Recommended reading

Best of the blogs ▷ The standard telling is that Xerox invented the modern computer GUI and foolishly gave them away. Dave Farquahr says that’s largely a myth, and makes a good case for a more nuanced reading. Read How Xerox invented the GUI and lost it ▷ Now comes Andrew Morang with more 1950s Kodachromes from far-flung locations. Read The Grand Tour 06: Kodachrome Slides from Campania, Venice, and Rome, 1950 Argus A-Four, Kodak Plus-X or Tri-X, D-76 (probably), 1984 Cameras and photography ▷ Mike Eckman reviews the Argus CC, a viewfinder camera for 35mm film that has an uncoupled selenium light meter. On the balance Mike liked it, but to me it’s just another Argus camera that didn’t go the crucial final step to excellence. Read Argus CC (1940) ▷ Dan Cuny takes a look at a Czech box with a fine lens. Read Kolar Kola camera ▷ If you want a late manual-focus era Minolta SLR, should you look to the X series or the lesser XG series? Steven Broome makes a well-reasoned and engaging…