✳︎ Title: Knowledge of Exposure ✳︎ Series Name: Photo Magazine Camera Special Edition Series ✳︎ Series Title: Ars Camera Series ⑧ ✳︎ Publication Date: February 28, 1954 ✳︎ Number of Pages: 92p ✳︎ Size: B6 ✳︎ Editor and Publisher: Tetsuo Kitahara ✳︎ Publisher: Kabushiki Kaisha Ars ✳︎ Binding/Design: Yusaku Kamekura ✳︎ Condition: Cover has scuffs and edge discoloration. ◉ Frontispiece Collection • "Kitten" (Photographed by Yoji Ueda) • "Observations at the Storefront" (Photographed by Yuji Mizukami) • "People Waiting for the Bus" (Photographed by Chizuru Toba) • "Sumo Wrestlers" (Photographed by Yoshio Eicho) ◉ Text/Technical Commentary • Basic Knowledge of Exposure • Knowledge of Exposure • Simple Photo Exposure Guide (Tatsuro Muto) • Exposure Studies by Subject: • Portraits (Namio Tanabe) • Landscapes (Takashi Kiyoaka) • Snapshots (Tsukasa Kurokawa) • Sports (Fujio Wakamatsu) • Indoors (Shinpei Kogure) • Indoor photography tends to have strong contrast due to the low amount of light. • In photography at the time, exposure was the most crucial key point that determined the success or failure of a photograph. • Night (Takashi Funayama) • Close-up (Taizo Nakamura) • Special Items: • Types of Electric Exposure Meters and How to Use Them (Hatsutaro Nakamura) • Exposure meters that use selenium photocells to convert light into electricity and move a pointer to indicate exposure are explained. • Tips for Obtaining Proper Exposure (Keizo Nagahama) • Techniques for examining the tones of shadows and highlights by looking at the developed original plate and checking the light and dark areas are explained. ◉ Binding by Yusaku Kamekura The modern and beautiful binding by Yusaku Kamekura, a master of graphic design, also enhances the value of this book. It can be said to be a very valuable resource from the perspective of design history. As a resource for studying the photography techniques of the time, this book shows how photography enthusiasts of the time dealt with equipment. ◎ ⤵︎ Search Terms Twin-lens reflex camera, Rolleiflex, camera history, photography history, classic camera, vintage, early Showa period, Taisho period, retro, antiques, camera equipment, Yusaku Kamekura, photo magazine, old lens, vintage camera #YusakuKamekura