answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Adams also was known to pack 100's of pounds of camera and darkroom gear into the wilderness. Adams' photographic gear included: # 8 x 10 view camera, 20 holders, 4 lenses -- 1 Cooke Convertible, 1 ten-inch Wide Field Ektar, 1 9-inch Dagor, one 6-3/4-inch Wollensak wide angle.

# 7 x 17 special panorama camera with a Protar 13-1/2-inch lens and five holders. # 4 x 5 view camera, 6 lenses -- 12-inch Collinear, 8-1/2 Apo[chromatic] Lentar, 9-1/4 Apo[chromatic] Tessar, 4-inch Wide Field Ektar, Dallmeyer telephoto. # Hasselblad camera outfit with 38, 60, 80, 135, & 200 millimeter lenses. # Koniflex 35 millimeter camera. # 2 Polaroid cameras. # 3 exposure meters. One SEI, and two Westons -- in case he dropped one. # Filters for each camera. K1, K2, minus blue, G, X1, A, C5 &B, F, 85B, 85C, light balancing, series 81 and 82. # Two tripods: one light, one heavy. # Lens brush, stopwatch, level, thermometer, focusing magnifier, focusing cloth, hyperlight strobe portrait outfit, 200 feet of cable, special storage box for film. # One ancient, eight-passenger limousine with 5 x 9-foot camera platform on top." # Brownie Box #1 (his 1st camera from 1915-16). # Pocket Kodak # Zeiss Milliflex.

# Zeiss compact 35 millimeter # 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 glass plate camera # Contax II (as mentioned originally by user Chrissyvintage)

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What kind of cameras did Ansel Adams use?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Did ansel Adams use a dearforff camera?

Ansel Adams used view cameras, but he didn't like Deardorffs for some reason. What he really liked best was his Hasselblad.


What was Ansel Adams technique?

Ansel Adams is known for his use of lighting in his black and white landscape photos.


What medium did ansel Adams use?

Yes


What brand of film did Ansel Adams use?

Just about anything he could get his hands on, including Leicas, Hasselblads and view cameras.


What camera did Ansel Adams use in his first photograph?

A Kodak brownie box


Did Ansel Adams use digital?

of course not! He died in 1984, digital wasn't even invented yet


What style of art did Ansel Adams use?

Ansel Adams was a photographer who developed the zone system and belonged to the f/64 group, named for the very small aperture setting which allowed for the sharp detail and extreme depth of field present in his photographs.


What did Ansel Adams use as a light source?

Natural light. The vast majority of Adams' work is landscape photography.


What print source would you use first for your report on Yosemite National Park?

Find the photos of Ansel Adams and the writings of John Audubon.


What kind of light use in cameras?

Photons. Lots and lots of photons. ;)


Did ansel Adams ever take photos using colored film?

Actually he did use the color system earlier on in his life. Mary Alinder found some of his old color negatives and she asked Ansel if she could produce them and he agreed, but after producing a couple pictures with her husband, Ansel ordered them to stop.Adams did a lot of color work. He was a consultant for Kodak and Polaroid and tested color materials for both. He also did a lot of commercial work to support himself. He was very old before his black and white fine art work began making him much money. Check out the book, Ansel Adams in Color.


What are 35mm cameras used for?

Before the advent of digital cameras, 35mm cameras were very popular. They can be used for taking any kind of photographs and are quite simple to use. They require to be loaded with a roll of film which is then developed and prints made.