https://opticandframe.com/people/feed.xml The designers, engineers, repairers, collectors, and photographers behind the instruments. en https://opticandframe.com/people/oskar-barnack-the-man-who-shrank-the-camera/ https://opticandframe.com/people/oskar-barnack-the-man-who-shrank-the-camera/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Asthmatic, stubborn, and precise: the Leitz engineer whose 1913 prototype made photography fit in a coat pocket.