50 Years Ago - March 1967

Welcome to March 1967. The question this month is, should you switch to Anscochrome 50?

 

 

Keppler now looks at a 1000-4000mm zoom lens for $135.

 

 

Here is a quick comparison of 2 1/4 SLR systems.

 

 

Tony Karp lets you know about some electronic components for your camera.

 

 

In this month's Behind the Scenes column they show an interesting patent for the Leicaflex.

 

 

The Coffee Break column talks about some staff changes at Modern Photography magazine.

 

 

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Bennett Sherman writes about Ultraviolet lenses.

 

 

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Here is this month's Too Hot to Handle column.

 

 

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Here are this month's Modern Tests.

 

 

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Patricia Caulfield writes about Decamired filters.

 

 

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Keppler writes about his pet SLR camera advertising annoyances.

 

 

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Now let's switch over to US Camera magazine. Here is their Creative Color column. in it Arthur Rothstein writes about his experiences with David Douglas Duncan.

 

 

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Here they cover the Chronoscope.

 

 

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This article covers Ektacolor print film.

 

 

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They take a look at the Minolta Hi-Matic 9 in their Test Reports.

 

 

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Here are this month's camera equipment ads.

 

 

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Here are this month's dealer ads.

 

 

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Interesting look into the past. I always enjoy Keppler's pieces. And when reading Too Hot to Handle, I wonder where these writers went.

 

Thanks for posting these, Marc!

A great look back, Marc. The 1000-4000 was also sold later in Bauch & Lomb trim, but except for advanced in lens coatings changed very little from Swift's introduction. My dad apparently read this article when it was originally published because when I asked him (at the time I was about 11) why he bought the Vivitar 85-205 instead of the Swift, his answer covered most of the shortcomings mentioned in this article. I understood even better when I tried taking photos through telescopes later.

Thanks Marc. I found Keppler's pondering on the relationship of eyes to camera really quite profound. Altogether, another excellent edition.

1. We shall not see the like of these exhumed magazines again.
    
   
2. Maybe, however, that's not all bad. They had a sort of annual cycle of stories (December, shooting in the snow; the annual photography international shows; etc.) When you looked at the 'how-to' stories there seemed to be a kind of 2 or 3-year cycle. I think you can go deeper, quicker on the www, nowadays.
    
   
3. Even then, the advertisements were always great to linger over wishfully -- sort of like the annual Sears toy catalogs when you were younger. ;)
   

Anyhow, we love marc for doing this. It is much appreciated.

I've enjoyed reading back issues of photo magazines for a long time. When I was a college student during the mid to late 1970's I would read some of my dad's older issues while waiting for fiber prints to dry on the Prinz electric print dryer that he had in the darkroom. He kept back issues in the darkroom and in the cabinets above the washer and drier for easy access. Learned a lot from these older magazines and I still pick up useful knowledge from the articles that Marc shares with us.