Lampe Pigeon with Cheminée Junius
Before electric bulbs, it was lamps like this one, using the mysterious ruby glass, that provided the safety light in laboratories.
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Circle of Confusion
A key concept for understanding the quality of photographic images and what makes lenses’ images less, maybe more, than mere copies of reality.
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Rio, brief inventory | Joao Paulo dos Reis Neto
Feb/2026 – Records of Rio de Janeiro, produced with classic cameras, articulating landscape, architecture and everyday life.
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The Science of Art | Martin Kemp
An excellent inventory of the techniques and tools used to understand and produce naturalistic images. It starts with linear perspective and goes up to the invention of photography and also a discussion of color.
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Bergheil | Voigtlander
Excellent build quality and usually comes with the wonderful Heliar lens. In the 6.5×9 cm format, it’s a harmonious camera in its dimensions and very versatile in use.
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Praktica | VEB Pentacon
The Praktica name came from 1949 as a robust SLR for the amateur market. In 1970 it introduced the metal curtain, through-the-lens photometry and the design that was to stay until the end. It was a huge success worldwide and shared the title of “student’s camera” with the Pentax K1000.
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Pentax Spotmatic | Asahi Pentax
Extremely popular among SLRs, the Spotmatic is a camera famous for its simplicity, robustness and ergonomics. With the M42 thread standard, it also allowed the use of optics from many manufacturers other than the brand itself.
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Photographic Processes
A thematic circuit that will cover the main silver based processes of analog photography throughout history, starting with the salted paper
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Perigraphe Serie VIa | Berthiot
A French super wide-angle lens much appreciated in its time. Initially Rapid Rectilinear, recalculated as an anastigmat, it is a symmetrical lens with a small aperture between f/14, but enormous qualities.
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What is resolution in photography
Resolution in photography refers to the ability to record detail. It concerns the film or digital sensor used, but also the optics and our eyes, as the end point of all images.
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Serra da Mantiqueira | Victor Andrade
Jan/2026
Vitor Andrade, exhibition of photos taken in the Serra da Mantiqueira over 50 years, always with a Hasselblad. -
Hasselblad | Victor Hasselblad
Medium format 6×6 cm on 120 film, it was extremely innovative, precise and long-lasting. The example in the collection is a 501CM, still completely mechanical, manufactured in 2000.
