The Swiss photographer Carl Hans Koch invented the Sinar camera in 1947. His main aim was to produce a Large format camera of high precision and simple operation, with a system of parts that were readily interchangeable. A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Large format describes photographic films, view cameras (including pinhole cameras) and processes that use a film or digital sensor the size of 6 x 9 cm or larger. ...

Made in Feuerthalen (Schaffhausen, Switzerland, north of Zurich) Sinar have built their reputation amongst studio, architectural and landscape photographers by providing time-saving solutions - like lens-independent automatic self-cocking shutters with built-in apertures, and film plane metering - major advances in their time. More recently Sinar have evangelised the use of digital backs - from a shaky start in the early 1990s with an immature technology, most commercial studios now see the advantage of high resolution digital capture (albeit at medium format sizes). Location within Switzerland Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland; it has an estimated population of 33,700 in 2003. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ...

Representative products

• Sinar Norma - the original system camera, convertible from 5 x 4 to 5 x 7 and 10 x 8 formats
• Sinar P - introduced in 1970, forms the basis for current conventional cameras
• Sinar-approved Sinaron lenses - made in partnership with Rodenstock, Germany
• Sinar P3 - digital view camera
• Sinar M - digital hand held camera

* Sinar F1
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