Today we want to show one of the latest acquisitions, and also one of the jewels of the collection of Foticos: A minutera Rulex Houten camera over a hundred years old. This piece dates from about 1880 and there are very few in the world. Precisely at the time the photograph minutera emerged as an alternative to the photography studio, which was then much more expensive, accessible only in big cities and only for the moneyed class. Thanks to these artifacts, photography became squares, walks and even remote villages, and their neighbors could be photographed and thus keep memories of their loved ones. Photographer minute hand was the photographer of the poor. The minutera chamber consists of a wooden box that serves as a camera and portable laboratory. In most cases, the photographer himself manufactured or create sent a carpenter, so have a high value today. This contraption allowed to perform photograph insitu negative and positive in black and white in just 7-10 minutes. The technique was simple. The camera had a set of lenses with the corresponding diaphragm. The shutter was driven well with a trigger or manually with a front cover. We have in our collection is very simple: it has a viewfinder at the top through which the photographer controls the entire process of processing and printing. It has two small doors, one discovers a red crystal that sunlight passes safely to complete the development process, and lower door opens a compartment where small buckets of the developer and fixer are placed. Washing paper is made out of the wooden box. The process is quite fast: the minute first take a portrait photographer in the negative, then photograph it, and so positivar image. Although today the minutera photography is something of the past, still it has adherents among lovers of traditional crafts.
minutera AMARA Houten Rulex over a hundred years old . This piece dates from about 1880 and there are very few in the world. Indeed, at that time the minutera photograph emerged as an alternative to the photography studio, which was then much more expensive, accessible only in big cities and only for class moneyed.
Thanks to these artifacts, photography became squares, walks and even remote villages, and their neighbors could be photographed and thus keep memories of their loved ones . timer photographer was photographer of the poor
The minutera camera consists of a wooden box that serves as a camera and portable laboratory . In most cases, the photographer himself manufactured or create sent a carpenter, so have a high value today. This allowed contraption perform insitu . negative photograph and positive in black and white in just 7-10 minutes
technical it was very simple . The camera had a set of lenses with the corresponding diaphragm. The shutter triggering well with a trigger or manually with a front cover. We have in our collection is very simple: it has a viewfinder at the top through which the photographer controls the entire process of processing and printing. It has two small doors, one discovers a red crystal that sunlight passes safely to complete the development process, and lower door opens a compartment where small buckets of the developer and fixer are placed. Washing the paper is carried outside the wooden box
process is quite fast : photographer minute first take a portrait in negative, then photograph it, and so positivar image. Although today the minutera photography is something of the past, still has followers among fans of traditional crafts. Thus, in the following video you can see how still use this technique, for example, at weddings and other events:
