Imaging recource: Travelling through time with Filmmaker IQ to learn about the history and science of lenses

    John Hess from Filmmaker IQ has made an excellent video detailing the history and science of lenses and glass, and we think it's a "must-see" for our ethusiast gear-heads out there.  The origins of modern camera lenses can actually be traced back to the Nimrud Lens, whose intended purpose remains a mystery, which is from 750-710 BC. In 424 BC, a burning glass (used to magnify light for starting fires) was mentioned in Aristophanes' play, The Clouds. As Hess discusses, our word, lens, actually comes from the Latin word for...
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