ProPhoto 50 Years Ago
There’s nothing like a dip into the archives to reveal just how much things have changed in the professional photography industry, especially over the last couple of decades. In the early 1970s medium and large format cameras were considered the only choice for professionals. And black-and-white film was still in extensive use for many applications. Here’s a selection of what was on the pages of this magazine 50 years ago when it was called Professional Photography In Australia.
This is a snapshot of the May/June 1971 issue.
Test Reports: Minolta SRM motordriven 35mm SLR / Canon F-1 pro-level 35mm SLR (arriving to take on the Nikon F)
People And Places: Allan Day, portrait photographer, Benalla, Victoria / Geoff Cummings celebrating 20 years of Group Color, Sydney / Mini Portfolio – Peter Foeden, portrait/wedding photographer, Caulfield, Victoria / Ben Eriksson and Paul Trenoweth presentation at Image ’71, Sydney
The Issues: Education and photography… what’s the value of qualifications? / Marketing wall portraits The Advertisers: Ilford – Ilford B&W films / Group Color, Sydney – new MaxiMin System colour printing service / H. Levinson – Norita 66, 6x6cm SLR / C.R. Kennedy & Company – Asahi Pentax super-multicoated lenses / C.R. Kennedy & Company – Kowa Six, 6x6cm SLR / C.R. Kennedy & Company – Pentax 6x7, 6x7cm SLR / Goodman Brothers – Bowens studio flash equipment / Photimport – Hasselblad 6x6cm SLR system accessories / Photimport – Bolex Switar 16-100mm f/1.9 power zoom for 16mm movie cameras (a first) / R.H. Wagner & Sons – Balcar studio flash equipment / R.H. Wagner &
Sons – Rodenstock Sironar large format wide-angle lenses / Kayell Photographics – Elinchrom studio flash equipment /
Haldex – Braun studio flash equipment / Kodak Australasia – Microdol-X, D-76 and DK-50 B&W film developers / PICS – DeVere, Macbeth, RotaTrim, Semmar and KLB pro products / Swift & Bleakley – Sinar P large format monorail camera system / Swift & Bleakley – Broncolor studio flash equipment / GCS Photographic Industrial Sales – Zelox flash meter and colour analyser / R. Gunz (Photographic) – Schneider- Kreuznach large format lenses / Polaroid Australia – Polaroid 4x5-inch Type 55 P/N pos-neg instant film and holder.