Digital Camera

The Konica Autoreflex T3 was a 35mm, Single-Lense-Reflex film camera manufactured from 1973 to 1975 by the Japanese firm Konica. The Autoreflex T3 had a fully automatic system in which preference was given shutter speed. The camera shutter could also be used in manual shooting. The T3 used a Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 prime lens. The Konica Autoreflex T3 was equipped with a through-the-lens meter of the variable metering type in which the kind of metering that was fitted to the picture coverage angle of a given interchangeable lens was selected. The T3 was fitted with a vertical run focal plane shutter. Its speed ranged from 1 to 1/1000th of a sec. plus B. It was a Hi-Synchro shutter Copal Square-S with built-in multiple exposure device. Electronic flash synch was at 1/125. The camera used two 1.35V mercury battery cells. Konica Autoreflex T3

The single-lens reflex camera uses an automatic moving mirror system which allows the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film, as opposed to non-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly different from what was captured on film. SLR cameras let direct viewing through the lens, using a pentaprism situated above the lens optical path. So, the image the camera lens sees is reflected by the automatic moving mirror, which in turn projects the image upward to the pentaprism; finally, the pentaprism further reflects this image which we see through the camera eyepiece. The first Single Lense Reflex camera was the Ihagee Exakta which was introduced in 1933. It was a compact SLR which used 127 rollfilm. Although world's first true 35mm SLR was Soviet Sport camera from 1935, the first Western SLR to use 35mm film was the German Kine Exakta that came to the market in 1936. After World War II, as 35mm SLR design gained popularity, there was...

The Quebrada de Cafayate is a long narrow valley, or ravine, which is found in the province of Salta, Argentina. This ravine joins two valleys, Calchaqui and Lerma valleys. The town of Cafayate, which lies at 20 miles from the ravine, is famous for its wine industry. The Quebrada de Cafayate is found at 1,360 km from Buenos Aires and at 1,400 meters above sea level. Provincial Route 68 winds through the ravine, parallel to Rios de las Conchas River, connecting the city of Salta in the Lerma Valley with town of Cafayate. There are 187 km between the two cities. The town of Cafayate is an important tourist center for exploring the Calchaquíes valleys, and because of the quality and originality of the wines produced in the area. The largest golf course in South America, at 240 acres, is currently being developed just outside of the city center at La Estancia de Cafayate. The town was founded in 1840 by Manuel Fernando de Aramburu, at the site of a mission. In 1863 the Cafayate Department...

The Hasselblad 205TCC was a medium format, single-lens-reflex camera with tone and contrast control (TCC). It was manufactured by Victor Hasselblad AB in Sweden from 1991 to 1994. The 205TCC was fitted with an Acute-Matte focusing screen with the highest brightness and resolution among the Hasselblad cameras focusing screens; the center of the screen was indicated by a hairline cross and a circle of dots which showed the metering area covered by the built-in spotmeter, which was electronically connected to TCC lenses and TCC magazines. The Hasselblad 205TCC also featured an electronically controlled focal plane shutter with horizontally-run cloth curtains and release solenoid system. Shutter speeds ranged from 1/16 to 1/2000 sec plus B. It had fully mechanically C setting for built-in leaf shutter lenses. The 205TCC came with a focusing hood with 4x magnifier, interchangeable with magnifying hood and prism viewfinders with or without exposure meter. It had a Hasselblad bayonet mount ...