In The Magic Factory we looked at a pinhole image, distorting mirrors, periscopes, a camera obscura image, a photo-luminiscent screen (now how does that work?) and a zoom lens plus other things.
In the Animation gallery we saw pre-cinematic optical toys including the thaumatrope and the zoetrope.
In the Kodak gallery we found a copy of the world's earliest photograph, early pictures by Fox Talbot (English) and LJM Daguerre (French), early cameras, and lots of snapshot cameras from 1890-1970. We saw a disappearing darkroom, detective cameras, a black & white photo of Haworth Moor called 'Wuthering Heights' by Alexander Keighley and more pictures of darkrooms.
In the Insight archive after lunch Ruth Kitchin showed us some rare Victorian photographs by Fox Talbot, Anna Atkins (the book of blue plant studies) and Roger Fenton (the large landscapes). We were able to handle a genuine Daguerreotype photo that had a mirror-like appearance.
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