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Camera Body
Information from “Practical Photography”, March 2001, p.38
Requirement on the Materials
Requirement on the Materials
Opaque –don’t want your film to record undesirable lightStrength –to support the mechanism and lensDurability – won’t fracture easily, won’t deform easily, won’t
scratch easily, won’t corrode easily…Weight – light but not too lightCost – you know the answer, or don’t you?Dimensional stability – the alignment and spacing of
components must be kept at close toleranceProcessability – hundreds of operations are required for
making the camera body
1839 The Daguerreotype Camera
1839 The Daguerreotype Camera
The first commercial successful camera
Wooden boxBrass lens barrel and
lens mountNo shutterFocus with ground
glass
1895 The Sanderson1895 The Sanderson
Wood and rubberized cloth
Flexible bellow enables perspective control
Can be folded into smaller dimension for outdoor use
1900 The Brownie1900 The Brownie
Made with jute boardSmall and light even for
childrenCan be made with very
low cost (25p at that time)The first to use 120 roll
film
1925 The Leica I1925 The Leica I
The first 35mm cameraHand made with brass
with chromium plating and paint
Why use brass?Do you know the shutter
material?
1959 The Nikon F1959 The Nikon F
Aluminium die-cast internal structure with brass top and bottom plates
Titanium shutter
See this page as wellhttp://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/society/rhnc/index.htm
1985 The Minolta 70001985 The Minolta 7000
First AF cameraAl die cast internal
stucture, with glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate external structure
How is GFRP compared with brass or zinc die-cast?
State of the ArtState of the Art
The internal structure is still mainly Al die-cast
High-end product: Ti- and Mg-alloy shell prevails
Consumer grade: polymeric materials are used widely
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