A few of my favourite sites...
Cameras
http://www.photoethnography.com/ - a fantastic list of equipment with personal opinions of the performance of mostly older film cameras http://www.yashica-guy.com/ - everything you need to know about Yashica rangefinders plus battery adapters for sale http://www.brownie-camera.com/ - not just Kodak brownies but also folding cameras and how-to videos for converting and loading film http://www.dpreview.com/ - every new camera released plus in depth reviews for many of them |
Photography Forums & News
http://photo.net/ http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml - especially good for medium format discussions http://www.bjp-online.com/ - the British Journal of Photography website |
Historic Photographs
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ - a diverse collection of historical photographs, the search engine also brings up other related resources such as newspapers and publications http://www.bonzle.com/c/a - a huge collection of Australian historic photographs searchable by location and date http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/atlas.html - a wonderful site to help you identify what type of historic photographs you have in your collection http://www.luminous-lint.com/__phv_app.php?/f/_cabinet_cards_backmarks_introduction_01/ Interesting site that shows many rear designs from historic photograph. Not all content is free. https://www.langdonroad.com/wisconsinwww.langdonroad.com/wisconsin A US site with photography studios listed. Not all content is free. ancestorville.com/blogs/articles/19th-century-photographers A lovely US site with lots of online historic photos to scroll through. |