William Henry Jackson s Kodak Camera

Exactly , which kodak has been used by William Henry Jackson ?

Who owns the camera ? What is camera and lens serial numbers ?

What is the average price of the camera ?

 

Best ,

 

Mustafa Umut Sarac

 

Istanbul

I'm not sure a KodaK was used. I'm also not sure that Eastman Kodak Co. was even in existence then.

 

William Henry Jackson used a very large (11x14"+) view camera with wet glass plates he had to prep in a portable darkroom tent and then he had to process the glass plates immediately.

 

Kodak's claim to fame was to create a photographer-friendly camera using flexible dry roll film that could be mailed to Kodak for processing.

Is this a troll? If so, you got me!;>)

I think George Eastman went into business in 1880 making dry plates.

Googling says he made the first roll film was made in 1889.

An excellent AUTObiography is available by Wm. Henry Jackson, who lived to

be over 100, in pretty good health. An amazing American photographer!

He lived a long time, so he probably did use a Kodak at some point.

Heres an article from 1940 that says he used a Leica - when he was 97 years old.<P>

 

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,789750,00.html

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The book is called Time Exposure, there's a copy on auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/Time-Exposure-Autobiography-of-William-Henry-Jackson_W0QQitemZ230168845235QQihZ013QQcategoryZ29223QQcmdZViewItem

If he used a Leica at 1940 , it was 3c and i owned it. It was a excellent camera with elmar. Some say he used a retina with tessar at the last years of his life. And Ansel Adams used a contax with tessar lens. I researched these cameras and their gallery , i think they are the best pictures i have ever seen. Colors are cool , may be kodachrome is the reason but we know blue heavy zeiss lenses.

Its a great pleasure to own a close serial number camera for me and by this way you will try the same engineering.I want to learn the exact details of his kodak.

Seems like a strange request, sort of like wondering what brushes Monet used. Do we even know Jackson used a Kodak? His view cameras were very likely made by other companies. Ansel Adams also used a Hasselblad and Polaroids. The cameras are tools, nothing more. The part that is unique resided between their ears.

Yes, as Mark said.

There are many violins but few strads.

WHJ knew this and he used the biggest , heaviest hardware in photography.Or he could buy a 66 and go

You must use classic cameras and lenses for to feel the difference , i m not talking about japanese disasters.

Lens design , glass design , manufacturing , film design ...... super ! Dont blind yourself and buy a classic german , french , british or american camera. Japan learned lens design from germans at ww2 and germanics produce aspherics for thousand years.

Eh?

Hey, folks, not to disregard your collective expertise, but lots of the world has long used the word "Kodak" generically in reference to any camera of a certain age. So, while I too associate the name William Henry Jackson with heavily laden mule trains baring photograhic equipement into the wilderness, like the images I have seen in books, if I were living in Turkey and trying to ask the same question as is Mustafa Umut Sarac, I know I could very easily make a slip-up in my choice of vocabulary too.

 

I think Mustafa just wants to know what kind of camera William Henry Jackson used in his work AND I think the question is an interesting and worthwhile one.

 

So, what kind of camera did William Henry Jackson use?

 

Louise Bridge.

As I said, he used a Leica! <br>

Perhaps that is too facetious, but he must have used a number of cameras of different type in such a long period - and several different photographic processes.<BR>Many good old cameras and lenses from the earlier period do not have names or serial numbers, so it may not be possible to find a full and correct answer.<BR>

However, he seems to have published many books and articles, so the answers may be there, if anyone was able to do the research.

His autobiography is not specific on his cameras except to say that his glass plate stereo camera had Willard lenses and his 20x24 was an Ansco or Scovil. Other cameras mentioned were a 6.5x8.5 with glass plates, a 5x8, an 8x10, and an 11x14. In the 1870's and 1880's when many of his famous images were made there wasn't a lot to choose from as regards cameras. They were wood field cameras (all very similar) that could take various lenses of various qualities (none no better than a rapid rectilinear). The Colorado history museum in Denver has a lot of his negatives and offers a printing service.

THANK YOU

 

Thank you kindly Chauncey.

 

-Louise