Science Museum visit, 2005

Early experimental camera by Talbot

The addition of lenses to cameras obscura was pioneered by an Englishman called William Fox Talbot in the 1830s. Talbot had been investigating photography while on his honeymoon. (You'd think he'd have had better things to do...)

Early experimental camera by Talbot



Science Museum visit, 2005: Photography
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