Re: When did decent wide angles show up? [lens history question]
Arne, thanks for the correction. It was a mistake, not a typo.
Re: When did decent wide angles show up? [lens history question]
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Originally Posted by
tgtaylor
Hmmm...One of the first, if not
the first decent wide angle lens was the CC Harrison & Schnitzer Globe lens which appeared in the late 1850's IIRC. It represented a revolution in photographic lenses in its day.
Here's one currently for sale although the FL is not given:
http://www.leicashop.com/vintage_en/...u31312-23.html
Thomas
Here is an 1865 advertisement with prices for Globe lenses:
Attachment 194687
Carleton Watkins would have used the 16inch version for the mammoth plate which cost $275 in 1865 or about $4,330 in 2019 dollars.
Thomas