Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The earliest known photograph of a person (I thought) was Daguerre's shot of Boulevard du Temple in 1839. The time expose was so long that pedestrians and vehicles are blurs; with the exception of one man getting his shoes shined. In French: http://histoiredesarts.multimania.com/dagguerreotype.html Better Picture: http://www.art.uiuc.edu/ludgate/the/place/soapbox/spe/paris_boulevard. html Another interesting link: http://www.daguerre.org/resource/texts/self_op.html Regards, Sonny Carter http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway" <jim@hemenway.com> To: <rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: [Leica] The earliest known photograph in the world was recently > > I've cross posted this to the RUG and LUG as I think that it may be > interesting to both groups. > > Does this "photograph" look credible to any of you? > http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/ > > How could the "emulsion" on the "earliest known photograph" be fast > enough to freeze the motion of a moving horse and boy? > > http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/ > > Jim > http://www.hemenway.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html