaps have included them in this video!
I have a question regarding old photography. If you cold help please? I was wondering why in old photography from 18 - 1900s you can't see the sky? Vanilla sky or cloudy looking. Thank you
The emulsions were most sensitive to blue light. The sky overexposed quickly before the ground got enough light to form an image. White clouds also exposed quickly. Some early photographers made two plates, one of a cloudy sky, then contact printed them separately, one after the other.
Great video (as usual)! My only "complaint" is that you did not acknowledge the first ever colour photograph (1861). This was produced by the great James Clerk Maxwell, who towers next to Newton and Einstein, in terms of scientific legacy.
Yes, this is a really good point, and a big omission on my behalf. James Clerk Maxwell (I've seen round his birthplace in Edinburgh) is an extra-ordinary scientist. Thank you for adding this.
@@Kushop9 Maybe I was unclear in my formulation. I enjoyed the very well made video, and I was hoping that the enclosure of "complaint" by quotation marks ensured that my comment would be regarded as a kind remark, rather than an actual complaint. I apologise if this has led to any misunderstanding. The video is spectacular and I have no real complaints.
There are a good number of deep reflections on photography as art, in several "stories of photography". But when it comes to technical aspects, in the transformation of the photographic act itself, and of its partner, the camera, the situation is the opposite. Your's work gives depth and maturity to the theme. (forte abraço do Brasil - @mariomissagia)
This whole channel is a treasure.
Echoed!
you are one of the best presenters I've ever listened to, always a pleasure to watch your videos
Here are links to different sections:
00:00 Introduction
01:43 Daguerre and Talbot
04:47 Personal portraits from the 1860s
06:14 War photographers
06:53 Bellows, folding cameras and glass plates
09:20 Reflex cameras
10:19 Eastman Kodak and film
11:30 The Brownie
14:10 Vest Pocket Kodak
16:53 1918 to 1930, and why 1930?
Thankyou for a very informative set of films. Do you have any of these much earlier cameras in your possession Simon? I am working on a musical project that incorporates the evolving SOUNDS of photography and would be very interested to hear the sound that the mechanics of these earlier models would have made somehow
Great video! As an old film photographer and high school film teacher, this is a wonderful guide to the progression of the camera, thank you!
Great video to get an overview. I was surprised how little you can find on TH-cam about very old cameras. This video really helped
Doing research on camera quality in the 1920's for my book and found this video very helpful, thank you.
this is very helpful because i want to photography soon and it helps learning about the past and how cameras work
I have spent the afternoon watching all 3 parts.
well. done.!
This is my favorite channel on TH-cam now! Thank you.
Fantastic concise history. I can see this series as being an excellent introduction for photography students, to give them the big picture (ha!) of how we have arrived where we are today. Can't wait to see parts 2 and 3.
Thanks for putting together this video with an interesting overview of early camera developments!
I'm looking forward to the next part.
Love the great details of detailed explanations. Top video 📸
:-) Glad I did subscribe beforehand :-) What a great Video, very informative and entertaining. Cant wait to see parts 2 and 3.
Thank you for doing this video and all the research you had to do for it. Well done!
M8, Great video as always. Keep it up! It is a true joy to watch your videos
Another very well made and interesting video, Simon. Thanks for making it.
Excellent video. I'm surprised you don't have more views. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Thank you.
Thank you! I'm still trying to think of a "click-bait" title!
Well done. I always wondered how those old cameras worked. Can’t wait for the rest of the series.
Amazing video!! I just subscribed!
Great video! Will eagerly await the next parts
Incredibly enjoyable and informative, Simon.
Great documentary content. it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Please keep them coming.
What a great video! You did a great job highlighting key cameras and their history. Even though it a more specialized camera, I think the graflex slr's are key one to mention. Go as far back as the very end of the 1800s, they where slr cameras made in multiple formats as large as 5x7, eith a hood on top for instant viewing. And most of them could shoot all the way up to 1/1000 of a second by using a early focal plane shutter allowing for action shots, and a Bellows focusing system so you can shoot from infinity to macro. I personally have a 1907 auto graflex in 4x5 format that I still use today, it even uses a rudimentary magazine film back that permits me to shoot 12 sheets of film withought having to change the back. A beautiful peice of engineering
Many thanks for this; how great it is you’re still using a Graflex today. I should have mentioned Graflex in this video (I did in Part II), and that fast shutter speed made the cameras such successful press and sports cameras for decades and decades.
