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Shooting with a Petzval lens

Shooting with a Petzval lens

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Shooting with a Petzval lens

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- Imagine it's the year 1550, and you're living somewhere fairly cosmopolitan. Say, Florence, Italy. You know, since this is a fantasy, there's no reason not to go first class. So let's say you live in a lovely sun dappled villa on the edge of town in the Tuscan countryside. It's a nice summer day and you've got an afternoon to kill. So, you summon your carriage driver and your money bearer and you take a trip into town to hit the marketplace. Haggling your way from merchant to merchant in a bustling bazaar, you procure some eggs, salt, soda, and gun cotton. Gun cotton is a flammable cellulose material that's made using nitric acid. You move on, from the local apothecary you purchase some sulfur dioxide and powdered sulfur, as well sulfuric and nitric acids. A blacksmith sells you iron while the local glazier is happy to cut you a deal on some glass. Back at home you have the estate carpenter. Alright, maybe this is a…

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