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Photographer Brings 113-Year-Old 3D Camera Back to Life With 3D Printing

Markus Hofstätter’s restoration of a 113-year-old 3D camera is a masterclass in patience and precision. Known for his expertise in wet plate photography and breathing new life into historical equipment, Hofstätter continues his journey of preserving photographic history with the revival of the Stereo-Nettel camera. His latest endeavor takes a storied piece of technology and brings it into the modern age while respecting its original character.

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How the Defunct APEX System Inspired Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes

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Light Lens Lab 28/2.8 9 Element Lens Review: Impressive and Character Rich

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Light Lens Lab (LLL) has released a re-creation of Leica’s first generation 28mm f2.8 Elmarit lens introduced in 1965. The Leica lens has become a collector's item known as the 28mm 9 Element. It contains nine spherical surfaced lenses in six groups and the fast f2.8 aperture was a significant improvement from the Summaron f5.6 lens that preceded it. If you can find an original Leica 28mm 9 Element (V1) lens on eBay, prices range from $8,000 to more than $15,000.

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Remembering My Father Part III: Bringing His Camera Home

A Nikon camera sits on a white table outdoors with a modern building and greenery in the background. The building has large glass windows and a visible Nikon logo.

"I really want to get the light meter fixed," my dad told me once, years ago. "It's been hard, I don't think they make the parts anymore." By the late 2010s, my dad had given up on ever getting his Nikon Photomic FTn ever working again. This past summer, though, his beloved camera was brought back from the brink.

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This New Device Establishes Content Authenticity Using Any Digital Camera

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As a research physicist from MIT, Stuart Sevier learned a lot about reality, technology, and perhaps most importantly, the perception of reality. He veered off his hardcore academic track to pursue the concept of reality from a more engineering-based perspective, ultimately founding Atom Images and working with a talented team to build the Atom H1, a tool built for photographers to capture trusted, authentic images in a world where the line between real and fake is becoming blurrier by the day.

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Hunting in Tokyo for My Favorite Classic Nikon Cameras

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Earlier this year, my father passed away and left me with his beloved Nikon F and Photomic FTn. After getting it repaired, I found myself in love with the analog process again and have been revisiting cameras I had long since dismissed. Suddenly, I was confronted with Nikon cameras I had never seen or -- in some cases -- never heard of before.

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