Fantastic work. It is a shame that you don't include cameras used in professional and art photography. Popular photography certainly drives the market and a great deal of innovation, but I feel that there's really a major part of the story missing by omitting those parts of the puzzle.
I wondered if the Brownie came with a tripod mount. I guess not. Didn't see any on any of these here. Odd, they needed them more than modern ones do. Great video. I'm on to part 2.
Many thanks! The earliest Brownie I own is from the 1890s, and it has a tripod mount fixture. Plus the handbook recommends using a table or a tripod to steady the camera....
Mr. Simon congratulations for the work and thank you, amazing stuff !!!
Nice video; looking forward to part 2.
Wery nice video my brozher
I know my brozher
As always - a fantastic video!
a captivating video, keep up the passion, Many Thanks
Thank you for the video!
Really brilliant channel, and superbly produced and delivered. Really enjoyed your Helios-44 videos … any chance of hearing your views on the 81N (also called H, due to cyrillic).
Another great video! Nice to add some range to your channel with good information and excellent presentation!
Thank you! I really enjoyed doing this one.
Great video! Looking forward to the next ones!
Simon,
Thank you so much for this video. Your channel is my favorite amongst the many I am currently subscribed to. The history of cameras and photographs has been a passion of mine for well over fifty years, and finding kindred spirits is an affirmation of this passion (somehow). I have mentioned your channel to my friends who might be interested in this subject matter and hopefully others will do the same. What you are doing is unique and valuable, please keep it up!
Thank you so much for your kind comments, they mean a lot to me.
Awsome video! I would be happy if you make a series going much more in the detail of this, but I know it's a lot of work!
Thanks for all the energy you put into this!
Many thanks. As you say, it is a lot of work, and I decided to do an overview first. But maybe at some point in the future I will look at some of the topics from this video in more detail.
Wery heftig from dir my brozher
Urbane, intelligent and informative. Simons utak is a class above most other offerings in this particular TH-cam niche. Roxy Music for photographers. Piqued my interest!
Thank you so much. Very touched by the Roxy Music link!
Yeah!! Circa “Avalon” era 😁👍🏽👍🏽
Great video! Looking forward to the next one. Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, look forward to the next in the series. I hope you don't mind, I added this video to my playlist on my channel on the history of photography.
Great, thank you!
Brilliant thanks, my photography goes back to pre slrs! looking forward to part 2!
Superb!!Great narration! (with a nice Leslie Megahey tone into it) ;-)
Another fascinating and fluidly paced video. I very much look forward to the next episode.
Though hardly influential in the history of photography, I wonder if, at some point - either as a footnote to the premium Leica story, or as a fascinating link between past and present - you might be able to include Alpa? The origin of the cameras and related brands like Bolex and the genius designer behind them is almost Hollywood like! And now still going strong as the lustworthy uber-expensive technical cameras for film and the like of Phase One digital backs.
Many thanks for the idea - I'll take a look at the Alpa cameras - I've still got time to amend my next videos!
@@Simonsutak Great! Even if it's too off-beam to include in a video, I think you'll find the story of the camera's designer Jacques Bogopolsky ( aka Jacques Boolsky Jacques Bolsey but born Yakov Bogopolsky ! ) fascinating and the cameras quirky yet intriguing. My alpa 10D is, to my eyes, the most elegant and well built camera ever, better still than the Leicas I have/have owned, and with an adaptor able to use the full range of M42
Excellent! Wonderful English!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge & passion. I really enjoy hand coloring b&w images(not digitally)Those early cameras are beautiful; wood, brass, & glass
My dad's The Vest Pocket Kodak camera is shown here.
