Grandpa Catspit Doing Lithography With A Process Camera!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:33 pm
Grandpa Catspit Doing Lithography With A Process Camera!
My family has long been involved with the graphic arts and my grandfather was a lithographer when he was younger. I’m not sure when this image was taken but the camera in the image was state of the art at the time. This is a process camera which was used for offset lithography and other printing methods that needed direct duplicating or negative making pre-press work. Many newspaper houses would have a large process camera like this one back in the day when things were done mechanically. A vertical set up is known as a stat camera. A horizontal set up with the back of the camera being in a dark room is known as a process camera. Today these cameras are dinosaurs and only professional photographers using silver nitrate processes would be interested in such a thing. The lenses used in these cameras were so large they used to call them “glass.” Referring to the lens as a piece of glass comes from the photographic industry. Even today I still call my lenses for my analogue cameras “glass.”
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My family has long been involved with the graphic arts and my grandfather was a lithographer when he was younger. I’m not sure when this image was taken but the camera in the image was state of the art at the time. This is a process camera which was used for offset lithography and other printing methods that needed direct duplicating or negative making pre-press work. Many newspaper houses would have a large process camera like this one back in the day when things were done mechanically. A vertical set up is known as a stat camera. A horizontal set up with the back of the camera being in a dark room is known as a process camera. Today these cameras are dinosaurs and only professional photographers using silver nitrate processes would be interested in such a thing. The lenses used in these cameras were so large they used to call them “glass.” Referring to the lens as a piece of glass comes from the photographic industry. Even today I still call my lenses for my analogue cameras “glass.”
Setting new standards in old fashioned customer service. Catspit. Ranar. Seriously simple. TM
Screenprinting equipment and supplies, classes, training, shop rentals:
Catspit Productions, LLC
Phoenix, Arizona
480-899-9089
http://catspitscreenprintsupply.com/
#screenprinting #silkscreening #silkscreen #screen #print #printing #chemicals #emulsion #degreaser #hazeremover #meshprep #squeegee #plastisolink #scoopcoater #inkjetfilm #filmpositive #equipment #freeshipping #manual #rotary #rotarypress #benchpress #flashcure #beltdryer #infrared #conveyor #dryer #oven #exposureunit #lighttable #printed #garment #teeshirt #Ranar #forlife #Phoenix #Arizona