the most expensive lo-fi camera in the world…
…and it could be yours! Oh, just bring along about 500,000 Euros…
“A Giroux “Daguerreotype” – the world’s first commercially-produced camera – is expected to set a world record price when it goes up for auction this May at WestLicht Auctions in Vienna. The previously undocumented camera has been in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and is in remarkable condition given it is 170 years old.
The wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1839 by Alphonse Giroux, the brother-in-law of Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, the inventor of the first practicable photographic process. Daguerre even signed the camera to verify its authenticity. Only a few of these cameras are known to exist worldwide and all of those are in public museums.”
February 19th, 2010 |
What Zach said! The detail and sharpness of dagguereotypes is gorgeous. In terms of image resolution, this beats most DSLRs cameras on the market!
February 1st, 2010 |
I just hope some 1337 d00dz doesn’t buy it, gut it, and put a digital web cam in it….
January 30th, 2010 |
… and you’re giving it away as part of a FCD contest? Awesome! I hope I win.
– M.
January 30th, 2010 |
I wouldn’t exactly call Daguerreotypes “lo-fi,” haha.
January 29th, 2010 |
I don’t think that would fit in your camera bag!