{"id":30485,"date":"2025-01-07T01:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T05:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30485"},"modified":"2025-01-05T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T04:10:33","slug":"the-french-have-a-name-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-french-have-a-name-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"the French have a name for it …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drawing of the Verascpe Stereo Camera in late 1800s. From Brian Coe’s book “CAMERAS”<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. … Le Verascope. When the dry plate process and later film became common place, would-be photographers no longer needed to understand the art. Hence the art opened to the far wider world of amateurs. The down side as the process became simpler was a sharp drop in image quality as noted in an article in our Journal issue 19-5.<\/p>\n

In late fall of 1993, Pierre Tavlitzki published an article in French on the 100 year anniversary of the famous French Verascope<\/a> Stereo camera in the Bull<\/i><\/span>e<\/i>tin <\/i><\/span>Me<\/i>n<\/i><\/span>s<\/i>u<\/i><\/span>e<\/i>l du <\/i><\/span>St\u00e9r\u00e9o<\/i>\u00a0C<\/i>lu<\/i><\/span>b <\/i>F<\/i><\/span>r<\/i>an\u00e7<\/i><\/span>ais, Nr 773. (<\/i>Tavlitzki’s article gives a fascinating history of photography and cameras from the viewpoint of stereo image creators.)<\/p>\n

A few months later, with the author’s permission, an English translation of his article was reproduced in issue 19-5 of our Journal. Titled, “100 Years of Verascope” by Pierre Tavlitzki<\/a>, the translation begins, “In <\/span>a way, <\/span>th<\/span>e year 1<\/span>893 saw th<\/span>e b<\/span>egin<\/span>nin<\/span>g of <\/span>am<\/span>at<\/span>eur <\/span>st<\/span>ereo ph<\/span>ot<\/span>ograph<\/span>y, <\/span>du<\/span>e\u00a0in l<\/span>ar<\/span>ge p<\/span>art t<\/span>o J<\/span>ul<\/span>es Ri<\/span>ch<\/span>ard<\/span>, in<\/span>vent<\/span>or <\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>th<\/span>e Ve<\/span>r<\/span>ascop<\/span>e. Ju<\/span>st b<\/span>efor<\/span>e th<\/span>at t<\/span>im<\/span>e, <\/span>st<\/span>er<\/span>eo was out <\/span>of <\/span>fash<\/span>ion.<\/span><\/p>\n

“43 years b<\/span>efor<\/span>e, <\/span>an<\/span>oth<\/span>er Fr<\/span>en<\/span>chm<\/span>an<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Jul<\/span>es <\/span>Dub<\/span>oscq<\/a>, <\/span>equ<\/span>ally<\/span>\u00a0skill<\/span>ed in th<\/span>e m<\/span>an<\/span>ufac<\/span>ture <\/span>of <\/span>prec<\/span>is<\/span>io<\/span>n in<\/span>s<\/span>trume<\/span>nts<\/span>, <\/span>bega<\/span>n\u00a0m<\/span>ass p<\/span>rodu<\/span>cti<\/span>on <\/span>of <\/span>st<\/span>er<\/span>eoscop<\/span>es.\u00a0<\/span>Ste<\/span>reo <\/span>re<\/span>ma<\/span>ine<\/span>d th<\/span>e <\/span>do<\/span>ma<\/span>in of <\/span>profess<\/span>io<\/span>na<\/span>l<\/span>s <\/span>who <\/span>ke<\/span>pt the <\/span>qua<\/span>lity <\/span>hig<\/span>h until\u00a01<\/span>875, <\/span>b<\/span>efor<\/span>e it <\/span>d<\/span>ecl<\/span>in<\/span>ed <\/span>in<\/span>to b<\/span>adl<\/span>y t<\/span>ak<\/span>en<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>b<\/span>adl<\/span>y fr<\/span>am<\/span>ed <\/span>and b<\/span>adly <\/span>\u00a0mount<\/span>ed <\/span>work\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>ypi<\/span>cal <\/span>of <\/span>th<\/span>at p<\/span>eri<\/span>od <\/span>whi<\/span>ch <\/span>fo<\/span>ll<\/span>owed<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“Pho<\/span>tog<\/span>rap<\/span>hy <\/span>ha<\/span>d s<\/span>imila<\/span>r pro<\/span>ble<\/span>ms<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>B<\/span>ef<\/span>ore 1878 [when dry plate photography became common] th<\/span>e ph<\/span>ot<\/span>og<\/span>r<\/span>aph<\/span>er h<\/span>ad t<\/span>o\u00a0sen<\/span>siti<\/span>se hi<\/span>s own pl<\/span>at<\/span>es ju<\/span>st b<\/span>efor<\/span>e u<\/span>se [wet plate photography] and\u00a0<\/span>it <\/span>was n<\/span>ecessary to h<\/span>ave a t<\/span>ast<\/span>e (kn<\/span>ow<\/span>l<\/span>ed<\/span>ge of?) for ch<\/span>emi<\/span>str<\/span>y, <\/span>as sh<\/span>own b<\/span>y\u00a0articl<\/span>es r<\/span>ead <\/span>in <\/span>th<\/span>e pu<\/span>bli<\/span>ca<\/span>ti<\/span>on <\/span>of <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0S<\/span>oci\u00e9t\u00e9 <\/span>F<\/span>ra<\/span>n\u00e7<\/span>a<\/span>i<\/span>s d<\/span>e Ph<\/span>ot<\/span>ogr<\/span>aph<\/span>ie<\/span><\/em>, <\/span>b<\/span>efor<\/span>e\u00a0plun<\/span>gin<\/span>g int<\/span>o th<\/span>e ph<\/span>ot<\/span>ogr<\/span>aphi<\/span>c exp<\/span>eri<\/span>en<\/span>ce.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Negati<\/span>ve m<\/span>at<\/span>eri<\/span>al r<\/span>ead<\/span>y to u<\/span>se, <\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>gel<\/span>atin<\/span>e-b<\/span>romid<\/span>e dr<\/span>y pl<\/span>at<\/span>e f<\/span>orm [Richard Maddox 1871]<\/span>, <\/span>and <\/span>th<\/span>en\u00a0<\/span>r<\/span>eadil<\/span>y avail<\/span>abl<\/span>e in <\/span>roll<\/span>s, <\/span>th<\/span>ank<\/span>s to Eastm<\/span>an <\/span>(1884), wer<\/span>e th<\/span>e fir<\/span>st <\/span>st<\/span>ep <\/span>whi<\/span>ch\u00a0<\/span>m<\/span>ad<\/span>e am<\/span>at<\/span>eur ph<\/span>ot<\/span>og<\/span>r<\/span>aph<\/span>y a r<\/span>ealit<\/span>y.\u00a0<\/span>With<\/span>out th<\/span>e f<\/span>oregoin<\/span>g, <\/span>th<\/span>ere would h<\/span>ave\u00a0been n<\/span>o Kod<\/span>ak (1<\/span>888), <\/span>n<\/span>o film <\/span>on t<\/span>ran<\/span>sp<\/span>arent b<\/span>ase (1<\/span>889), <\/span>n<\/span>o m<\/span>oti<\/span>on p<\/span>ictur<\/span>es. …”<\/p>\n

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