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Description: | Photographic equipment collections trace the evolution of photographic apparatus from the camera obscura and the pre-history of photography to the latest digital cameras including W.H.F Talbot's tiny experimental cameras to the Mick-a-Matic camera of the 1970s, designed in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head!
The Photographic Technology Collection covers varied formats and applications - stereoscopic and panoramic photography, aerial, scientific, medical and high-speed photography, press, portrait and colour photography, are just a few, but include the camera used by Herbert Ponting on Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, Bert Hardy's Contax camera and the cameras used to photograph the Cottingley Fairies.
The collection is particularly strong in its coverage of photographic equipment associated with amateur photography. In 1984, the Kodak Museum, presented as a gift to the Museum from Kodak Limited, includes examples of the hundreds of different cameras produced by Kodak over the years, from the very first, in 1888. By no means confined solely to Kodak products, however, this collection also contains thousands of items by other manufacturers, including many rare or unique pieces.
Whilst cameras form the core of the collection, it also includes a vast range of other apparatus associated with photography, including stereoscopes and print viewers, shutters, tripods, flashguns and exposure meters, as well as darkroom equipment such as developing tanks, printing frames and measuring devices. This incredibly rich collection of apparatus is complemented by our extensive holdings of related printed materials, including trade catalogues, service manuals and thousands of instruction booklets, dating back to the nineteenth century. | Subjects: | Photographic equipment | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Pictureville
Bradford,
BD1 1NQ | FAX: | 01274 723 155 | Telephone: | 01274 202 030 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1306 | Go to resource |
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