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[DeltaLenses]

I planned Delta as a group initiative: not quite as contributeable as a Wiki, but also not just the work or opinion of a handful of people. I've always left the door wide open for contributors and collaborators, and appreciate input and suggestions.

Delta is the kind of project that will take years to get out of beta - in fact, it may never make it! Delta V1.0 would comprise a listing for every enlarger and projector lens made - certainly over 5,000 entries. Each entry would have a picture of the lens, a full complement of technical information and (crucially) at least one image made with that lens on a digital camera. As I've said before, the raison d'être of Delta is to demonstrate how these 'forgotten' lenses will forever be useful as capture optics.

Compilation of this information unexpectedly acquired urgency: source material, and first-hand knowledge, about these lenses is crumbling away before our eyes. Gathering it, preserving it, and making it available became a key driver for the existence of the website. I'm now very conscious of the importance of building a long-term archive, and have made provision in my will to finance and maintain the site after I die.

I would like to include a busy discussion forum, but am concerned that it's too niche to be viable. I would prefer the internet to be better at gathering rather then fragmenting information: there are some interesting Facebook groups and tiny pockets of Reddit - and, of course some fine information here. If all this interest was drawn to one focal point, it would be a valuable resource - but I'm being patient about realizing this dream!

If anyone would like to help expand and improve Delta, or chuck in ideas, or if you have a picture or serial number of a lens missing from the current database, please get in touch. If you have stills or video work shot with an 'alt-lens' that you'd like to see better publicized, I'm happy to help show what it and you can do.