Leme panoramic camera [SEP] discoverer or inventor
Leme panoramic camera
The Leme panoramic camera was invented by Sebastião Carvalho Leme (1918-2007), a photographer living in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.
In 1957, an entrepreneur requested a picture of his buildings, which stood at three of the corners of a street-crossing, and he wanted to show the group of buildings in one single photo, which would have to cover 360°. Using a Rolleiflex with a panoramic head, ten negatives were taken that, enlarged and mounted, resulted in a
and Eyescan. Analogue cameras include the Cirkut (1905), Leme (1962), Hulcherama (1979), Globuscope (1981) and Seitz Roundshot (1988).
Panoramic cameras and methods Fixed lens.
"Fixed lens" cameras, also called "flatback", "wide view" or "wide field", have fixed lenses and a flat image plane. These are the most common form of panoramic camera and range from inexpensive APS cameras to sophisticated 6x17 cm and 6x24 cm medium format cameras. Panoramic cameras