The outdoor photographer's bible [antikvár]

Introduction Outdoor photography is one ofthe most popular hobbies among Americans, and interest in it continues to expand rapidly. There are many reasons, but paramount among them is that it's an activity in which anyone can participate, whether it be photographing a songbird on a feeder in an urban backyard, a herd of zebras in the bush country of Africa, a deHcate wild-flower, a magnificent mountain peak or any of a thousand other subjects. Some of the earHest photographers, in the late 1800s, were taking outdoor photographs, although at that time the equipment wasn't well suited for the purpose, and developing an image was an intricate and time-consuming procedure. Some of the first outdoor scenes that inspired photographers, such as the magnificent western subjects captured by Ansel Adams and others, were taken with large-format cameras that were heavy, cumbersome and required professional expertise to operate. What finally made amateur photography an "everyman's hobby" was the appearance of George Eastman's famous Brownie camera in 1897. It used flexible rofl film that could be processed at home or by commercial labs at a very low cost. The Brownie quickly became standard equipment on family vacations and field trips for taking photographs of scenery and other nature subjects. Following the Brownie was a succession of different camera styles and film sizes. Twin-lens and single-lens-reflex cameras that used 120 film, both fairly large in size, were very popular. Next came a generation of smaller 35mm viewfinder cameras that dominated the scene for many years. The most important breakthrough which had the greatest impact on modern photography was the development of the