Historical Photography

The Slowest Light In The World

The Slowest Light In The World

We are told that light goes at 299,792,458 metres per second. That may be so when there is company present but I can assure you that when you are using a pinhole camera the stuff travels...
on May 03, 2017
Every Man His Own Fox Talbot - Paper Negatives

Every Man His Own Fox Talbot - Paper Negatives

Do you have an abbey window handy? Do you have a top hat? Do you have a new Ilford Obscura pinhole camera kit? Well you too can be Henry Fox Talbot and be the envy of...
on April 27, 2017
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An Obscure Product From Ilford

There are times when you just have to let yourself go. You have to go out and go mad. Office Christmas parties and federal elections come to mind, though the snacks are better at the latter...
on February 25, 2017
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Photographic Preservation

There is nothing more distressing than coming across historic images that have been badly damaged by poor storage and handling. The papers and emulsions that made up the bulk of photographic records of last century were...
on November 20, 2016
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The Old New Old Lens And The New New Old lens

If the Soviet* air force can refrain from doing barrel tolls around ELINT aircraft and conducting tip and run passes over air warfare destroyers**...at least for a few months more...we may get a chance to see...
on May 07, 2016
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Krasnogorsk Calls You - Resistance is Futile

I have been watching the development of this for a long time - and that is not just a cheap photographic joke. The Petzval lens that is currently being produced by the Zenit/Lomo people has been...
on December 13, 2015

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