[pure-silver] Re: Neither My Hassy Nor View Camera Have This Problem
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:08:36 -0700
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From: "Helge Nareid" <hn.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:31 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Neither My Hassy Nor View Camera
Have This Problem
A couple of one-shot cameras had pellicle mirrors. I am
having trouble remembering names accuractly now but I think
Devin and National Photocolor were two, in fact I think
those merged. The other was I think Thomas S. Curtis, who
was local at least for a time. Both of these companies also
made materials for three-color Carbro printing, which was
the standard method for advertising pre-press at the time.
Three color Carbro is capable of extrememly high quality but
is one of the fussiest printing methods there is. There were
specialist labs in New York and Los Angeles who did nothing
else. Both the one-shot cameras and the carbro prints were
pretty much supplanted by Kodachrome. Some studios continued
with the color sep process because it was independant of
Kodak where all Kodachrome had to be processed at Rochester.
One can tell the difference in the results even with the
limitations of the old half-tone color methods.
Advertisments from one shot cameras and carbro prints tended
to be somewhat pastell and somewhat blury looking while
those from Kodachrome originals were sharper and had much
brighter colors. I think the color separation plates were
made directly from the transparencies.
Eventually dye transfer printing took over from carbro
for high quality color printing, the results were sharper
and the process, while still difficult, was much easier and
more reliable than carbro.
One shot cameras and carbro printing materials continued
to be made until perhaps the mid-1950s. The British carbro
materials (Autochrome?) were considered unreliable by the
advertising industry.
What are you doing these days? Still in Scotland?
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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