<< Imagine no color, no one hour labs, no adobe photoshop. Imagine no 35
mm.
No lenses faster than 3.5. Glass
Plates load in the darkroom and exposed one at a time. Tray
development.
Sounds like my daily routine as an Air Force photographer in the early
sixties. Of course, we had "miniature" cameras (6x7 and personal 35 mm),
but all "official" work was performed on 4x5 Graphics as described
above. BTW, officer portraits were done on 8x10 view cameras and contact
printed with a huge 100 lb contact printer with 60 bulbs and toggle
switches for "dodging".
While in USAF photo tech school, we were first issued " kit, camera,
8x10 view". It contained a wooded 8x10 view camera, triple convertible f
4.5 lens and 10 cut film holders. It weighed about 50 lb without the
tripod (LARGE gray case), and you had to take the whole darn kit for
field assignments. We received 10 sheets of file per assignment (10x10
points each = 100 points maximum grade). You didn't accidentally double
expose more than a few times.
My tiny OMs are indeed wondrous!
Wayne
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