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Small glass plate sizes

I am copying/digitising some old family photographs taken by my late father-in-law. Some of these are glass plate negatives shot in the 1950s and feature sailing on the Thames? My father-in-law was not a photographer as such in that he took photograp

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3 Replies · Reply by Alan Hodgson Dec 11

Photograph Storage

I have a small - but growing! - collection of vintage photographs which are all kept in individual, 'proper', transparent archive grade sleeves.

Whilst these are great for helping preserve the photographs, I would like to keep them in an album for eas

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4 Replies · Reply by Rob Whalley Oct 9

Slides from the 1950s and 1960s

The period after the war was arguably the first time that ordinary citizens had the means to own a good quality, affordable camera and take an interest in photography. The more committed would have used slide film for better quality ( Kodachrome slid

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Testing early lenses

Lenses were essential in the early days of photography and optical understanding had to evolve in order to produce lenses more suited to the requirements of photography. Today we assume that our modern lenses are immesely superior to those produced i

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Magic Lantern Lens.

Hi, I have a large 6" Brass Magic Lantern lens, but I can't find a Manufacturers name on it. There is a Trade Mark on the front and it says London Made and Established 1816. I wondered if anyone could tell me the company it belongs to. Thanks in adva

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4 Replies · Reply by Gerry Palmer Jun 29