Tag Archives: Chevalier

Ted Shepherd’s Replica Camera

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The world was electrified in early 1839 when Louie Daguerre’s amazing process for creating images by the action of sunlight was announced. The new process meant new devices to ‘capture’ these images. Being French, Daguerre’s early cameras were made … Continue reading →

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that’s how the light gets in

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Did you ever wonder how Chevalier managed to make the first camera for Daguerre complete with a lens before 1839 ? The lens had been designed a quarter century earlier c1812 by the  Englishman Wollaston as a landscape lens … Continue reading →

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Review of Book on 19th Century French Lenses

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. I did this review for Bob Lansdale back on August 3rd, 2013. At the time, the author had sent the book to Bob for review and write up in the journal Photographic Canadiana. This the review I wrote at … Continue reading →

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New (Old) Lomography Art Lens

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Katherine Phipps from Lomography sent me an email last month. The company plans to offer a two element in one group f/2.9, 64mm brass lens with waterhouse stops. The lens is named a Daguerrian achromat and signed as a Chevalier … Continue reading →

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