The eBay listing for this 1859 brass monstrosity says:
The Lens is almost 22″ long including the shade. The diameter of the front element is 6″. The diameter of the rear element is 7″. The Lens weighs 23 lbs and has a focal length of 22.5″.
And I thought the Schneider 360mm f/6.8 I just bought […]
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Did Levi Hill invent colour photography in upstate New York in 1850? Radio programme All Things Considered takes a look:
The Smithsonian is tackling one of the biggest mysteries in the history of photography — whether color photography was first invented by an American minister from Westkill, N.Y. His contemporaries called his work a fraud, but […]
Continue reading...Apparently the newsstand price for LensWork magazine will be increasing to US $12.95 in January 2008. Yeow! But, to be fair, LensWork has exceptionally high print quality and no advertising.
(Subscription rates may or may not be affected, I’m not sure.) Subscription rates will remain unchanged.
The BBC’s six-part television series, The Genius of Photography, premiers tonight (Thursday, 25 October, 2007) on BBC Four at 9pm GMT.
Tonight’s programme is Fixing the Shadows:
Photography first came to life in Venice where Abe Morell used bin-liners and masking tape to turn a room into a camera—but the images created were transitory.
Henry Fox Talbot and […]
Check out this eBay auction for a "multiplying camera" with 12 brass lenses! With an opening bid of €2900, it aint cheap, but it sure is funky!
Continue reading...Polaroid Week Fall 2007 is in full swing over on Flickr, and the pictures are looking good! Here are some highlights so far (posted with the kind permission of the photographers):
Untitled, Cate
Belly, Jinnie
Ferry Terminal, Laura A. Watt
Untitled, Tony Sokolowski
Untitled, gardengal
Rivulet, Roamin
Polaroid Week continues through 7 October, so there’s plenty of time left to join in! […]
Shoot Polaroids and upload them to the Polaroid Week 2007 group on Flickr:
Seven days. Seven polaroids. (or more if you’re so inspired, just not more than 3 a day)
Starting on Monday October 1. So, dust off your SX70, Spectra, 600 or Polaroid weapon of choice this week and start shooting!
Or dig out old squares you’ve […]
Squarefrog, who over the last year has put together what is far and away the most comprehensive Holga information site going, is having a one year anniversary contest. All you have to do to enter is fill out a very short questionnaire. The contest is open to everyone world-wide.
Prizes and stuff:
First prize - Lomography Holga […]
Continue reading...Rights-grabbing terms for photo submissions from outdoor sport retailer REI:
1. I irrevocably grant to Recreational Equipment, Inc. . . . in perpetuity, for no additional consideration, to use the photographs or pictures . . . an unlimited number of times in any manner REI deems . . . without restriction as to changes or alterations, […]
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