Lenses as big around as your head!

[jumanji]

This shape looks familiar with me... Is it 13" tall, 4.75" glass dia. and weighs about 11 lbs?

[pierre506]

Hermagis?

[Amedeus]

60cm Hermagis ?

[bracan]

Hermagis for sure.

[goamules]

You all are correct, it'a a Hermagis 1200mm.

[Vaughn]

So I was wrong, it is not a BFL, it is a BFHL!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Holly shit! Nice!!! So I was right!

[William Whitaker]

Pardon my ignorance, but what would that have been used for in its day? I mean, besides dropping on the enemy.
For that matter, what would it be used for today? 1200mm ain't small change.

[jumanji]

A 30x40 wet plate camera maybe...

Pardon my ignorance, but what would that have been used for in its day? I mean, besides dropping on the enemy.
For that matter, what would it be used for today? 1200mm ain't small change.

[Vaughn]

Pardon my ignorance, but what would that have been used for in its day? I mean, besides dropping on the enemy.
For that matter, what would it be used for today? 1200mm ain't small change.

It is used on a BFC...