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What is 35mm? New to photography.. What part of the camera is 35mm? Is the film 35mm too? I'm confused already ! I've been given a camera with a 16mm - 50 mm lens - how does this go with 35 mm? Thanks for any answers : )
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W. |
Hi Derek.
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Alan N. Marcus |
Hi Derek, Early in the history of photography film had not been invented. Cameras made pictures on glass plates coated with light sensitive chemicals. The size of these glass plates mainly came from commonly available glass used to make windows for cabinets. By the early 1900 Kodak was making cameras that used a plastic like film that replaced the glass. One common film width made by Kodak was 70mm wide (3 ¾ inches). Thomas Edison invented the motion picture camera and projector. Thus he is the farther of the Movie Theater and popcorn etc. Edison made a deal with Kodak to make movie film. Kodak cut the 70mm film down the middle to save Edison money. The film width became 35mm which is about 1 1/3 inches wide. The German camera maker Leitz made a miniature precision camera in 1923 that accepted the movie film known as35mm. The film is loaded into a light tight can called a cassette. The film is about a yard long and when loaded with this film the camera takes about 25 pictures -- each image 24mm x 36mm. Every film size has a lens size that provides a view about equal to the human experience. In the case of the 35mm camera this is accomplished if the lens has a focal length of about 50mm A modern lens design is a zoom which allows the user to change magnification (focal length. A 16mm lens would be an extremely wide-angle. A lens marked 16mm - 50mm would be a zoom lens wide to normal on a 35mm film camera.
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W. |
For your edification, Derek:
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