16 Jan
2017
16 Jan
'17
4:01 p.m.
On 2017-01-16 3:25 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Does anyone have any thoughts as to when that term, or
a near
equivalent was first
used?
The reason I ask is that I have been looking in some old photographic books and
have turned up a 1954 advert for the Wrayflex (an obscure British single lens
reflex camera). The text ends with :
;...through the lens focusing at any distance. No adjustment for paralax. No
coupled rangefinder. Just the simple axiom ...
"What you see, you get" '
I wonder what predates that usage (if anything)
-tony
Maybe you can try Google N-grams?
--Toby