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A successful kickstarter campaign is set to result in the launch of a new retro style art lens that pays homage to the world's first optic lens. 

Lomography says its new Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens was inspired by the world´s first optic lens designed by Chevalier and Daguerre in 1839 when a Chevalier Achromat Lens was attached to a Daguerreo type camera.

Lomography's latest offering launched on Kickstarter.com has more than doubled its goal with over a month still to run. The maker says its Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens is suitable for use on modern cameras and designed to produce the "signature character of the Chevalier lens bathed images in an alluring veil of light."

The Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens features an interchangeable Waterhouse Aperture System with maximum aperture of f2.9 that's designed to help photographers produce both stylish soft focus and sharp images.

For extra special effects, the lens also has two special aperture plates, the Lumiere and Aquarelle, which reportedly produce radiant light and textured background effects.

The Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens is suitable for direct attachment to modern cameras such as Canon (EF) and Nikon (F) and many other cameras with suitable adaptor mounts. 

Focal Length is 64mm with minimum focusing distance of 0.5m, and the Waterhouse aperture range is f2.9 to f16. 

The lens is also available in black or brass body variations.

 

 


Image by Anna Rakhvalova.

See more at www.lomography.com/achromat 

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