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HORIZONTAL PROCESS CAMERA [3 records]

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Record 1 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A process camera in which the photographic film is in a horizontal position on a vertical process camera. The copyboard is at the bottom of the camera and the film holder is at the top.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Banc de reproduction dont le porte-modèle et le porte-film sont horizontaux et l'axe optique de l'objectif vertical.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

A process camera in which exposure is made horizontally. The line drawn through the centre of the copyboard, lens, and film holder is horizontal although the camera itself has a long, vertical bed; used to make exposures on very large materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Banc de reproduction dont le porte-modèle et le porte-film sont verticaux, l'axe optique de l'objectif étant horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

The process of projecting a photograph(mathematically, graphically, or photographically) from its plane onto another plane by translation, rotation, and/or scale change. The projection is made onto a plane determined by the angular relations of the camera axes and not necessarily onto a horizontal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie

Spanish

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