Who knew enlightenment could be found on the youtubes. Thank you.
extraordinary video! loved it
Actually around 1902-1920 was first camera
You're a genius lol
Wow, unbelievably interesting, thanks a lot 🤝👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Quite fascinating history.
Fantastic!
Wonderful! Thank you!
Well done!
Just wait 2 months, and this video will have 1 million views. It's really really good.👍
No mention of Single lens reflex cameras like the Thornton Pickard Ruby Reflex Quarter plate from 1925 to 1935 with the Taylor Hobson five and three quarter inch f4. 5.
The Rollex roll film 6x9 back for 120 film. I have one with a focal plane shutter from a tenth to 1000th.
I guess you excluded this because it was a more professional camera.
I have a a vest pocket kodak autographic and box brownie number 2 made in England and takes 120 film.
I love your video and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one.
Thank you! I'm going to mention those kinds of reflex cameras in Part 2, including the Ensign - such as this one - camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ensign_Reflex. And now I'll mention the Thornton! But yes, they are definitely more professional cameras, and my focus is on mass market cameras. So I'll be looking at the cheaper TLR cameras and then of course the SLRs in more detail.
i love how the time of the video is 18:26, wich is the year the first photo was taken
...a very nice production ...since you made this I ended up purchasing the modern Mamiya
super press 2*3 ...and a few weeks ago 8 *10 Gennert field camera ...and some of the plates with Kodak Ortho.. were still in..sadly unexposed ..I Will probably just use the plate for contact printing ... certainly a talking piece
Nice work. Just a side note.. the Kodak 3A was very influential in the roll film legacy. Also autographing, and produced from 1895 - 1935. The 3A was influential also in sharing of the photos as Kodak developed the films and returned "postcard" photos (many to be bought on ebay). Another huge innovation were the cameras produced by graflex, maybe even more influential than the 3A... at least here in the US
Many thanks for this information. I'm going to talking about postcard photos and different film formats/sizes, and the Graflex camera used widely by Press photographers, in the video on film cameras after 1930, but yes, I should perhaps have included them in this video!
I have a question regarding old photography. If you cold help please? I was wondering why in old photography from 18 - 1900s you can't see the sky? Vanilla sky or cloudy looking. Thank you
The emulsions were most sensitive to blue light. The sky overexposed quickly before the ground got enough light to form an image. White clouds also exposed quickly. Some early photographers made two plates, one of a cloudy sky, then contact printed them separately, one after the other.
With Vest Pocket Kodak are taken only known photos on board RMS Titanic by Father Brown who traveled in the first class
Great video (as usual)! My only "complaint" is that you did not acknowledge the first ever colour photograph (1861). This was produced by the great James Clerk Maxwell, who towers next to Newton and Einstein, in terms of scientific legacy.
Yes, this is a really good point, and a big omission on my behalf. James Clerk Maxwell (I've seen round his birthplace in Edinburgh) is an extra-ordinary scientist. Thank you for adding this.
My brozher dein complaint ist unworthy
@@Kushop9 Maybe I was unclear in my formulation. I enjoyed the very well made video, and I was hoping that the enclosure of "complaint" by quotation marks ensured that my comment would be regarded as a kind remark, rather than an actual complaint. I apologise if this has led to any misunderstanding. The video is spectacular and I have no real complaints.
swings and tilts rise and fall and shift what am i ?
why is it when ever I want to know history of any inventions it always someone with really low views in TH-cam that satisfy my curiosity ????
Can I subscribe twice?
I threw out our Ricoh Flex TLR (I think that's what it was called) - we never used it and it was not a collector's camera.
It's Rolleiflex ...not Rollieflex. 😉
Thanks. Yes, a bad typo (considering I own a Rolleiflex)!
The entire intro is unnecessary. Get to the point right away. The title explains your topic.
There are a good number of deep reflections on photography as art, in several "stories of photography". But when it comes to technical aspects, in the transformation of the photographic act itself, and of its partner, the camera, the situation is the opposite. Your's work gives depth and maturity to the theme. (forte abraço do Brasil - @mariomissagia)