Interesting, but for those who hang out on the Large Format Forum or practice wet plate collodion it is a bit of (as we say in Dutch): "an open door"..in the sense that old optics are cherished and recognized for or a long time already..for example Petzval lenses from say around 1880 are praised, sought after and highly over priced (my opinion, because I do not want to pay that much ..;-)..). Best, Cor > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dana Myers > Sent: maandag 27 september 2010 17:58 > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Interesting article about an old lens on Wired.com > > > [If you're easily offended, there is a mention of a non-film camera in the > article, but that's really beside the point] > > http://tinyurl.com/2cu7mea > > "But aside from the great pictures, and the wonderful story of the > mysterious Russian, we can learn something from this tale. > Camera-tech comes and goes, but photography is really just about light. > That's why you should buy the best lenses you can afford. > They will probably last longer than you." > > Dana > > ======================================================================== == > =================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.