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Some photography links I have been enjoying recently:


The greatest private collection of Kodak photographica.  http://www.kodakcollector.com/

Antique Wood Cameras.  Beautiful site with rare cameras.  http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com

EyesCoffee.com - lots of articles and reference on Classic Cameras http://www.eyescoffee.com/collectcamera/index.php

Wonderful Antique Camera site with great photos http://www.dtristramludwig.com/home.html

Sample images from many classic lenses with an emphasis on bokeh  http://galactinus.net/vilva/retro/index.html
 
Ken's site is well known and quite popular.  Digital, classic and film topics are covered.  http://www.kenrockwell.com

Mike Johnston's Blog - http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
 
This site has not been updated but has a few very interesting classic lens articles  http://silverbased.org/anastigmat/

70 year history of Minolta  http://www.photoclubalpha.com/useful-and-vital-links/minolta-history-seven-decades/
 
College course on the History of Photography - podcasts http://www.cod.edu/photo/curto/1105/index.htm
 
Small site showing various Casket Lens Sets  http://www.casket-set.com/sets.html
 
Interesting blog on Photographic Images from 1850-1950  http://www.shorpy.com/
 

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Great in-depth site on the Conley Camera Company  http://sevenels.net/Conley.html
 
Classic Lens Catalogs on-line and free 1900-1940 period  http://www.cameraeccentric.com/info.html
 
Site features images shot with classic LF lenses  http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/

Blog on classic soft focus lenses with images  http://wideopen1.squarespace.com/
 
In-depth site featuring Minolta-35 Rangefinder Lenses  http://www.huffman.tk/id35.html
 
Make your own lens hoods for Canon EOS lenses  http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/canon.php
 
Interesting blog with various digital and classic lens topics  http://www.camerahobby.com/
 
Site with information on Holmes, Booth & Haydens antique lenses  http://hbh.gordonmoat.com/

Do it Yourself photography site - sit back and choose a great topic  http://www.diyphotography.net/

Technical look at Photographic Optics including bokeh  http://toothwalker.org/optics.html
 
A great site on various topics including digital, film and classic http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/index.html

Classic Camera site with Leica emphasis  http://www.leitzmuseum.org/index.html

Roger Hicks on the Canon 50mm 1.2 RF Lens  http://www.shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/lenses/0905classic/

Ken Riley's Photographic Site http://www.krphoto.com/

Moshe Barel's Antique Camera Site http://mbarel.webring.com 
 


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