Just looked up the Lucidograph as I didn't know it. What a elegant design - must have been the impetus for the self-casing cameras that followed later!
Just looked up the Lucidograph as I didn't know it. What a elegant design - must have been the impetus for the self-casing cameras that followed later!
Lucidograph is "Light-Writer' in Greek.
See my friend Rob's site where he has a nice article on the Blair Lucidograph
http://antiquewoodcameras.com/luci01.htm
Dan
Antique & Classic Camera Blog
www.antiquecameras.net/blog.html
That was the photo and write-up I found!
How about futuristic sounding names:
Protar, Xenar, Apo-Lanthar, Hyperion, Artar, ...
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
See, this is why not having disposable income is so much better; I can only buy what I need. Heh.
If I did, though, I'd probably be more apt to collect based on two things: focal lengths that I'd actually use and names I find interesting. I really love trying lenses, so I'm not really opposed to spending money on something that is a little...odd.
Lucidograph = Light Writer.
I am only sure of this to the extent that the Blair Camera company has published this "fact" in its catalogues c. 1890.
Dan
Antique & Classic Camera Blog
www.antiquecameras.net/blog.html
Protar from profession
Xenar a derivation from Xenon, another Schneider lens, named after the in 1898 discovered noble gas Xenon. Schneider was founded in 1912
Apo from apochromatic "without colors" or "free of color seams"
Lanthar from lanthanium a glass-additive
Hyperion is another name for the god of the sun
Artar a lens for the graphic arts
Peter
(from latin petrus the rock)
No Peter, petrus comes from the Greek, not latin... but it still means rock.
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