ljplicease | Justice & Police

A few weeks ago I went to the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney for a special exhibit titled City of Shadows, which consisted primarily of black and white crime scene, mug shot, and other miscellaneous police photography from the early 20th century. The pictures were really fascinating, although the presentation really didn't do them justice. I would have really liked to have seen the actual prints!

As a camera geek, it was cool to see some of the old cameras they had on display:

and as a Transformer dork, I was amused when I found a Japanese replica of a Walther P38, which is well remembered for being the non-robot form of the original Megatron from classic (non-diet) Transformers.

(Some fans of the series think it is terrible that modern incarnations of Megatron are not true to the original. I disagree, I think that it probably isn't a good thing to sell realistic looking toy guns to children. I think some other changes which appear to be in the works for the movie version of the transformers which is coming out next year, will be far worse.)

I posted some more photographs of the old cameras and the museum here: