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Pantograph


 
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The mechanical precursor to the zoom lens. Used by artists to scale drawings up or down with mathematical accuracy, the pantograph was a vital link in the chain of 19th-century reproductive technologies and technical draftsmanship.

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1Improving content on photographic techniques
Introduction
2Invention of the pantograph
Photographers
3François Willème: Photosculpture

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