early butterfly photography
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:37 am
I was sorting through some old photos (and negatives) I took as a teenager in the early 1950s.
Attached is one from circa 1954. It was taken with a fixed focal length medium format (6 cm x 6 cm) camera with a supplementary lens. Of course, without the benefit of through the lens focussing, it was hit and miss. I used a wire frame attached via the tripod bush to get the right distance. I did my own developing and printing then but colour was prohibitively expensive.
Things have moved on a bit in the last 50+ years. The camera I use today is probably only about a quarter of the cost (in real terms) of that old one I used all those years ago. 2007 picture also attached.
Jack
![Image](http://www.postimage.org/Pq3Uro9.jpg)
![Image](http://www.postimage.org/aVgS4sJ.jpg)
Attached is one from circa 1954. It was taken with a fixed focal length medium format (6 cm x 6 cm) camera with a supplementary lens. Of course, without the benefit of through the lens focussing, it was hit and miss. I used a wire frame attached via the tripod bush to get the right distance. I did my own developing and printing then but colour was prohibitively expensive.
Things have moved on a bit in the last 50+ years. The camera I use today is probably only about a quarter of the cost (in real terms) of that old one I used all those years ago. 2007 picture also attached.
Jack
![Image](http://www.postimage.org/Pq3Uro9.jpg)
![Image](http://www.postimage.org/aVgS4sJ.jpg)