{"id":9741,"date":"2017-10-08T08:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T12:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=9741"},"modified":"2017-10-07T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:05:32","slug":"between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Between a rock and a hard place…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FULDY from Leica Manual 3rd Edition – 1938-9. Bottom slide shown upside down<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Close-up photography<\/a> was generally used to close the gap between close photography – say a metre – and a low power microscope. On the 35mm frame the object was about 1\/4 to 1\/1 \u00a0life size.<\/p>\n

In the early 20th century, companies made technical cameras – ones with “double extension” bellows. With ground glass and glass plates or cut film, the photographer could successfully focus on a close-up subject and snap the image, using a good tripod or other stand, of course. I have one such camera made by Nagel<\/a> before the company was bought out by Kodak in 1932 to make the famous Retina<\/a> cameras.<\/p>\n

In 1930, Leitz announced a model of the Leica with interchangeable lenses. This prompted Willard Morgan to consider ways to equip this interchangeable lens Leica with a ground glass for focusing. Metal extension tubes allowed the little Elmar lens to get closer to the subject.<\/p>\n

He came up with a “Sliding Focusing Copy Attachment”, shortly thereafter made and marketed by Leitz NY as the FULDY<\/a>. You can read about it here<\/a> in the free pdf versions of the 2nd and 3rd editions of the Leica Manual.<\/p>\n

I picked up my example of Willard’s marvellous FULDY on June 14, 1980 at the spring PHSC fair – a two day event, held at the Park Plaza II in Toronto, from Czaba Martoni of Ann Arbor MI. Some later models had a different code name. \u00a0A\u00a0spring loaded arm became common to hold the camera in place (instead of the original’s lens ring).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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