Inside Out Library · Explore

A dictionary of photography (1867)

Sutton, Thomas, 1818-1875, Dawson, George, fl. 1885, Peabody, Francis, 1801-1867 · London : S. Low, Son, & Marston · leaf 143

An illustration from A dictionary of photography, 1867, leaf 143
vature as a concentric sphere, but is in fact almost flat, over a very wide extent of angle. Therefore, by sufficiently reducing the diameter of the central stop, a very good landscape lens was produced, which yielded images free from distor- tion, and including a very wide range of subject. The… … The instrument is symmetrical, and the curves are all very deep, which makes it a costly affair. The J&oss doublet is not sym-

Photography

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from A dictionary of photography

More like this