Folding camera
As a bellows camera is called a classic design of photographic cameras.
History and Development
The first bellows camera made Baron seguire 1839 ago, so still in the official "invention" of photography; he describes the camera as "apparatus, a camera obscura is provided with bellows style case so can be folded and with a handle, so you can easily carry it ."
The construction principle of the bellows camera was then continuously improved. For example, a device has been added, with the shim could be quickly replaced by a light-sensitive plate.
Furthermore, a rack introduced to the most important parts of the camera - to be able to move the lens and film script to extract precise change against each other.
This camera design is still used today in the large format photography; many large format cameras as developed by Carl August Koch -camera of metal on the basis of the optical bench based on the principle of the bellows camera.