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The art of photography has definitely come a long way. The first "camera" was basically nothing more than a projector-and it displayed things upside down at that. However, after a number of technological leaps during the 19th century, such as daguerreotypes and ferrotypes, the first fairly modern camera was introduced in 1888. Since then, cameras have become virtually omnipresent, and we enjoy taking and displaying our photos as art throughout our homes.

How has camera technology come so far in such a short time? Of course, one can argue that technology itself has rapidly grown and expanded. However, in 1888, the predecessor to our modern Nikons and Canons was a Kodak camera that needed a twenty-foot roll of paper in order to take pictures. Additionally, these cameras took circular pictures instead of our rectangular ones today.

After 1888, a number of breakthroughs occurred in improving photography. First, in 1889, Kodak came out with film for their cameras rather than paper. This truly allowed for mass-produced cameras that were more usable. A year later, Kodak created its Brownie box roll-film camera. Because the Brownie was a cheap, cardboard-body camera, it made picture-taking easy for everyone, not just the elite. After taking enough pictures to fill a roll of film, a person would send in the camera with the film to be developed.

At first, all photographs were in black and white, or some shades of gray. Of course, many people chose to get their photographs tinted after they were taken, but this was not always an accurate representation of the colors present when the image was actually made. Thus, in 1907, the Lumiere brothers developed commercial color film, called Autochrome plates.

Of course, with the advent of portable, cheaper cameras and better film came the rise in photojournalism and taking pictures of different cultures. This documentation also extended to the government hiring Lewis Hine to photograph child labor mills in 1909. Perhaps cameras and film opened up the door for politicians to see how harsh some lives actually were, and they were able to regulate child labor and other harmful practices.

In 1914, Oscar Barnack, under the employ of German microscope company Leitz, created the first modern-frame camera. He made a 24x36mm frame and 35mm movie film. This camera was perfected until 1924, when Leitz marketed the device under the name Leica. This Leica was a very high quality 35mm camera, and it was a far cry from the previous Brownies.

The mid 1900s led to a number of new practices in photography. In 1931, a man at MIT developed strobe photography. In 1936 came Kodachrome, which was the first multi-layered color film. Also during this time period came manufacturers such as Nikon, Fuji, and Zeiss. In 1963, Polaroid made cameras available with instant color film.

In the late 20th century, such things arrived as autofocus (Minolta in 1985), Photoshop (Adobe in 1990),  and in 1991, the first digital camera, from Kodak. Of course, you probably know the story from there. Now, we can put our pictures on internet albums such as Snapfish and Facebook. We can take pictures and put them straight into our computers. Digital cameras, which were $6,000 for 2.74 megapixels in 1999, can now be found for $200-and at least 10 megapixels.

With the ease we now have in participating in photography, we should take advantage of the other benefits we have from modern technology, such as turning our photos into canvas works of art. For more information on printing your images on canvas, check out YourCanvasPhotos today.

Joseph Devine

Olympus E-P2 Camera Review

The E-P2 is a 12.3 megapixel interchangeable lens camera, and mixes the high-quality still images from a digital SLR camera High Definition (HD), stereo audio recording and the linear PCM creativity of the camera - all in an ultra-portable, easy-to-body use. The E-P2 also brings a new twist to the line-PEN: a port accessory that adapts to the VF-2 adapter included electronic viewfinder or external microphone (EMS-1).

Like the portrait of the environment, shooting on the street is a sub-genre of documentary photography, and refers mainly to people in candid situations that evoke natural and some aspects of the human condition. Street photography also focuses on people move through metropolitan environments and complex societies in which they operate. Famous documentary photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau use 35mm compact cameras to capture many of the moments that define archetypal 20th century European and American society, history and culture.

Rangefinders are small and unobtrusive cameras, however, are very sensitive in the hands of an expert marksman, able to generate images that are as good as those produced by the cameras visible larger, more bulky and more. The gold standard for "street" camera has always been the Leica rangefinder (usually equipped with a normal or moderate wide angle).

The new Olympus E-P2 looks (and handles) much like the classic Leica IIIFs and M4S ingenious folding and 14-42mm Zuiko zoom kit, in a retro eerily similar to the Leitz optical folding of some of these classic cameras of yesteryear. Olympus also offers a lens of f/2.8 17mm main, and two new targets - a 9-14mm and 14-150mm zoom zoom in the works. Both should be available in late spring or early summer of 2010.

The inelegant E-P2 is an integrated service of the reincarnation of the F "Olympus Pen" series of film cameras and looks (and acts) much like the classic tools of the time image rangefinder. The E-P2 3.0 inch (230k) HyperCrystal II LCD is great, Sharp, accurate color, smooth, and has a viewing angle of 176 degrees - which is almost perfect for framing and composition surreptitiously images.

Olympus includes a new clip-on viewer mail, VF2, which gives a 100 per cent with 1.15x magnification. Olympus also offers a clip-on, with no optical viewfinder (the VF1) similar to those in the old rangefinder cameras. The E-Q2 has a maximum sensitivity of ISO 6400 (good for available light shooting indoors in low light), changing the image sensor stabilization and manual control over aperture and shutter speed. Unlike the old days photographers, street shooters today have the option to record HD movies (AVI format - 1280x720 pixels at 30 fps) - and adjust color saturation, contrast, white balance and sensitivity in the camera.

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I have and old Leica D.R.P., how much it can cost?

Hi, I have a Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, the serial # is: 445698 and it says "Germany" under the word Wetzlar, the lent says "Leitz Elmar f=5 cm 1:3,5 and at the base of the lent says "Germany", and It is in perfect working condition. If you want to see the photos you can go to imagesfs.blogspot.com and look where it says "blog archive" and click on Leica. I would like to know how much this camera cost today. Thank you.
Thank you to Jeroen for his prompt response, Does any body knows if this camera is original?. Thank you.
I forgot to say that the lens is embedded with the camera, so is not removable

That's a decent looking Leica IIc you have there. Serial puts it in 1950. It's hard to be sure from these pictures of the condition and if it's authentic but assuming the condition is as good as it seems to be and it is an original the camera would be $600. The lens should fetch another $350-$450.

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