- Early motion picture discovery: Photographic discs from the 1890s (Part 3)The discovery In 2020, a box of discs and plates relating to an early motion picture system was discovered in the USA. The owner Eli Nesmith, who inherited the material from his aunt and uncle, has been generous enough to allow details, images, and animations to be released on The Optilogue. The first part ofContinue reading “Early motion picture discovery: Photographic discs from the 1890s (Part 3)”
- Early motion picture discovery: Photographic discs from the 1890s (Part 2)The story so far: Before photographic motion pictures became commonplace, back in the late 1890s, the moving images weren’t always based on film. For amateur and semi-professional use, tangly strips of celluloid were considered by some to be a hindrance to the spread of the medium. Some inventors devised systems that recorded a sequence ofContinue reading “Early motion picture discovery: Photographic discs from the 1890s (Part 2)”
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