Oskar barnack 35mm still camera pic

There were a number of 35mm still cameras using perforated movie film prior to the Leica. The first patent for one was issued to Leo, Audobard and Baradat in England in 1908.

The first full scale production camera was the Homeos, a stereo camera, produced by Jules Richard in 1913.

Oskar barnack invention

Oskar barnack invention

Barnack camera

Oskar barnack's leica

Oskar Barnack was a German inventor and photographer who built, in , what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm still-camera.

Barnack's prototype 35mm film camera became the first Leica camera, which quickly inspired an industry.

It took stereo pairs, 18x24 mm, with two Tessar lenses. It was sold until 1920. The first 35mm big seller was the American Tourist Multiple, also appearing in 1913. The camera cost $175 in 1913. By today's standards that's the equal of a $3000 Leica.

The first camera to take full frame 24x36mm exposures seems to be the Simplex, introduced in the U.S. in 1914. It took either 800 half frame or 400 full frame shots on 50 ft. rolls.

Oskar Barnack was a German inventor and photographer who built, in , what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm still-camera.

The Minigraph, by Levy- Roth of Berlin, another half frame small camera was sold in Germany in 1915. The patent for the Debrie Sept camera, a combination 35mm still and movie camera was issued in 1918, but was not marketed until 1922.

Finally the Furet camera, mad