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I made a DIY large format guillotine shutter

March 13, 2017Ross den Otter

I found a WWII British Air Ministry Pentac 8 inch f2.9 lens in a second hand store about a year and a half ago. It was made under a military contract during the war and a number of British manufacturers filled this contract. The best of the lot were made by Dallmeyer, the original designer […]

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This is how a piece of photographic gear became the iconic Star Wars prop

February 14, 2017Dunja Djudjic

Did you know that the most iconic movie prop ever was made out of a piece of photographic gear? While George Lucas was making A New Hope, he used all sorts of junk as props. He wanted to suggest the sense of history and make the items in the movie seem used. Because of this, […]

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