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DescriptionEnsign Midget - model 22 camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll.jpg	English: Ensign Midget model 22 miniature camera, manufactured by Ensign Ltd. between 1934–40, in comparison to a type 135 film roll (perforated). The original paper-backed film roll had the same width, but was unperforated. Deutsch: Ensign Midget Model 22 Miniaturkamera, von der Firma Ensign Ltd. zwischen 1934 und 1940 hergestellt, im Größenvergleich zu einem aufgerollten Typ 135 Kleinbildfilm mit Standardperforation. Der originale Rollfilm mit Papierträger hatte die gleiche Filmbreite, war jedoch nicht perforiert.
Date	28 July 2019, 19:33:05
Source	Own work
Author	Franz van Duns
Taken with InfoField	This photo was taken with Sony ILCE-7RM3
Taken with InfoField	This photo was taken with Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

Camera location	51° 28′ 40.8″ N, 7° 33′ 18″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	51.478000; 7.555000

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NOTE: This image is a focus stacked image of "Ensign Midget - model 22 camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll" consisting of 13 images that were merged using Zerene Stacker Version 1.04 Build T2018-07-19-1515 (licensed). As a result, this image underwent digital manipulation which may have included blending, blurring, cloning, and colour and perspective adjustments. As a result of these adjustments, the image content may be slightly different than reality at the points where the images were combined. This manipulation is often required due to lens, perspective, and parallax distortions. العربية ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ slovenščina ∙ ไทย ∙ українська ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Additional Information

en: Ensign Midget - model 22 camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll (perforated), frontal view.

• Manufactured between 1934 and 1940.
• Width: 90 millimetres; height: 45 millimetres; depth: 19 millimetres
• Lens type unknown
• Fixed aperture / fixed focus
• Set shutter speed via lever below the lens: (I) approx. 1/25 sec., (T) bulb exposure
• Exposure size 30x40 millimetres (exact measurements 31,5 mm x 41,5 mm)
• English patent no. 271186
• Own collection

de: Ensign Midget Model 22 Miniaturkamera im Größenvergleich zu einem aufgerollten Typ 135 Kleinbildfilm mit Standardperforation, Vorderansicht.

• Herstellungszeitraum: 1934 - 1940.
• Gesamtbreite: 90 mm. Höhe: 45mm. Tiefe: 19 mm.
• Objektivtyp unbekannt
• Festblende / Fixfocus
• Per Hebel vorne am Objektiv einstellbare Verschlusszeiten: (I) ca. 1/25 sec., (T) Dauerauslösung
• Bildgröße: 30x40 mm (exakt 31,5 mm x 41,5 mm)
• Britisches Patent: "English patent no. 271186"
• Aus der eigenen Sammlung.

Technical Details / Making of this Image

• Sony Pixel Shift technology.
• [1] Camera: Sony Alpha 7RIII, 42 Mpixels, sensor size 7952x5304.
• [2] Lens: Sony lens FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS.
• [3] Scope: 13 x 4 RAW images shifted by 1 pixel (initial pos., up, right, down), magnification ratio 1:5.0 (0.2x)
• [4] Settings: manual mode, mechanical shutter, ISO 100, 1/3s, aperture 11.0, bias (=exposure compensation) -0.7, WB (white balance) 5600K, colour space 'Adobe RGB 1998'.
• [5] Combined PIXEL SHIFT + FOCUS STACK recording: camera attached to sturdy tripod, camera mode set to 'Pixel Shift Multi Shoot' via Menu | Tab 01 | Screen 3/14 'Shoot Mode/Drive1' | Pixel Shift Multi Shoot. | 'Shoot 4 Shots: Interval 2 sec.', initial self timer 0s; exposed 4 images after each increment of focus stacking; all 13x4 images stored as 16-bit 'Adobe RGB 1998' RAW (.ARW).
• [6] Lightroom: not involved
• [7A] PIXEL SHIFT processing for 13 instances: (a) tool 'Sony ImagingEdge Viewer' 1.04 (b) merged each set of 4 predecessor images into one final image via Menu: Edit | Create and Adjust Px. Shift Multi Shoot. (c) exported as one TIFF/16bit, colour space 'Adobe RGB 1998' image.
• [7B] FOCUS STACK processing / Zerene Stacker 1.04: (a) stacked these 13 TIFF/16bit images into a focus stack, (b) exported as TIFF/16 bit.
• [8] Adobe Photoshop: (a) imported TIFF/16bit image, explicitly preserving embedded colour space 'Adobe RGB 1998' (b) increased highlights per luminance mask (c) removed yellow tint via temporary LAB*mode (d) removed remaining dust and sensor specks (e) enhance sharpness: sharpened (Gaussian mode) with values: +70/1.0/5 (f) crop: NO (g) exported as JPG max. quality file with embedded colour profile, colour space 'sRGB'.
• [9] Dimensions: Width of camera body: 90 millimetres.
• [10] Note: body seems to be underexposed, but this is not the case. The crinkled paint covering is really pitch black.

Links

• Wikipedia en: Subminiature camera, Folding camera
• Wikipedia de: Kleinstbildkamera, Balgenkamera

Weblinks

• Kodak paper-backed no. 828 unperforated 35 mm paper-backed roll film first produced in 1935 with a reduced diameter spool that enabled much smaller camera designs.

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