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Germany around 1860, and in fact, many Reisekameras came from Dresden or Görlitz in particular. This region had a highly specialised woodwork industry well suited for camera manufacture. As the type became popular, manufacture of similar cameras took place worldwide, but these are more
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either turned for a second photo, or brought to the darkroom for plate development and copying. The camera would be supplied with a number of plate holders, each usually holding two plates, one on either side.
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Reisekamera was made available for several plate sizes; most common are the 13Ă—18 cm, 18Ă—24 cm and 24Ă—30 cm versions.
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250:GĂĽnther Kadlubek, Rudolf Hillebrand (2004).
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1885:Polaroid art
1774:K-14 process
1769:Instant film
1764:Gum printing
1714:C-41 process
1699:Photographic
1600:Image sensor
1595:Film scanner
1249:Sun printing
1182:Print toning
974:space selfie
944:Pictorialism
874:Ethnographic
854:Conservation
726:Guide number
721:Focal length
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1890:Stereoscopy
1749:E-6 process
1744:Dye coupler
1672:color space
1585:Digiscoping
1578:camera back
1493:Philippines
1422:Visual arts
1412:Glass plate
1397:Heliography
1296:Composition
1271:Ultraviolet
1227:Stereoscopy
1222:Slow motion
1207:Scanography
1122:Kite aerial
1067:Contre-jour
959:Post-mortem
949:Pornography
929:Neues Sehen
864:Documentary
798:Zone System
773:Reciprocity
699:Film format
629:Backscatter
607:Terminology
477:beauty dish
381:rangefinder
346:light-field
327:Photography
180:view camera
176:Reisekamera
139:Reisekamera
78:Reisekamera
1880:Lomography
1701:processing
1650:Print film
1566:comparison
1533:Uzbekistan
1483:Luxembourg
1443:Bangladesh
1392:Dufaycolor
1372:Box camera
1329:Simplicity
1286:Zoom burst
1281:Xerography
1276:Vignetting
1266:Time-lapse
1254:Tilt–shift
1147:Mordançage
1137:Luminogram
1102:Holography
1097:High-speed
1077:Fill flash
1062:Burst mode
1040:Techniques
1021:Vernacular
1016:Underwater
1011:Toy camera
991:Still life
919:Monochrome
909:High-speed
859:Cloudscape
849:Conceptual
751:Photograph
736:Lens flare
716:Film speed
598:Zone plate
544:wide-angle
529:long-focus
208:References
168:dark slide
119:dark slide
99:film plane
66:Dimensions
1825:Norwegian
1789:Stop bath
1734:Developer
1729:Cyanotype
1357:Ambrotype
1319:Lead room
1242:Slit-scan
1177:Photogram
1172:Panoramic
1082:Fireworks
914:Landscape
559:telephoto
507:reflector
502:monolight
497:lens hood
482:cucoloris
423:safelight
334:Equipment
1935:Category
1909:Category
1605:CMOS APS
1503:Slovenia
1431:Regional
1377:Calotype
1314:Headroom
1192:Redscale
1107:Infrared
1057:Brenizer
1031:Wildlife
954:Portrait
899:Forensic
889:Fine-art
824:Aircraft
814:Abstract
694:F-number
674:Exposure
649:Clipping
624:Aperture
492:hot shoe
418:enlarger
413:Darkroom
47:Focusing
34:Overview
1941:Cameras
1920:Outline
1856:Related
1538:Vietnam
1523:Ukraine
1458:Denmark
1438:Albania
1417:Tintype
1344:History
1309:Framing
1202:Rollout
1167:Panning
1117:Kirlian
1026:Wedding
904:Glamour
884:Fashion
869:Eclipse
839:Banquet
761:Albumen
571:Monopod
549:fisheye
517:softbox
371:pinhole
361:instant
351:digital
189:Dresden
185:Görlitz
160:focused
144:amateur
124:Shutter
107:bellows
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1830:Polish
1518:Turkey
1513:Taiwan
1498:Serbia
1488:Norway
1463:Greece
1448:Canada
1047:Afocal
1006:Street
986:Sports
969:Selfie
924:Nature
879:Erotic
844:Candid
819:Aerial
807:Genres
709:medium
586:Tripod
554:swivel
467:Filter
445:holder
440:format
341:Camera
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103:calico
90:tripod
1840:women
1798:Lists
1754:Fixer
1632:Pixel
1561:D-SLR
1508:Sudan
1478:Korea
1473:Japan
1468:India
1453:China
1237:Strip
1162:Night
1142:Macro
1052:Bokeh
996:Stock
964:Ruins
704:large
534:prime
512:snoot
472:Flash
450:stock
391:still
376:press
366:phone
356:field
183:like
52:Focus
1868:film
1573:MILC
1072:ETTR
934:Nude
894:Fire
793:Sync
591:head
539:zoom
524:Lens
487:gobo
435:base
430:Film
406:view
281:ISBN
256:ISBN
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174:The
137:The
128:lens
126:and
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1610:CCD
401:toy
396:TLR
386:SLR
187:or
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