The MediaMentor on Photography

Name: The MediaMentor on Photography
Address: 1406 13 Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1K0R5, CA
Telephone: +18674459193

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Photography "There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."
☞ Ansel Adams

11/04/2026

11/01/2026

Remembering German inventor and photographer Oskar Barnack who was born on this day, the 1st of November, in 1879.

In 1913 Oskar designed what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm still-camera.

Manufactured by Leitz, the Leica brand name became synonymous with high quality products.

Left, Oskar at his workbench.
Right, one of Oskar's cameras from my collection, a camera that still performs beautifully, seventy-six years after it left his workshops.
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Published by Taking photographs is not a crime
Images:
Left - public domain.
Right - © Taking photographs is not a crime
Camera shown: Leica IIIC (1950)

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