Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9 / 64 Art Lens: soft focus or aperture with special shapes

In photography everything is vintage seems to have a success beyond all expectations. We have seen many projects retrieve objects of the past riproponedone of new versions, with good success and interest, and also the last fundraising campaign launched by Lomography of Kickstater has had the same positive destiny. Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9 / 64 Art Lens is in fact a project that, against a target of $ 100,000, has collected just under a million dollars to a few hours after the close of crowdfunding.

Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9 / 64 Art Lens is the reissue of one of the objectives that have shaped the history of photography, a draft dated 1839, based on a simple pair of lenses and which is considered the world's first photographic optics. It is a very special lens, characterized by a strong 'soft focus' at full aperture, which in this its modern edition sees the presence of a window which a slide the diaphragm, reaching up to f / 16. Even more special are the diaphragms set with strange shapes, to give points of light in the frame a new appeal or give the blurred a different texture.

Available with Canon EF and Nikon F attack is used with an adapter on all mirrorless. In particular it seems to be very charming when used as a lens to shoot movies, juncture in which play with the shapes of the background lights can open up new creative frontiers. The first packages crowdfunding 300 and $ 350 are sold out and those $ 400 are low. Anyone wishing to give his support to the project and be among the first to receive the lens still has a few hours to attend before the close of the fundraiser.