Found: Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat Lens

Timur Civan, who is a Director of Photography for movies, came across the Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat lens which was given to him by a Russian Friend. His Russian friend, who is a lens technician, found the 102 year old lens hidden inside another lens in some box of random parts.

After 6 hours of work, this Russian lens technician was able to fix the lens on a Canon 5D MK II and then Timur took it for a spin. Check out a couple of the pictures below:

Images Credit: Timur Civan

Via Wired

I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist!

Photographers in the UK claim that they are being harassed by the police and that they are being targeted as potential terrorists, whether amateur or professional, whether landscape, architectural or street photographer. Hence, they have come together to create a campaign called “I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist!” and they co-ordinate a collective response to the restrictions on photography across the country.

They also organize events where photography is restricted to show how pointless these restrictions are.

Click here to visit their website.

Question: As a photographer, do you face the same issue in your country?

Robots for Product Photography

FotoRobot, a company based out of the Czech Republic, have developed a system of machines that automatically move the photographed object and camera, in order to get series of images from pre-defined angles.

There are a total of four robots that are used to shoot products. Three robots (Robotic Turntable, Turning Platform, Cube) are designed to to photograph products along the vertical axis and one robot, Robotic Arm, is designed to shoot the product along the horizontal axis.

The robots and the camera are controlled by a special software named Basip which enables to control the whole process directly from the PC.

Check out their video below

Visit their website at http://www.fotorobot.cz/

What beaches looked like 100 years back

Here are some photographs taken on beaches a 100 years back:

Click here to see them all (via Buzzfeed)

Hasselblad announces the 200 megapixel camera

Photokina, which is being held in Cologne between the 21st and 26th of September,  is the one of the leading international trade fair for the entire photographic and imaging sector. All the biggest camera manufacturers present their latest toys here and this is where Hasselblad took the opportunity to introduce its 200 MP camera to the world.

Read more about the camera here.