CameraMentor » Hardware http://www.cameramentor.com Cameras and Photography Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Photographs taken from kites… http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/08/photographs-taken-from-kites/ http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/08/photographs-taken-from-kites/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:00:05 +0000 Bill Mattocks http://www.cameramentor.com/?p=104 This is a neat story:

Pictured: The stunning aerial photos taken with just a camera and a kite – by the inventor of ‘kite-ography’

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]]> http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/08/photographs-taken-from-kites/feed/ 0 Noktor introduces HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/03/noktor-introduces-hyperprime-50mm-f0-95-lens/ http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/03/noktor-introduces-hyperprime-50mm-f0-95-lens/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:02:24 +0000 Bill Mattocks http://www.cameramentor.com/?p=33 Click the link to read the story from DP Review:

Noktor introduces HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens

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]]> http://www.cameramentor.com/2010/03/noktor-introduces-hyperprime-50mm-f0-95-lens/feed/ 12 The Mirror Lens http://www.cameramentor.com/2009/08/the-mirror-lens/ http://www.cameramentor.com/2009/08/the-mirror-lens/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:11:14 +0000 Bill Mattocks http://www.cameramentor.com/?p=6 Some Planes

Some Planes

This is a lens that is seldom seen today, it seems history has passed it by. However, it once had quite a following, as it offered a long focal length (typically 500mm, sometimes 300mm or 600mm) and it was both lighter and shorter then typical prime lenses of that focal length, not to mention often cheaper.

The lens was unusual in that it was designed using a mirror (as the name ‘mirror lens’ implies). Here’s a Wikipedia entry on this type of lens:

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